some birds from the beach

[rdking647]

heres a few birds from the padre national seashore outside corpus christi.
Great blue heron taking off
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GBH with a meal
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flying away
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curlew in flight
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GBH
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osprey flying away with a fish
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reddish egret
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[Celebration]

1. flying away with a fish

That is really wonderful! Just love these.

Never have I seen a reddish egret!

GREAT job. Looks like fun.

[rdking647]

3. we have reddish egrets by the gulf coast

i think they are pretty rare elsewhere but port aransas has a lot of them

[Solly Mack]

2. Nice!

[DrDan]

4. nice - how long was your lens?

[rdking647]

5. sigma 150-500

[DrDan]

6. figured - I have an 18-300, but need something a bit longer

[rdking647]

8. i have a 120-300 with a 2x teleconverter

but its to heavy for use on birds in flight ive found....

[BuddhaGirl]

7. Wonderful photos!

Really love the colors on the last one

[locks]

9. What a treat

Thank you for these wonderful photos!

[awoke_in_2003]

10. Very nice, thanks. nt

[mnhtnbb]

11. Love them all--but the reddish egret eyeball makes him look mean!

[demwing]

18. It's a dinosaur eyeball!

[mnhtnbb]

19. LOL. I knew I'd seen that somewhere before!

[DirkGently]

12. Great shots. We have all those birds

here in Central Florida, and spend a fair amount of time photographing them. Love the way the Reddish stagger around when they're hunting.

Nice in-flight shots especially.

[alfredo]

13. Great photos.

[CrispyQ]

14. Fabulous shots!

Hard to choose a fave, but love GBH - incredible angle!

[nadinbrzezinski]

15. I think... YOU ROCK!!!! as a nature photographer

[rdking647]

16. thanks

[zentrum]

17. Fantastic. Thanks. n/t