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My camera of choice is a Canon 7D mk2 and 5D mk4

Pelican Parade Saw these guys gliding along with an occasional flap of their wings.I love watching them quietly cruising...
06/05/2020

Pelican Parade

Saw these guys gliding along with an occasional flap of their wings.

I love watching them quietly cruising the skies.

📍 Huntington Beach, Ca. ~Bolsa Chica Wetlands

This guy did a surprise visit on me as I was hiking and fortunately I caught him out of the corner of my eye with camera...
05/31/2020

This guy did a surprise visit on me as I was hiking and fortunately I caught him out of the corner of my eye with camera in hand. I swung around and got a few shots off before it hit the skys again.

*European starling*

In breeding season, they show purple and green iridescent on their body and a yellow bill. In Winter bold white spots cover their entire body. Native to Europe; but introduced to North America and other regions where they now are abundant worldwide.
Often in large flocks and make a variety of squeaky vocalizations and mimics other species. They visit feeders and are often aggressive.

📍 Orange, Ca. (Irvine Regional Park)
Canon 5D mk4, Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L + 1.4x,
1/20 sec, f/6.3 280mm

Quite happy with this one.🤗 I broke out my macro lens for a catch of my backyard beauties. These are called Fortnight Li...
05/25/2020

Quite happy with this one.🤗

I broke out my macro lens for a catch of my backyard beauties. These are called Fortnight Lilies. (sometimes listed as yellow African Iris)

I get many blooms from these little ladies throughout the year. (zoom in for detail 👍)

🇺🇸Have a great Memorial Weekend and be safe. 🇺🇸

📍 Tustin, Ca.
Canon 5D mk4, Canon 100mm f2.8L macro

Black-crowned Night HeronI got this the other day from quite a distance away and did a crop to pull in some of its detai...
05/20/2020

Black-crowned Night Heron

I got this the other day from quite a distance away and did a crop to pull in some of its detail.

📍Bolsa Chica Wetlands, Ca.
Canon 5D Mk4, Canon 70-200mm f2.8L + 1.4x
1/320 f/9 280mm

Awesome Osprey 🦅Got one of those rare times out it seems these days and made a trip over to the Bolsa Chica Ecological R...
05/18/2020

Awesome Osprey 🦅

Got one of those rare times out it seems these days and made a trip over to the Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve for some exercise and photo ops. Got quite a few and still have to get into the editing mode, but I thought I'd share a couple a quick catches from an Osprey that caught a fish and took it back to it's favorite perch for lunch.

*That happens to be quite a distance across the wetlands, it was getting late but hoped it would be worth the trek. It ate every bit of that guy and even did an interesting thing I hadn't seen before. He swallowed almost all of the fish skin too, then pulled it back out stripping away any bits of the insides that were still attached. He was there for quite awhile and even though I don't have a real long lens, (on my save my pennies list) I was able to get close enough to the tree to get some decent catches.

Have a great day and stay safe!

📍Huntington Beach, Ca.

Canon 7D mk2, Canon 70mm - 200mm f2.8L + 1.4 x extender

☯️A continuation of the Mandarin ducks image that I shared that I snuck up on to grab a shot of them. ☯️This picks up w...
03/02/2020

☯️A continuation of the Mandarin ducks image that I shared that I snuck up on to grab a shot of them. ☯️

This picks up where the other shot of the hen stretching her wing when they saw me above them. It culminates with Mr. Man "sweet talking" his lady. 😍

👉👉(The commentary may be interesting)👈👈

📍 Orange, Ca. ~ Irvine Regional Park

I was slowly walking over to a retaining wall above the lower pond at IRP to see if the Mandarin ducks were there. It is...
03/01/2020

I was slowly walking over to a retaining wall above the lower pond at IRP to see if the Mandarin ducks were there. It is one of their favorite areas to snooze. When I crept up on them slowly and carefully like Elmer Fudd not to cast my shadow over the ledge.... I was ready and I woke them up....

I snapped off several shots as the mama stretched out her wing from the snooze and dropped down into the water.

from some of my recovered HD crash images. 🤔 Looks pretty decent on my laptop 😉

📍 Orange, Ca. ~Irvine Regional Park

☯️ Good evening from the 11th signature hole at Tustin Ranch Golf Club.📍 Tustin Ranch, Ca. ~(Click on pic to view full i...
03/01/2020

☯️ Good evening from the 11th signature hole at Tustin Ranch Golf Club.

📍 Tustin Ranch, Ca.
~(Click on pic to view full image)~
*BTW, it makes a pretty cool wallpaper for a phone 😉

Duck water art.........The patterns in the water reflections drew me to grab a shot as this guy was painting the water c...
03/01/2020

Duck water art.........

The patterns in the water reflections drew me to grab a shot as this guy was painting the water canvas.

Look around, there are possibilities you may not have thought of before. 😉 "American Coot"

📍 Tustin Ranch, Ca.
~Tustin Ranch Golf Club

Paddle & surfing in
01/18/2020

Paddle & surfing in

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