A couple of years ago I spent a day being chauffeured around by another photographer, seeing many birding spots that day. Celery Fields was one of our quick stops, since we were in the area. But my over all impression was that it was rather flat and we didn’t take pictures there that day. Maybe we stopped with a different view that day, but I never added it to my mental ‘must see’ locations. Our intention in going this time was to ride the trails and see some birds that a friend had photographed there. But we quickly found that those long slow dirt trails were going to be too much for our trike and scooter, so we rode on the sidewalk and found plenty beautiful subjects to shoot.
I’m always on the lookout for bees and that’s what I hoped this was. I didn’t have the right lens on the camera and it didn’t seem to be focusing as I wanted it to, but I took some shots anyhow. I’m glad I did. The feature photo seemed to have the same problems also, but turned out okay.This is the view we saw, definitely not flat. Each turn of the trail revealed yet another hill to climb.Though the people on the hill caught my eye. I think he was being sent to retrieve his brother. I wish I’d rolled the zoom back a little.If this guy had been lost he was found in the end,This egret was the reason we did ride on the sidewalk, which revealed a few more photographic subjects.I thought this was a glossy ibis, but I had to check to be sure and it is, but he’s in his non-breeding plumage.A little blue was hanging out with the egret and ibis also.We missed a great opportunity to get pictures of this immature red-shouldered hawk when we first arrived. Lucky for us he flew into the trees nearby and posed a while.I saw the beautiful color of this fella’s feathers, but when he turned his head I was a bit disappointed to see that it was a turkey vulture. But I suppose they have their place in the big scheme of things.This little bird was high in a tree so I had to zoom to the max, and then look it up on Merlin. It’s a loggerhead shrike, which I’d heard of but seeing it was a first for me.
It’s a shame that we didn’t look up info on this location before we visited because there is a lot more to be seen here. But we’ll be back…
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Looks like it turned into a fabulous photo op! Also looks like a beautiful day.
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Looks like it turned into a fabulous photo op! Also looks like a beautiful day.
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Looks like a fabulous photo op and it was certainly a beautiful day!
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