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What’s Up? With the three large fields down by the lake flooded, I drove the side streets in search of flowers on Thursday morning. My best find was a blooming Nuttall’s Thistle. The rains began again at about 9:30am and never let up. I swam at 3:30pm under black skies and torrential, pelting rain. The […] What’s Up? We have had lots of unsettled weather here for more than ten days. It is not really safe to drive on the three fields down by the lake as sections of them are flooded. The only photographable birds around are the cranes, the Ospreys, and the ever-present Black Vultures. There are lots of […] What’s Up? I did not see the crane babies on Sunday morning. On Monday morning, I could not find the family at first … When I saw the adults well out in the lake in shallow water, I was confused. The two little baby cranes were not there. They had been replaced by two small […] What’s Up? I spent some time down by the lake on the morning of Sunday, 31 MAY 2020 but photographed only a single dragonfly. Then I found what was for me a new species of wildflower in a drainage ditch on Toronja, as sidestreet not far from my home. The drainage ditch system here at […] What’s Up? After a good session on Friday morning, I left DeSoto a day early and headed home. Here’s why: As expected, I was ten days too late to catch the Red Knots. Most of the shorebirds had left. I experienced two mornings of respiratory distress from red tide toxins in the air at North […] What’s Up? I did see six fly-by Red Knots at Fort DeSoto on Wednesday morning. They never stopped. There have been some shorebirds around, but they have been too spread out to offer any good photo opps. I’ve seen Wilson’s, Snowy, Semipalmated, and Black-bellied Plovers, Willet, Ruddy Turnstone, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Dunlin, Short-billed Dowitcher, Marbled Godwit, […] What’s Up? At ILE on Tuesday morning, I did some nice stuff on adult cranes on the South Peninsula while the sun was out early (and briefly). I got back home very early, did my cardio-bursts, swam my 60 lengths, packed the Sequoia, and drove the two hours fifteen minutes to my Gulfport AirBNB. It […] What’s Up? Monday was rain, rain, and more rain followed at times by heavy rain with brief periods of drizzle. I started the day by setting up a new perch along the lakeshore and quickly realized that it is much too tall and thin. As I was working on erecting it, I felt several bites […] What’s Up? On Saturday morning I photographed the two-week-old crane chicks for a bit in the early morning light. I had a few good chances on a pair of caracaras, but struck out. Then I did some Black Vulture heads against green (grass) and gray (mud) backgrounds. It clouded over and the wind dropped to […] What’s Up? I began Friday morning with the dependable and tame crane chicks in early light but nothing great. By 8:00am it was cloudy-bright and still so I did some flowers. My macro plan is not working out too well; details soon. Friday afternoon marked two days in a row with thunderstorms but the rain […] What’s Up? On Thursday morning, I worked with the chicks for a while in the early light. Soon it clouded over and the wind dropped to nothing so I spent more than an hour doing wildflowers. I swam at about 3pm and after my second meal it got dark and windy soo I drove down […] Nikon AF-S FX NIKKOR 300mm f/2.8G ED VR II Lens with Extras! Sale Pending 5-25-2! Dennis Westover is offering a Nikon 300mm AF-S f/2.8 ED VRII telephoto lens in excellent plus condition along with a Nikon AF-S TC 17E II 1.7X teleconverter in excellent condition and a Nikon AF-S TC 20E III 2X teleconverter, also […] What’s Up? Photography-wise, foggy and then cloudy Monday was close to a bust … On Tuesday morning (more unsettled weather), I thought as I headed down to the lake, “I might be getting bored photographing the two utterly dependable little crane chicks.” But I was wrong. More crane magic unfolded right in front of me […] What’s Up? It feels really good to get this done. Most telling is that we have sold 58 pre-publication guides and have not received a single query from a confused purchaser or a single “this guide is over-priced!” e-mail. Patrick and I are quite proud of this e-Guide. New stuff that we continue to discover […] What’s Up? The two crane chicks are doing quite well and are getting bigger every day. They continue to amaze me with their tameness; I created some nice head portraits of the chicks with the 100-400. Though they were the stars of the show, I had some good Great Blue Heron flight chances in the […] What’s Up? On Friday morning I followed the new crane family around for a bit. The birds quickly made their way to the top of the small rise to the right of the parking circle by the pier. Ideal! I worked a bit with the tripod-mounted 600 f/4 and the a9 ii. And when the […] What’s Up? Here are some of my very favorite recent comments. Arthur Morris/BIRDS AS ART Blog posts — never more than one every other day — that deal with the current situation in the US (and the world), will include the words Alert: Non-photography-related Post in the title. If you do not wish to […] What’s Up? I had planned to be at Fort DeSoto by now for a week or ten days by now, but with the crane chicks that hatched recently, I am not going anywhere. I’ve been living at ILE for nearly two decades and there has never been a crane family with tiny chicks that was […] Trusting Dr. Fauci In the blog post here, Tilo Samter asked thiat in a comment regarding flu and virus vaccines, Why don’t you trust Dr. Fauci? Here’s why: May 12, Testifying before members of Congress on Capitol Hill, Fauci said: “What I’ve expressed then, and again, is my concern, is that if some areas, […] What’s Up? The photography on Tuesday morning was excellent. I spent some quality time with the new crane family. And then, surprisingly, I created a very nice frame or two of the Black-necked Stilts. At one point the female crouched in the water inviting copulation; I was sure that I was gonna be famous as […] |
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