Whoa, is this January 3 already? Time is fleeting and I am having a hard time catching up. Had a nice birding weekend though, to begin the new year. I found a couple of new locations that are quite “birdsy”. At least they are new to me. One is the Ben Ficklin Park and dam. The other is Sulphur Draw. Both places offer an amazing array of bird species.
The Ringed Kingfisher was high on a wire over-looking the dam. Thanks to this fantastic Canon 7D I was able to get an acceptable image, at least good enough for this blog. I used my Canon EF100-400mm IS AF lens, hand-held. I also used that combination on all of the photos below.
Here are some of the images:
Ringed Kingfisher - Ben Ficklin Dam
Belted Kingfisher - Sulphur Draw
Northern Flicker - Sulphur Draw
Least Sandpiper - Ben Ficklin Dam
Thanks, Chris,
You are right of course. I really missed that one. Thanks for bringing it to my attention. I am glad you’re enjoying my blog. I am relatively new at birding, but I am having a great time with the learning process.
Bob
Bob,
I enjoy your blog. I used to live in San Angelo and enjoy reading about the goings-on in the area.
BTW – your Least Sandpiper in your photo is actually a Spotted Sandpiper.
Hi Chris,
Thanks for catching my error of the sandpiper. I am a little new at birding, but I should have checked this thing a little closer. Let me know if you see any more errors. I’m glad you are enjoying my blog.
Bob Zeller http://www.zellertexasphotos.com.
Thanks, Eve,
I’ll try to keep making things interesting. Bob
Bob, I love this blog… you are such a wit!! great pictures.. You have a fan in me!
Well done, Bob. I love the image of the Flicker. Sorry I didn’t get a chance to visit/shoot with you while I was home–hopefully in March.