A Few Recent Birds...

[jprzybyla]

Burrowing Owls

Dottie and I were in the Ft. Myers/Naples area for a couple of days photographing Burrowing Owls. These are tiny only about six to eight inches tall. The male is normally larger than the female and has lighter colored feathers from the sun bleaching them. The female is smaller and darker from spending most of the time in the burrow building a nest and caring for the eggs.



Nikon D7000, Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED shot at 400mm (600mm FFE), Manual 1/500 F/5.6 Matrix Metering + 2/3 EV ISO 1100 Auto WB, Post processed in Lightroom 5.7 and Photoshop Elements



Nikon D7000, Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED shot at 400mm (600mm FFE), Manual 1/2000 F/5.6 Matrix Metering 0 EV ISO 360 Auto WB, Post processed in Lightroom 5.7 and Photoshop Elements



Nikon D7000, Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED shot at 400mm (600mm FFE), Manual 1/1250 F/5.6 Matrix Metering 0 EV ISO 200 Auto WB, Post processed in Lightroom 5.7 and Photoshop Elements



Nikon D7000, Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED shot at 400mm (600mm FFE), Manual 1/2000 F/5.6 Matrix Metering 0 EV ISO 400 Auto WB, Post processed in Lightroom 5.7 and Photoshop Elements

Gatorland Rookery, Orlando, Florida

Male Anhinga breeding plumage...



Nikon D7000, Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED shot at 260mm (390mm FFE), Manual 1/1000 F/11 Matrix Metering 0 EV ISO 5600 Auto WB, Post processed in Lightroom 5.7 and Photoshop Elements



Nikon D7000, Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED shot at 390mm (495mm FFE), Manual 1/250 F/8 Matrix Metering + 1/3 EV ISO 3600 Auto WB, Post processed in Lightroom 5.7 and Photoshop Elements

Circle B Bar Reserve, Lakeland, Polk County, Florida

White Ibis



Nikon D7000, Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED shot at 400mm (600mm FFE), Manual 1/2000 F/5.6 Matrix Metering 0 EV ISO 400 Auto WB, Post processed in Lightroom 5.7 and Photoshop Elements

Great Blue Heron



Nikon D7000, Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED shot at 400mm (600mm FFE), Manual 1/2000 F/5.6 Matrix Metering + 1 EV ISO 1600 Auto WB, Post processed in Lightroom 5.7 and Photoshop Elements

[wtlwdwgn]

Excellent series Joe!

[Barbara Ponder]

Wonderful images!

[Texas Dave]

Amazing shots!

[deetheturk]

Wonderful series Joe, superb!

[Rebel]

Excellent shots, love the one with the two owls

[Benjy]

Well done Joe,every one a belter

[bnnrcn]

Great shots as always

[JamesScott86]

Excellent captures - well taken.

[Shadowman]

Nice series.

[John 2]

Excellent series Joe. The pick of the bunch for me are the owls.

[jprzybyla]

Thanks everyone for viewing and commenting. I truly appreciate your time and interest. Thanks again.

[Krawuntzel]

Just breathtaking
Erwin

[ied]

Beautiful as always.

Irene

[jprzybyla]

Thanks Erwin and Irene, very much appreciated.