Silly Bird

Nikon D70 & Nikkor 24-120mm at 120mm, 1/100s, f11, & ISO 200

Look At Me

This Snowy Egret (egretta thula) is trying to attract a mate by showing off its feathers. Does it remind you of Kramer from Seinfeld?
Nikon D70 &Nikkor 80-400mm at 310mm, 1/160s, f5.3, & ISO 200

Show Off

This Great Egret (ardea alba) mom, shows off her plumes as she builds a nest at St Augustine Alligator Farm.
Nikon D70 & Nikkor 80-400mm at 200mm, 1/200s, f5.3, & ISO 200

Tricolored Heron

The beaks on these birds are a freaky blue and their red eyes are weird. I wonder if Edgar Allen Poe ever wrote a story about them. I saw this wild egretta tricolor at the St Augustine Alligator Farm.
Nikon D70 & Nikkor 80-400mm at 310mm, 1/160s, f5.3, & ISO 200

White Ibis

Sunday was very stormy at the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge. Most of the wading birds were huddled down in the canals and behind wind breaks. Eudocimus albus
Nikon D70 & Nikkor 80-400mm at 330mm, 1/60s, f11, & ISO 200

Cattle Egret

I am at the First Coast Birding & Nature Festival in St Augustine. There are an amazing number of birds & photographers here. I took this at the St Augustine Alligator Farm. The name sounds kind touristy, but they have a rookery as well. We could get to within a couple feet of some nests. (Bubulcus ibis)
Nikon D70 & 80-400mm at 300mm, 1/250s, f5.3, & ISO 200

Cedar Waxwing

Bombycilla cedrorum at the South Carolina Botanical Garden. Looks like he perched on a can of yellow paint ;-)
Nikon D70 & Nikkor 80-400mm at 340mm, 1/160s, f5.6, & ISO 200

Tulip Crop

What a pun!
Nikon D70 & Nikkor 24-120mm at 95mm, 1/25s, f20, & ISO 200

Turkey Trot

I had been taking some vertical motion blur pics and the camera was still set for long exposures. As I was driving back to town, I saw three young turkeys walking across a pasture. When they saw my truck, they picked up the pace. Nikon D70 & Nikkor 24-120mm at 120mm, 1/15s, f10, & ISO 200