Yesterday was just one of those days when I got SOO many chances at awesome stuff.... but for one reason or another, mostly poor lighting angles, it ended up just being a "decent" photo trip....

Anyway, here are a few of the ones I'd call keepers.

This was a heavy crop, and somewhat back-lit, but a Great Horned Owl, in day light How cool is he ?

Killdeer

I couldn't believe this Merganser was trying to eat a good sized Mud cat ! He did eventually give up and drop it though.... Might have felt a spine and thought twice about actually swallowing it !

Pair of Shovelers in-flight

Cinnamon Teal

Avocet at Sunset

Hope you enjoy them,

Peace,

Fish

I'd give you a thumbs up but that might be misconstrued as trying to increase my post count. ;D

The in flight pic is awsome.

Dude, those are awesome pics. Love the one with that poor cat.

Thanks guys

Yea.... even after the Merganser dropped that Cat, it didn't look like it was doing too well. Don't know how long the Merganser was trying to eat it, before I came along....

Peace,

Fish

If you're not getting paid to do that, you should.

Great photos FC, I especially like the second and third shots.

good series Chris.

Beautiful, Chris!

Dude, where do you live, heaven? Seriously, awesome shots!

SWEET.  I love the merganser eating the bullhead!

i like the owl picture and the bird eating bullhead

Thanks again guys 

Hey, once again, I always get concerned with how somebody is viewing these (monitor settings) as they look crappy when stretched above 100%. Smaller than 100% is fine.

Then again, unless you have a HD monitor like I do, it's likely that you are viewing at 100%, and they are still too big....

You know you can simply hold the ctrl button (bottom left of keyboard) down, and then hit the '-' button (top center of keyboard) to quickly shrink your photo down to fit the screen without scrolling, right ? To go larger again, just hold ctrl, and hit the '+' button

Peace,

Fish

Chris I'd recommend putting your signature on those pictures.Those are some beautiful shots!

Awesome Chris.Thanks

Thanks again guys

Hey, once again, I always get concerned with how somebody is viewing these (monitor settings) as they look crappy when stretched above 100%. Smaller than 100% is fine.

Then again, unless you have a HD monitor like I do, it's likely that you are viewing at 100%, and they are still too big....

You know you can simply hold the ctrl button (bottom left of keyboard) down, and then hit the '-' button (top center of keyboard) to quickly shrink your photo down to fit the screen without scrolling, right ? To go larger again, just hold ctrl, and hit the '+' button

Peace,

Fish

You can also do it with ctrl + scroll wheel on your mouse. Scroll up to make things bigger, down to make things smaller.

Great pics Chris!!

I wonder how the bird got that thing down.

Thanks again guys 

But Nibbles, I don't have a scroll wheel on my mouse ! Love my mouse though. Can't hardly use a mouse unless it's a rollerball

Tin, he didn't. He finally gave up, and dropped it. Might have felt a spine, and revaluated the situation

Peace,

Fish