Outdoor Ontario
Photography => Ontario Birds => Topic started by: Shortsighted on May 25, 2025, 01:11:30 PM
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When I looked out my window this morning I saw that it was overcast directly above me but that there was a clear swath of sky in the west and therefore approaching. I figured that the blue would invade the zenith within the hour so maybe I should get dressed and head out. I donned my fatigues despite the lethargy of my personal fatigue and related stiffness, in all the wrong places, but I knew that it would all mellow once in the field.
I decided to stay local. The first bird that I spotted was a single Tennessee warbler into the sun. By the time I positioned myself for a photo it was gone. Rats! No, no, there weren’t any rats, I was just upset. I went close to a pond, of sorts, and spooked a Green heron that flew into a tree to mock me. I switched from silent shutter to noisy fastest shutter-mode just to show my annoyance. The heron finally decided that I was no threat and flew back down to water level to fish. A kingfisher flew over my head from behind and landed on a nearby perch and immediately saw me and moved elsewhere and perched again, now too far away for a photo. Absolutely no tolerance, that bird. A few minutes later a Pileated woodpecker flew over my head from the other direction. I got a few frames of the heron both in the tree and on the water. Even the turtles didn’t mind my presence and you know how timid they can be.
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