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Photography => Ontario Birds => Topic started by: JW Mills on October 19, 2015, 09:16:43 PM

Title: Townsends Solitaire and Least Bittern
Post by: JW Mills on October 19, 2015, 09:16:43 PM

Seen today at Col Sam Smith Park
 
(http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u225/zed37/Perching%20Birds%20-%20large/ToSo01x006.jpg) (http://s169.photobucket.com/user/zed37/media/Perching%20Birds%20-%20large/ToSo01x006.jpg.html)
 
(http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u225/zed37/Perching%20Birds%20-%20large/ToSo02x008.jpg) (http://s169.photobucket.com/user/zed37/media/Perching%20Birds%20-%20large/ToSo02x008.jpg.html)
 
(http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u225/zed37/Perching%20Birds%20-%20large/ToSo03x009.jpg) (http://s169.photobucket.com/user/zed37/media/Perching%20Birds%20-%20large/ToSo03x009.jpg.html)
 
(http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u225/zed37/Wading%20Birds/LBit05x058.jpg) (http://s169.photobucket.com/user/zed37/media/Wading%20Birds/LBit05x058.jpg.html)
 
(http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u225/zed37/Wading%20Birds/LBit06x061.jpg) (http://s169.photobucket.com/user/zed37/media/Wading%20Birds/LBit06x061.jpg.html)

Title: Re: Townsends Solitaire and Least Bittern
Post by: Dinusaur on October 19, 2015, 11:02:17 PM

Beautiful photos John - I love the action shots of the Solitaire.
It was nice seeing you both at the location and thanks for showing the spot where Bittern was hiding. That was one tough bird to photograph; any sings of approaching humans drove him into hiding.  However, once it came out it did give us ample time to take some nice shots from a relatively close distance.