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Photography => Ontario Birds => Topic started by: feathered on December 18, 2011, 07:41:19 PM

Title: Young Snowy
Post by: feathered on December 18, 2011, 07:41:19 PM

I finally got to add snowy to my lifelist this weekend. It was definitely worth braving the cold, and it's about time we had some sunshine, eh? :)

(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7021/6528366135_63424527bc_z.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/osteopteryx/6528366135/)

(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7019/6528350101_4e2e5123f4_z.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/osteopteryx/6528350101/)

(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7016/6528368819_e22419156b_z.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/osteopteryx/6528368819/)

Title: Re: Young Snowy
Post by: lovemypt on December 18, 2011, 08:02:26 PM

Shot nice shots Feathered, lots of detail and as my wife puts it " it's amazing how nature can still be beautiful on human garbage"  ...... I saw 4 snowys two weeks ago at a similar looking spot but none where there last weekend, that I could find..............  Interesting observation....I have seem alot reports of Snowys lately but none were listed in any of the Christmas bird counts from this weekend, I am wondering if some have moved further south

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Post by: Moira on December 18, 2011, 08:17:30 PM

A beautiful bird and congrats on the first!  It's interesting where they decide to locate.

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Post by: mr.sharp-photo on December 18, 2011, 09:33:50 PM

love the first shot!

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Post by: newfoundlander61 on December 18, 2011, 09:47:41 PM

Excellent clarity and detail. Well done on this new bird for you, always awesome.

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Post by: Rob'in'To on December 19, 2011, 07:17:03 AM

Excellent pics and congrats on the lifer!

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Post by: Reg on December 19, 2011, 09:15:08 AM

Great set, I love the first one, nice catch

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Post by: feathered on December 19, 2011, 09:48:37 AM

Thank you everyone. :) It was strange seeing such a beautiful bird hanging around rubble, but I think the owl more than made up for the look of the garbage.

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Post by: Rob'in'To on December 19, 2011, 02:15:01 PM

Stuff like this temps me to make that long trek into the Spit.

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Post by: JW Mills on December 20, 2011, 07:39:20 PM

All nice shots, especially the first!