12-2-12

 

 

Just outside the refuge, A Red Shouldered Hawk (I think) 

Clouded Sulphur

 

 

 

 

 

Spike

11-3-2012 Quick drive thru

Another special sunup at Hagerman

 

There was a lot of human activity at Hagerman this morning

 and it didn't go unnoticed.

These coyotes couldn't make up their minds which way to run.

 

 

After checking in with the Malnorys I was invited to ride in the

C & E 'Cardinal Carrage' that had been  donated to the refuge.

The following are some of the shots I made while riding

 along with Bert (driving) and Dick (narrating).

The tour was a  hour,  give or take and the ride was

quite nice with the electric drive and the open shooting platform of the carriage.

 

This Harrier almost missed his picture as we drove down the road.

My equipment continues to be canon 7D 70-200 2.8IS w/1x1.4 tele-converter

shot at f6 with speed of 1/4000 ISO 400 hand held at 3~4 mph

 

 

Thought I'd add this cropped shot of the Harrier.

 

Check point charlie looking for handouts?

(naw, just drying their wings)

Our escort back to the Visitor center

Tourists

Greater Yellow legs

One male and all those women

'Grumpy' the Red Tail Hawk said:

Yaal come back now!

 



out beyond 200mm

 

 

Just a sliver of cheese this AM

The storm well East of the reserve was still on the radar with severe thunderstorms.

 The reserve was pretty quiet until around 0900.

 

fishing buddies
 

The Blue Heron do not play well with others. The Egret had been setting on the drift wood.
The Heron was a grouch, no doubt still wet from the storm.

9/25/2012

On the way into the NWR Big Red came out to visit. You can see the sunrise in the eye.






This bird was a show off. Course I was not fast enough to catch the bird
 dropping the minnow and the snapping it up as it hit the surface of the water

White Pelicans crusin th Hage..

The Pelicans were swimming back and forth gathering up  the fish.

After the pelicans flew off to take a break from eating the Egrets and Herons

 were left along along with their supporting cast.