Flight of the Heron
This Great Blue Heron did a fly-by while I was at the Ridgefield NWR on Aug. 10, 2011. Taken with a Canon 7D, 1/1250, f5.6, ISO400, Canon 400mm f5.6L lens. Continue Reading
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Great Blue Heron on Approach
A Great Blue Heron drops his landing gear on approach to the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge on July 11, 2011. Photo taken with a Canon 7D, 1/2000, f5.6, ISO640, Canon 400mm f5.6L lens. Continue Reading
Great Horned Owlet
One of two fledgling Great Horned Owls on the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge, taken Apr. 29, 2011. Taken with a Canon 7D, 1/250, f5.6, ISO800, Canon 400mm f5.6L lens, with flash fill. Continue Reading
Morning Glow
This shot was taken at close range with a Canon 40D, 1/320, f7.1, 400mm, Canon 100-400mmL lens. At the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge on Feb. 27, 2009. Continue Reading
Posted in Videos on March 8, 2011
A Hard Snake to Kill
Back in the fall of 2010, I caught this action between a snake and it’s predator, the Great Blue Heron. The video is actually the first one I had taken with my Canon 7D so it won’t win any awards. I was not set up to hold the camera still and the bird was quite ... Continue Reading
Great Horned Owlet
Oh, were we Ridgefielder Refugers fortunate in 2010 to watch two Great Horned Owlets grow up in the trees right in the vicinity of the road! This shot was taken in May 2010 with a Canon 40D, 1/400, f8, 285mm, ISO400, +1EV, Canon 100-400mm lens. I recall getting this s ... Continue Reading
Great Blue Heron with Snake
Great Horned Owl
This wet Great Horned Owl was, I believe, one of the parents of a pair of owlets that we were lucky to be able to watch grow up at the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge in Washington state in 2010. In the four years I have been visiting the refuge (as of 2010), this is easily ... Continue Reading
