Daily Archives: February 12, 2025

Snipe Hunt(ing)

On February 12, 2025 by lightshedder With 0 Comments - action, birds, Florida, Merritt Island NWR, nature, Sony A6700 with Tamron 50-400Di iii, wildlife

Wilson’s Snipe: Black Point Wildlife Drive, Merritt Island NWR, Titusville, Florida, USA, January 2025 — I suppose the Wilson’s Snipe is not long for this world if the name-change mob get their way…but I have never seen so many Snipe of any name as I saw this year around Black Point Drive. This was the first one I saw, and only maybe the third or 4th I have ever seen…but after maybe 6 loops around the drive over the next few days, it seemed I was seeing one every few hundred yards along the first mile. Sony a6700. Tamron 50-400 at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my bird and wildlife modifications. Processed in Photomator.

Scarlet

On February 12, 2025 by lightshedder With 0 Comments - birds, Costa Rica, nature, Pierrella Ecology Gardens, Sarapiqui, Sony A6700 with Tamron 50-400Di iii, wildlife

Scarlet Macaw: Pierella Ecology Garden, Sarapiqui, Costa Rica, December 2024 — Scarlet, and yellow, and blue…with some pink in there around the eye. There are not many more colorful, or more intensely colored, birds than the Scarlet Macaw. When we had finished with the Great Green Macaws, a guide called us back to the same trees to see a small flock of Scarlets feeding. Sony a6700. Tamron 50-400 at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my bird and wildlife modifications. Processed in Photomator.