On Jun 19, 2011, at 5:10 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > > On Jun 19, 2011, at 4:53 PM, Keith Whaley wrote: > >> Paul Stenquist wrote: >>> Thanks Bob and Christine. I should have made this a Peso, so I will:-) >>> On Jun 19, 2011, at 2:19 PM, Bob W wrote: >>> >>>>> An egret coming out of the Rouge River wetlands in Bloomfield Hills, >>>>> Michigan, this morning. >> >> I absolutely LOVE this shot of the Egret! >> >> Lovely... >> >> We also have Egrets in the Marina del Rey part of Los Angeles. >> This is a rather wide and protected swampy area, where all manner of aquatic >> life flourishes. > > Thanks Keith. I've shot near the marina, and at the estuaries in Long Beach > and Malibu as well. Plenty of good bird shooting locations in California. In > truth, my the bit of Michigan wetlands where I shot the egret is > unremarkable. It's part of the Rouge River watershed, but it's just a brief > stretch of undeveloped property between some office buildings and the eight > lanes of Woodward Avenue. But I've nailed a number of egrets there and a blue > crane as well.
That should have read "a blue heron as well." A senior moment! Paul > It's situated between a number of large lakes, and seems to be a stopover > spot for water fowl. It does appear to be abundant with life. When I stopped > to see the egret I saw a big carp digging in the bottom of water that wasn't > even deep enough to cover his back. > Paul >> >> keith whaley >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
