Viera Wetlands ,,,,

[EricD]

Went out to Viera for a little R&R only to find it cold, cloudy and windy as hell!! Still managed to find some things to photograph.......



1 Male Ring Neck Duck

2 Female Ring Neck Ducks

3 Juvi Caracara

4

5 Glossy Ibis

6 Green Heron

7 Blue Wing Teals

8 Young alligator crossing the dirt road in front of me.......

9 anhinga with fish.....

10 Male Hooded Merganser

11 Male Shoveler

12 Shoveler couple......

13 Tri-Color Heron....

14 Robins

15 Adult Caracara

 

[wfduncan]

Those are fantastic. What kind of ibis is that?

Caracaras are cool looking birds. I saw one in Ecuador once.

 

[HikinMike]

... What kind of ibis is that?...

White-faced Ibis?




What a great selection Eric! :thumbup:

 

[EricD]

Those are fantastic. What kind of ibis is that?

Caracaras are cool looking birds. I saw one in Ecuador once.

Sorry,I thought I named them all. Glossy Ibis

 

[jtee]

Great series ,would love to have Viera near me i would be there all the time.

 

[Antarctican]

Went out to Viera for a little R&R only to find it cold, cloudy and windy as hell!! Still managed to find some things to photograph.......

Well if that isn't an understatement, I don't know what is!What a lovely series of photos. I especially like 3, 5, 8, 9, and 13. Thanks for sharing these.

 

[flameshots]

Awesome shots as usual Eric.

What is the raptor in the last shot? I don't think I've ever seen that bird before.

 

[wfduncan]

A crested caracara?

 

[EricD]

Awesome shots as usual Eric.

What is the raptor in the last shot? I don't think I've ever seen that bird before.

So sorry for not labeling the photos. I usually d but it was late last night.
Last shot is one of the Adult Caracara's to the Juveniles in pic's #3 & #4

 

[Formatted]

14 is my favourite. Another great set.

D300 with TC 1.4 200-400 Vr f4. Again?

 

[EricD]

14 is my favourite. Another great set.

D300 with TC 1.4 200-400 Vr f4. Again?

yes indeed...my favorite set up of all my lenses!

 

[Dominantly]

Very cool.....

How are those alligators, are they fight, or flight?

 

[wfduncan]

Whats the difference between anhingas and comorants. I thought that was a comorant. I always confuse the two.

 

[EricD]

Whats the difference between anhingas and comorants. I thought that was a comorant. I always confuse the two.

Anhinga has longer beak and spears his fish under water wile the Commorant has a small hooked beak and bites his fish under water. My non scientific explanation!

 

[Jankster]

great stuff! i really like #3 really cool capture