Odds and Ends

Here are the rest of my shots from my saturday afternoon hike around Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve.

(All shots with a canon 20D and canon 400mm f5.6, handheld. Post processing with Photoshop CS2 and Neat Image. Exif data intact.)

1) I took this shot of the black necked stilt from a bridge. Sometimes a 400 prime is just too much reach. I never thought I would ever say that when it comes to birding photography LOL. I couldn't back up enough to get his foot in the shot. Ah well.

Very nice shots and a great variety of birds, with great detail and colors...BTW, are you sure pic#3 is a Marbled Godwit?? To me, this bird looks more like a Dowitcher, but I am not an expert on shorebirds.,

Thanks for the comments! Ya know, I'm not sure what the difference between the Marbled Godwit and the Dowitcher is. I'm no expert either, but they do look pretty similar. I just call them mud-suckers. Lol.

downywp wrote in post #3207838
Very nice shots and a great variety of birds, with great detail and colors...BTW, are you sure pic#3 is a Marbled Godwit?? To me, this bird looks more like a Dowitcher, but I am not an expert on shorebirds.,

royce10 wrote in post #3207596
4) An eared grebe.

Thanks for looking. C&C always welcome and appreciated.
- Hung

This one here looks like he ate some bad seaweed or something.

Nice shots!