I had to head down south to Broward county this week so I figured I’d stay over and hit a couple of wildlife spots while I was there.  One is Green Cay Wetlands which is in Delray and there’s also Wakodahatchee Wetlands which is also right around the corner.  The day started off really cloudy and foggy but when it came to the birds I wanted (the Sora and Snipe) the weather somewhat behaved!

And this is George…he’s a Great Blue Heron with a pretty serious looking injury, there’s a hole below his beak where his tongue sticks out!  I’m told he’s still going strong despite his handicap and has been out there for several breeding seasons.  Go George!

I’m seriously considering getting the Canon 400mm f5.6 L prime lens.  I normally use the Canon zoom 100-400mm f4/5.6 USM IS L lens, but I rarely use it at anything other than 400mm.  So…I’m going to rent it next week and try it out.  If I like it, and buy one, the 100-400mm L will be for sale…which is what took all of the photos you’ve seen above

Ok….I run out to the store this morning. For a split second I had a thought run through my head that I should bring the camera. Then I thought, nah! So I drive down my street. I notice how gorgeous the light is, how blue the sky is……and there’s three caracara and one vulture. All three were ADULTS….hey, I like the juvies but the adults are so much more beautiful.

I’m now mad, and say to myself, “I friggin knew it!”. So I got to the store, I drive back home down my street and they’re all STILL THERE. I get to my house, unlock the gate, drive up the driveway, go inside, grab the camera, go back outside, get back into the jeep, drive down the driveway, open and shut the gate, get back out to the street where they were and NO ONE is left except this vulture who had this raccoon breakfast all to himself. Needless to say, the ONLY one happy was the vulture.

So… this photo could have many titles. Like…

“Heather should follow her first instincts.”
“Don’t leave home without your camera”.
“Vultures are happy when the caracara leave, Heather is not”.
“Damn that Murphy’s Law”
“If you’ve got your camera, and the GOOD birds have gone, take a shot of the junk bird anyway”.

I also failed at shooting the lunar eclipse last night.  I DID set my alarm, and I DID get up.  I took the puppy out to go potty, looked up at the really cool orange moon during mid-eclipse and decided I was too tired and too cold to go get the camera so I went back to bed.  I did shoot a couple shots of it BEFORE the eclipse….

I hope everyone who celebrates has a wonderful Easter today!

We had a small wildlife photography meet up this past Saturday, and we all had a blast!  Then on Sunday I got to shoot the wonderful Marni and Chris and their dogs again…but this time in the studio.  I’ll post the studio shots soon.