Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Bad shots of my first horned grebe.


He's got what looks like a shrimp.


He struggles with it for a minute.


Floating around.


Going back down for some more food.


Red eyes!

I did not expect to see this. My first horned grebe. I had heard there were a few floating off the Courtney Campbell Causeway but it would be hard to find them on the 10 mile causeway looking on both sides. I was on my way to Kapok Park when I decided to stop at the small beach before you get into Clearwater to see if there were any unusual shorebirds there. There was only one other car there so the beach was full of shorebirds. Just the usuals though. Lots of skimmers, plovers and gulls. I noticed something floating out past the swimming buoy. Looking through my camera I realized it was a horned grebe. There were 3 of them floating together. They stayed far out into the water. The above were taken with my 500mm lens and heavily cropped.

14 comments:

  1. Lovely pictures and awesome photography.

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  2. Congratulations!! Do you keep a life list?? These pictures are not bad at all. ~karen

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  3. how cool to see him! you got some good action shots, even if he was far away!

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  4. Always good to see a lifer Dina; even better to get pictures too. Well done.

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  5. You are crazy! These are not "bad shots" at all! Congrats on the new bird- Horned Grebes are pretty cute.

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  6. They are not bad at all! I would say they are superb!

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  7. LOL, Dina, only you would call them bad photos. I love the shrimp series, and I'm sure no one else got that!
    I, for one, are very happy for you to have seen it, and thank goodness for your 500mm lens!
    K

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  8. Dina, they are great photos of the Grebes. I think they are so cute. Hope you are having a great weekend!

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  9. Great hunter bird....Nice to see all the images...

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  10. Good to see those cute animals in your blog. Great job on the photo.

    oban wildlife trips

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  11. Nice shots,greeting from Belgium.

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