photoartflightRing-billed Gull Finding Breakfast
Posted on January 3, 2015
We found this Ring-billed Gull moving around on this small island. I liked the bird’s reflection in the water. All of a sudden it pulled up this crab for breakfast.
Brigantine Snow Geese Landscape Panorama
Posted on January 1, 2015
This is a 24 shot panorama of a section of the landscape showing the large flock of Snow Geese at the Refuge. They continued on the right but were behind the grasses so continuing the panorama did not work, so I just used this 24 shot section. This was shot with a 400mm lens with a 1.4X teleconverter, assembled in photoshop.
Harrier Fly-by
Posted on January 1, 2015
As I was photographing Snow Geese at the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, this Harrier buzzed by me. I was concentrating on the large group of Snow Geese, so this one sneaked up on me before I noticed it. I managed to get a few quick shots before it was out of range. They work the fields gliding over the grasses, looking for food, usually rodents or even a stay small bird. They constantly fly low searching, so if you notice them a little in the distance, be patient and hopefully they work their way near you. In some areas they are also referred to as Marsh Hawks.
Snow Geese Early Morning Take-Off
Posted on December 27, 2014
We went to the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge in Oceanville, NJ, looking for Snow Geese. There are usually large numbers of Snow Geese at the Refuge in the cold months. We found thousands in large flocks around the refuge. The trouble is finding them close enough to photograph in a refuge this large. We generally did ok this trip, as the flocks were so large they covered a huge space that was viewable from the Wildlife Drive.
Snowy Egret
Posted on October 11, 2014
This Snowy Egret had just landed along the Wildlife Drive and started looking for its breakfast meal. They are fun to watch darting around the water.
Mute Swans
Posted on October 9, 2014
I found these Mute Swans at the Brigantine Division of the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge. They were rather far out, so the images are cropped. I like how the water was a bright blue highlighting the large white birds.
Sleeping Great Blue Heron
Posted on September 27, 2014
We came upon this Sleeping Great Blue Heron along the Wildlife Drive at the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge. It seemed to be very content to sleep, but as I was photographing the Heron it starting moving and then looked more annoyed as if I was bothering his sleep. Probably just my take on it, but it had a very severe look as it was watching me. He was also very balanced standing on one leg. Either way I thought it was interesting photo.
Open Wide
Posted on September 19, 2014
When photographing birds, it seems like you can get quite a few humorous shots if you are patient and work an area for a while. Sometimes it is just luck or a single shot in a series
One Tree – Many Photos
Posted on September 13, 2014
We went to the Edwin B. Forsythe NWR, Brigantine Division a few weeks ago and I am still going through my files. Along the Wildlife Drive, near the end before the wooded area, is a small grove of trees. Usually you see an occasional hawk, egrets or small birds there. Once we even saw a Bald Eagle. But on this day it was filled with a variety of birds. We saw Black-crowned Night Herons, Immature Black-crowned Night Herons, Snowy Egrets, Great Egrets and in the back under the branches was, I believe an immature Yellow-crowned Night Heron. It was fun to see that variety in the same tree.
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