Yesterday was hot! We went to Farmington Bay and stayed just long enough to get some good pictures.
Can you see how the heat warps the picture in the distance? I’m going to learn a lot this summer about how to take pictures in extreme heat. The birds were feeling the heat too. Check out this poor Marsh Wren.
and these sad barn swallows
the real treat of the day was to see White Pelicans. My love of Brown Pelicans is well established. And now I’ve seen the other type of pelican to live in the US.
Isn’t he breathtaking? The black tips are so cool. These guys are shyer than their brown counterparts. Of course, the Brown Pelicans hang out on piers with people all day. Here the pelicans are more isolated from humans.
There was a point where I was taking pictures of small birds like wrens and then I saw this giant body in the water. At first I thought I was looking at the Lock Ness Monster. No! It was a pelican fishing.
He may look small in that picture, but in my 500mm lens, he was huge! Isn’t it neat how the black feathers are almost completely tucked inside his wings?
Montanagirl has an interesting post that shows White Pelicans in flight with cormorants so you can get a feel for the size differences.
Beautiful photographs. Yes, the heat takes its toll on the birds.
Thanks!
Wow Liz, your picture of the flying white pelican is stunning!
The swallows and wren look horribly hot. Hope night time cools off some.
I loved your loch ness monster comment!
It’s been too hot for us to get out birding recently. I can’t wait for fall!
Thanks Tiffany! I love my camera so much. It’s amazing how much an upgrade from the Nikon d40 to the 300s has changed the quality of my flight pictures.
I hear you Mary. I’m thinking that the next birding trip should be very north of here so I can get some relief!