Dec 27, 2011

Christmas 2011


Adult Ferruginous Hawk


Adult Ferruginous Hawk


I had a very good Christmas this year with lots of family and friends and even got to go out birding a bit. I went to the Las Vegas NWR with some family on the 26th for the first time in weeks and I was very surprised by what I found. Most of the lakes were completely frozen over and all the waterfowl were in fields adjacent to the refuge loop road. There must have been about 800 geese, 400 ducks and 4 Bald Eagles. The only thing not present were cranes (which was very odd for this time of year).

I also saw a couple Ferruginous Hawks and managed to get some good pictures of one of them (see above). But I have to say, driving at 30 miles per hour while hanging a big camera out the window is a bit nerve-wracking!

Adult Ferruginous Hawk

Adult Ferruginous Hawk



Canada and Snow Geese


4 comments:

thebeardedmoose said...

Very inspiring! Keep it up.

The Roving Bird Nut said...

Thanks!

thebeardedmoose said...

Say hello to Christopher if you see him. I haven't seen him in years. What kind of camera and lens are you using? I need to get something better than my point & shoot.
Brian

The Roving Bird Nut said...

All of the pictures on this blog were taken with a Nikon D80 with a 70-300mm lens. It isn't that much of a zoom but it suits me just fine.

I haven't seen Christopher in a while but hopefully I'll get to bird with him soon...

Cassidy

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