a day of birds . . .
I have been eagerly working on hand painting my photos. It has been a real learning experience for me, as I am trying to create my own style and techniques. I have been going through some of my old photos looking for pictures that might be good ones to use. I’m in the process of selecting some now and then getting them printed on matte paper. As soon as I have one completed, I will post it for you to see.
In the meantime, while looking for those pictures, I found some bird photos I took at a rookery during the last nesting season. The birds are in their breeding plumage and busy living their lives, courting their mates, building nests and raising their young. Life goes on whether I’m there to see it or not.
My heart goes out to those in Texas and surrounding areas. We had our own disaster at the same time here that didn’t have anything to do with that hurricane. It's our season of the Big Rains and over the time of about 12-15 hours, we got 18-20 inches of rain that caused major flooding like we haven’t seen here in many years. It has finally stopped raining and waters are beginning to recede.
Here are the bird pictures. I took these straight out of the camera with no processing except for cropping. The pronounced coloring around their eyes is only during the courting/mating season.
Wood Stork mates . . .
This seemed like a close knit community of Wood Storks and one little Cormorant . . .
Excitement when a new nesting material is brought in . . .
Wood Stork threesome . . .
The majestic Great Egret in full courtship plumage (the feathers grown from the back are called aigrettes--for display only, not used for flying . . .
Female Anhinga in a perfect light . . .
I spotted a little family of three kids and two adult Cormorants.
Squabbling for food. The adult has the orange bill and the kids have yellow . . .
The three kids were anxiously looking for their parental unit to return . . .
One adult stayed behind and the other went for food.
Cattle Egrets are our smallest mostly all white egrets except during the mating season when they get their beautiful rusty orange feathers and colorful skin area around their eyes . . .
These birds all hang together. There were also Night Herons, Ibis and Great Blue Herons in the mix.
In the meantime, while looking for those pictures, I found some bird photos I took at a rookery during the last nesting season. The birds are in their breeding plumage and busy living their lives, courting their mates, building nests and raising their young. Life goes on whether I’m there to see it or not.
My heart goes out to those in Texas and surrounding areas. We had our own disaster at the same time here that didn’t have anything to do with that hurricane. It's our season of the Big Rains and over the time of about 12-15 hours, we got 18-20 inches of rain that caused major flooding like we haven’t seen here in many years. It has finally stopped raining and waters are beginning to recede.
Here are the bird pictures. I took these straight out of the camera with no processing except for cropping. The pronounced coloring around their eyes is only during the courting/mating season.
Wood Stork mates . . .
This seemed like a close knit community of Wood Storks and one little Cormorant . . .
Excitement when a new nesting material is brought in . . .
Wood Stork threesome . . .
The majestic Great Egret in full courtship plumage (the feathers grown from the back are called aigrettes--for display only, not used for flying . . .
Female Anhinga in a perfect light . . .
I spotted a little family of three kids and two adult Cormorants.
Squabbling for food. The adult has the orange bill and the kids have yellow . . .
The three kids were anxiously looking for their parental unit to return . . .
One adult stayed behind and the other went for food.
Cattle Egrets are our smallest mostly all white egrets except during the mating season when they get their beautiful rusty orange feathers and colorful skin area around their eyes . . .
These birds all hang together. There were also Night Herons, Ibis and Great Blue Herons in the mix.