Irvine Water District 20220905
#Black_Skimmer sailing off into the wild, blue yonder. . . . #SCPCphotos #Irvine #water_District #Nikon_Z9 #Nikkor_24-200mm #Tamron_150-600mm #CA #Birds
A #Duck wandered in to photobomb the #Greebes, #Canada_Geese, #Heron, #Pelicans, #Cootes, and #Egrets that showed up for us this morning. . . . #SCPCphotos #Irvine #water_District #Nikon_Z9 #Nikkor_24-200mm #Tamron_150-600mm #CA #Birds
A couple of #Greebes are coming in for a closeup shot. . . . #SCPCphotos #Irvine #water_District #Nikon_Z9 #Nikkor_24-200mm #Tamron_150-600mm #CA #Birds
There was a very noisy confab of #Pelicans, #Geese, and #Skimmers on one of the islands. . . . #SCPCphotos #Irvine #water_District #Nikon_Z9 #Nikkor_24-200mm #Tamron_150-600mm #CA #Birds
The purpose of this outing (for me) was to practice with a new camera capturing birds in flight. The #Skimmers cooperated all day, except they seemed to want to fly away from me rather than toward me. . . . #SCPCphotos #Irvine #water_District #Nikon_Z9 #Nikkor_24-200mm #Tamron_150-600mm #CA #Birds
The purpose of this outing (for me) was to get some practice with a new camera capturing birds in flight. The #Skimmers cooperated all day, except they seemed to want to fly away from me rather than toward me. . . . #SCPCphotos #Irvine #water_District #Nikon_Z9 #Nikkor_24-200mm #Tamron_150-600mm #CA #Birds
The #Greebes were plentiful, and several had babies. . . . #SCPCphotos #Irvine #water_District #Nikon_Z9 #Nikkor_24-200mm #Tamron_150-600mm #CA #Birds
Another #Skimmer teasing me with an almost flying across shot. . . . #SCPCphotos #Irvine #water_District #Nikon_Z9 #Nikkor_24-200mm #Tamron_150-600mm #CA #Birds
It amazes me how the Z9 can pick out and track the bird, even with a complicated background. . . . #SCPCphotos #Irvine #water_District #Nikon_Z9 #Nikkor_24-200mm #Tamron_150-600mm #CA #Birds
A #Greebe swims over to show off her babies. They are so cute and photogenic. I had way too many shots of them. I’ve selected a few of the best for you. . . . #SCPCphotos #Irvine #water_District #Nikon_Z9 #Nikkor_24-200mm #Tamron_150-600mm #CA #Birds
The #Canada_Geese take off. I love the reflections in the water. . . . #SCPCphotos #Irvine #water_District #Nikon_Z9 #Nikkor_24-200mm #Tamron_150-600mm #CA #Birds
The #Geese are strong and graceful in flight. . . . #SCPCphotos #Irvine #water_District #Nikon_Z9 #Nikkor_24-200mm #Tamron_150-600mm #CA #Birds
An #American_Coote swam by to see what was going on. . . . #SCPCphotos #Irvine #water_District #Nikon_Z9 #Nikkor_24-200mm #Tamron_150-600mm #CA #Birds
The #Egrets were also active, flying up into the trees and back down to hunt fish. . . . #SCPCphotos #Irvine #water_District #Nikon_Z9 #Nikkor_24-200mm #Tamron_150-600mm #CA #Birds
Finally! A #Skimmer flies across my position to allow for a decent shot. . . . #SCPCphotos #Irvine #water_District #Nikon_Z9 #Nikkor_24-200mm #Tamron_150-600mm #CA #Birds
. . . #SCPCphotos #Irvine #water_District #Nikon_Z9 #Nikkor_24-200mm #Tamron_150-600mm #CA #Birds
