Eastern Neck Birding

jaree2 · Mar 31, 2014

Spent some time birding in Eastern Neck Wildlife Refuge on the eastern shore of Maryland a few weeks ago - very cold and overcast, but the birds were out. Managed to get a few photos - the lighting was tricky to manage as it was a pretty overcast morning. Still using a Canon Rebel XSi and EFS 55-250mm. Lots of waterfowl, but not enough lens to get any pictures worth sharing.

Any and all tips are more than welcome. Thanks for looking!

Watchful Eye

BillM · Mar 31, 2014

You have a great selection of beautiful birds to shoot there :mrgreen:

Beautiful Bluebird, Everytime I go to take a shot of one I end up with a great shot of an empty branch lol

nzmacro · Mar 31, 2014

Very nice to see the variety and that last one is a little beauty. Love the colours of that one and the pose.

All the best.

Danny.

Bo4key · Mar 31, 2014

The Bluebird is beautiful and I really like the shot.

I find shooting at the overcast sky to be really difficult to get decent shots but you've managed to get some nice detail in those ones.

HL45 · Apr 1, 2014

love the bluebird!

jaree2 · Apr 2, 2014

Thanks all for the kind words. If only all birds were as willing of subjects as this bluebird turned out to be.

Rick58 · Apr 2, 2014

I have a trailer at the head of the bay, about 30 miles from Eastern Neck Island. Very nice park

jaree2 · Apr 5, 2014

Rick58 said:
I have a trailer at the head of the bay, about 30 miles from Eastern Neck Island. Very nice park

I try to spend as much time down there as possible - always amazed by the incredible amount of life it supports. And when you consider that the Bay "health score" is around 32%, it floors me to imagine what it once was.

Rick58 · Apr 5, 2014

As kids, our parents would often take us there for day picnics. There is / was a beach in the park where you can walk out in the water a couple hundred yards and the water only went up to chest height and was always aquarium clear. Unknown why that section remained so clear. We would use our snorkel gear a watch a lot of eels, crabs and fish. I've haven't been to that beach in many years. I often wonder if it's as clear was it was in the 60's and 70's.