Mark
Beautiful, beautiful photos! Wow. I will point out though that the sparrow
is a Savannah Sparrow - which doesn't take away from the great shot.
Good birding
Al
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> [mailto:south-bay-birds-bounces+chucao=[[email protected]]] On
> Behalf Of Mark Bohrer
> Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2005 5:40 PM
> To: SBB (E-mail); [[email protected]]
> Subject: [SBB] Coots and eagles at Calero
>
> This morning I returned to south Santa Clara County near Calero Reservoir
> to photograph the distant eagle's nest atop a PG&E tower. I parked the
> car,
> walked as close as the barbed wire allowed and waited. And waited. And
> waited some more! Eagles don't schedule their activities around my whims,
> so I shrugged and drove further down McKean Road to Calero Reservoir.
> Unlike Mountain View's Shoreline Lake where waterbirds dive for shellfish
> and other morsels close to shore the coots and ducks insisted on keeping
> their distance. Whenever I moved, so did they. Finally mating urges won
> out
> over caution as a horny male coot chased a female around near enough for a
> photograph:
> http://tinyurl.com/6npa7
>
> The best 'catch of the day' happened as I stealthily (for a human) made my
> way towards the coots. A small flock of white-crowned sparrows ignored me
> until I got within 20 feet or so. All of them spooked except one. I froze
> and slowly set the tripod down, and he let me capture his portrait before
> he flew off to join his friends:
> http://tinyurl.com/52yuy
>
> But a bufflehead couple and a pied-billed grebe were too paranoid for
> closeups, and I caught only glimpses of a little killdeer who filled the
> air with his plaintive "kill-DEER, kill-DEER, kill-DEER!" And red-winged
> blackbird males trilled for mates somewhere out of sight.
>
> So I gave up and drove back to the power tower. I got some more golden
> eagle takeoff shots but still had a cloudy gray background even though the
> light was better:
> http://tinyurl.com/5anp8
>
>
> Mark Bohrer
> Mountain and Desert Photography
> www.mountain-and-desert.com
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