Birds Eyes And Butterflies

The picture of this Great Egret was taken at the Oceanside Marine Study Area in Hempstead New York.
The picture of this Great Egret was taken with the CANON EOS 7D and the CANON 100-400 lens and the CANON 580EXII flash

The picture of this Green Heron was taken at the Oceanside Nature Study Area in New York. The picture of this Green Heron was taken with the CANON EOS7D and the CANON 100-400 lens and the CANON 580EXII flash.
I don’t remember seeing a Green Heron perched like this. It is usually close to the ground in a skulking posture.

The picture of this Little Blue Heron was taken at the Corkscrew Swamp in Naples Florida. The picture of this Little Blue Heron was taken with the CANON EOS7D and the CANON 100-400mm lens and the CANON 580EXII flash.

I so loved the Corkscrew Swamp Refuge which is run by the Audubon Society. The beautiful boardwalk ambles through extensive swamp areas. There were many volunteers present all day to answer any questions and point out lots of interesting fauna and flora.

The picture of this Reddish Egret in flight was taken at the Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge on Sanibel Island, Florida and was taken at Dusk. The picture of this Reddish Egret was taken with the CANON EOS7D and the CANON 100-400mm lens and the CANON 580EXII flash at dusk

The picture of this Snowy Egret in flight was taken at the Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge on Sanibel Island, Florida. The picture of this Snowy Egret was taken with the CANON EOS7D and the CANON 100-400mm lens and the CANON 580EXII flash.

The picture of this immature White bis was taken at the Everglades National Park in Florida. The picture of this Snowy Egret was taken with the CANON EOS7D and the CANON 100-400mm lens and the CANON 580EXII flash.

i took this photo while on a boat ride through the 10,000 islands in the west portion of the Everglades National Park.

The picture of this Greater Yellowlegs was taken at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. One of the most ubiquitous shorebirds in North America, the Greater Yellowlegs restricts itself as a breeder to swampy muskeg habitats of central Canada and southern Alaska. During the nonbreeding season, it inhabits fresh and saline wetlands across the Americas.
The picture was taken with a CANON EOS7D with a 100-400mm lens at the “Raunch” on the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlfie Refuge.

The picture of this Snowy Egret was taken at the Oceanside Nature Center. It is hard to go wrong with a capture of a Snowy Egret especially if you get them, while they are foraging in such a rich area as the Marine Study Center where this bird was out and about.
The coloring and lighting is a very good reflection of the actuall conditions that the picture was shot in. I am not sure that is the most interesting way to show such a magnificient bird. But so far, my intent is to present a bird withinin the enivironment as close to the natural colors and lighting as I can get in a digital world – “digital nature reality”.

The picture of this Solitary Sandpiper was taken the at Jamaica Bay Wildlifre Refuge. There is actually only one perch at Big John’s Pond at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. The water is really high so you really need to be there at the right moment to catch the sandpipers perched. I spoke to one of the rangers at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge to request that more perches be “planted” in the pond. The blind at Big John’s Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge is a wonderful place to view and photography birds,
This pictures was taken with my CANON EOS7D with the 100-400mm lens. It is interesting to see the water reflected on the bottom of the Solitary Sandpiper