Shorebirder: March 2014

Friday, March 21, 2014

Snowy Owls

This winter's major Snowy Owl invasion resulted in a couple individuals wintering in Stratford/Milford at the mouth of the Housatonic River. I had two chances to photograph these birds, the first back on December 22nd during the Christmas Bird Count at Milford Point. I thought I was going to go the rest of the winter without another chance, but I caught up with a cooperative Snowy at Stratford Point a few days ago.

Snowy Owl - Milford Point, Milford, CT - Dec 22, 2013

Snowy Owl - Stratford Point, Stratford, CT - Mar 16, 2014

- NB

Monday, March 17, 2014

Florida - March 2014

Just back from an amazing week in south Florida, largely spent on the keys. While not a birding trip, Michelle and I saw some really cool stuff along the way. Here are a few pics. As always, click photos for a larger version.

Reddish Egret - Bahia Honda State Park. Michelle noticed a band above its left foot which I have reported; the bird was banded on neighboring Ohio Key in January 2010.

Swallow-tailed Kite - Everglades NP

poor record shot of a light morph Short-tailed Hawk - Everglades NP

American Alligator - Everglades NP

American Crocodile - Everglades NP

- NB

Photographs

After years of digiscoping I purchased a dSLR, the Canon 7D, in July 2011 along with the 400mm f5.6 prime lens. I upgraded to the 7D MarkII in September of 2016.
All of my shots on this website are taken with either the Canon 7D, 7D MkII or digiscoped with a Canon Powershot unless otherwise noted.
ALL PHOTOS are Copyright Nick Bonomo 2008-2019 unless otherwise noted.

Post-processing, when performed, is limited to minor exposure adjustments and sharpening. I sometimes do not have enough free time for this step and will post photos as-is. On several occasions I will not alter a photo if I feel that the change does not make the bird appear as it did in the field, for identification purposes. I currently shoot in jpeg only.