Bufflehead

[jorj7]

Well it's been raining really hard here the last 2 days, so here is a
few shots I took on New Years Day. These were take with the 20D,
500 f4LIS and 1.4x tc.

1 Male Bufflehead strutting his stuff
http://birds.jorj7.com/080101-aquatic-park/0101-162552-01.jpg

2 Cute little paddling style
http://birds.jorj7.com/080101-aquatic-park/0101-162604-01.jpg

3 Rub my tummy?
http://birds.jorj7.com/080101-aquatic-park/0101-162821-01.jpg

4 I'll bet you wish you can do this... NOT!
http://birds.jorj7.com/080101-aquatic-park/0101-162529-01.jpg

5 Act like a swan
http://birds.jorj7.com/080101-aquatic-park/0101-162535-02.jpg

6 Stretch the wings
http://birds.jorj7.com/080101-aquatic-park/0101-162654-02.jpg

7 Bye for now
http://birds.jorj7.com/080101-aquatic-park/0101-162552-02.jpg

[bromm]

Nice series George, the last one is my favourite, well done.:D

[Hland]

I love them the last one is my favorite its like hes smiling for the camera!

[Sindri Skulason]

Excellent series with a good variety of poses. Very well done indeed. :-)

[Anke]

Nice set, George. Great story telling too :D

[jorj7]

Thanks Trevor, Heather, and Sindri. It was a little overcast, so I didn't get as
good of colors as I'd like, but it made it easier to control the whites.

[jorj7]

Thanks Anke. Got time to kill while it's raining outside...

[dancinec]

Excellent series George, we now have your rain here.

[nwyman]

how do you get so close to them? I spent the morning, trying to hide myself every which way, but they never come in range. I swear they have a range finder under their collective wings.
Lovely shots.

[EZRider]

Sweet looking duck! Nice shots :)

[jorj7]

Thanks Dennis, Nancy, and EZ.

Nancy, I usually pick a spot on the bank of the estuary with the sun behind me
and wait for them to get "chased" to me. When people move along the shore, or
boats go by they will move to a "safer" place. If Ive been there for a while
they usually won't notice me. I don't wear camo, but I do wear a green jacket
and blue jeans which seem to be neutral enough colors.

[downywp]

Very nice work with this super skittish bird!:)

[Gary Fairhead]

Very nice set here on a bird I have nothing on, Love the first two and especially the last with the open bill.

[HWP]

Great shot's George. You have some really fine poses here. You'll have to frame those.

Henry

[lcpete]

Excellent series George the last one is wonderful
Pete

[Miniflash]

Very nice ~ love your captions to .

[Salmon]

Exceptional captures of this tiny duck. The dull light most likely worked in your favour. I spent quite some time last spring trying to get captures of this guy with little success. Congrats.

[Nighthound]

Spectacular George!! Wow those colors are nice.

I see these birds at one of my sites all the time but they stay far away from us bipeds with tripods.

NH

[jorj7]

Thanks dwp, Gary, Henry, Pete, Deb, Rick, and Steve. I'm glad I was able to
get some good shots of this little fellow.