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Just now starting the picture-processing ordeal from vacation.
My sister and I went to Saint Simon's Island (coastal Georgia); having spent my high school years and more in Atlanta, I'd spent my share of time in Savannah, and had even been to Skidaway Island once, eons ago, on a long field trip while still in school. But somehow, I never made it to St. Simon's or Jekyll Island. My mistake! It was beautiful and one of the most relaxing vacations I've had in recent memory.
90% of our time was comprised of three activities: sitting at the beach, eating and take pictures of birds. Well, and drinking.
My sister is also an avid photographer, but nowhere near as obsessed with birds as I am--nevertheless, she graciously helped scout out new spots to try to help me find birds I didn't already have--especially ones I'm not likely to get here in landlocked TN.
Depending on how many of my terns and gulls end up being different types, I got decent pictures of somewhere between 10-12 new birds, so I was pretty happy!
I'm still trying to process pictures, and deciding which ones to post here, but I thought I'd start with just a few random ones.
1. Black Skimmer. Not only did I not have this already, I'd never even heard of it. I caught a glimpse of one and missed the shot, because from a distance I thought it was the same as the other terns I was photographing at the time. After that, it proved quite elusive, but I finally got this shot on our next-to-last evening there.
2. Terns and Gulls are harder to ID than sparrows!! There are so many different ones, and it's impossible for someone who isn't a true birder to sort them all out. This is a tern...of some sort.
3. A laughing gull. I think. Or maybe not.
4. Male boat-tailed grackle.
5. Female boat-tailed grackle.
6. Beauty and the Beast. An ugly wood stork surrounded by the elegantly beautiful little snowy egrets. I never did get close enough to get a really good picture of a snowy egret. I guess that means I'll just have to go back.
I've got some better pictures in terms of IQ, I promise! (I won't promise how MANY of them I've got, though!). These were just some I found interesting for one reason or another. I'll probably post separate threads for some Egret shots and Pelican shots, and then one more for the "better" shots of other birds. Plus a few non-bird pictures I actually did manage to take.
As always: C&C, general comments and witty banter are all welcome here.
My sister and I went to Saint Simon's Island (coastal Georgia); having spent my high school years and more in Atlanta, I'd spent my share of time in Savannah, and had even been to Skidaway Island once, eons ago, on a long field trip while still in school. But somehow, I never made it to St. Simon's or Jekyll Island. My mistake! It was beautiful and one of the most relaxing vacations I've had in recent memory.
90% of our time was comprised of three activities: sitting at the beach, eating and take pictures of birds. Well, and drinking.
My sister is also an avid photographer, but nowhere near as obsessed with birds as I am--nevertheless, she graciously helped scout out new spots to try to help me find birds I didn't already have--especially ones I'm not likely to get here in landlocked TN.
Depending on how many of my terns and gulls end up being different types, I got decent pictures of somewhere between 10-12 new birds, so I was pretty happy!
I'm still trying to process pictures, and deciding which ones to post here, but I thought I'd start with just a few random ones.
1. Black Skimmer. Not only did I not have this already, I'd never even heard of it. I caught a glimpse of one and missed the shot, because from a distance I thought it was the same as the other terns I was photographing at the time. After that, it proved quite elusive, but I finally got this shot on our next-to-last evening there.
2. Terns and Gulls are harder to ID than sparrows!! There are so many different ones, and it's impossible for someone who isn't a true birder to sort them all out. This is a tern...of some sort.
3. A laughing gull. I think. Or maybe not.
4. Male boat-tailed grackle.
5. Female boat-tailed grackle.
6. Beauty and the Beast.
An ugly wood stork surrounded by the elegantly beautiful little snowy egrets. I never did get close enough to get a really good picture of a snowy egret. I guess that means I'll just have to go back. I've got some better pictures in terms of IQ, I promise! (I won't promise how MANY of them I've got, though!). These were just some I found interesting for one reason or another. I'll probably post separate threads for some Egret shots and Pelican shots, and then one more for the "better" shots of other birds. Plus a few non-bird pictures I actually did manage to take.
As always: C&C, general comments and witty banter are all welcome here.
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