Birdboy does have some luck sometimes. I have been to fire 4 times in the past 3 years, and have hit 3 amazing days. Well saturday was another amazing day. The winds were north west so i left my house at 6 30 to get down there. We got there at 8 and the birds started moving. At the end of the day we had a total of 65 peregrines!!!!!! that is the second most peregrines that ever flew by the hawk site. Not jut peregrines but a total of 160 merlins. It was a lot of fun to see these birds. I didnt get amazing photos to post as it never got sunny, but maybe thats why the birds moved.. who knows. But friday night i knew i had to be there. I had a feeling god wanted me to be there. Thanks bud! My soccer practice got cancelled, I found a ride by some birders, it was all looking good! Well the next two weeks are when the adult male merlins move. They call them blue jacks, with there beautiful blue backs. Well here are some of my shots!
We had a good assortment of adult and immature birds. Below are some audlts hsot followed by adults
Below is a picture my Friend James Vellozzi took at fire island last year. This is a blue jack, the back is a nice gray blue. James takes some awesome raptor photos, and teaches me a lot. His website is jamesvellozzinaturephotography.com
Birdboy, the Peregrine photos are FANTASTIC!! Seriously. My favorite bird of all time and you captured its spirit very well. What luck you had at your hawkwatch site with both the Peregrines and the Merlins
ReplyDeleteMore super falcon photos - doesn't seem fair when others of us keep trying and come up empty. Nice work.
ReplyDeleteGreat photo, Just one of the Peregrines would be a lifer for me.
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