I and Ann got out to Middle Concho Park this morning for awhile. A little quiet at first, but we ended up seeing over twenty birds. The weather was a little cool but gradually warmed. Skies were partly cloudy. We saw this juvenile Red-tailed Hawk zipping around. At first, we saw him in the fork of a tree. I managed to get this shot before he flew off to perch atop the utility pole that you see in the second image.
Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk in tree.
Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk atop utility pole.
I was able to get a shot of a Red-winged Blackbird amongst some old sunflowers. Several more shots were throw-aways, because the red of the wing was covered up with the vegetation.
Red-winged Blackbird in the sunflowers.
The following shot of a Great Blue Heron was made several days ago. I opted to not clone out the bit of spider webbing that you see hanging from the branches. I much rather keep things looking natural as much as I can.
Great Blue Heron
I hope you enjoyed these photographs. Click on any of them to see some enlargements.
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I so love your photos!
Thanks so much. It’s great to hear from you again. :-)
Bob, I couldn’t agree with you more about not cloning out the spider web. IMO, spider silk is almost always a positive in a bird image, rather than a negative.
Thanks, Ron. As I mentioned before, I really like to have my bird images to appear as natural as possible.
Super photos Bob, I can always count on you for great shots of the avian kind!
Thanks, David. I appreciate that you like my photography. :-)
Excellent shots as always, Bob!
Thanks a bunch, Gracie. I appreciate your kind words. :-)
Love that picture of the Red-winged Blackbird. There is still some migration taking place here. Kinglets and warblers and sparrows can be found in the woods. I saw two Northern Harriers today.
Thanks, Davd. I think there is some going on here, too. I appreciate your comment.