C
Clark
Guest
No joke.
Christine and I drove south to Island Beach State Park the weekend before Christmas.
I forgot how long this beach was. Great place, the waves have the right sound to them.
The first stop was at the south parking lot. And we run into two fellows who had that look in their eye. So of course I say, "So where's the owls?"
And that was it, we exchanged cellphone numbers, and made a plan to work every other parking lot going north.
We split up, and two parking lots later, I see one in flight about 300 yards north. Ten minute later, and now there are nine of us, we get great views.
There is no walking on the dunes here. Everybody gets pissy about it.
So with respect to that, and the fact that this is 400mm on a full frame,
this is best shot of snowy owl.
When we left the house in the morning, I said "let's be home by lunchtime." Gotta set a cut off time.
So we say goodbye to all our new friends, and walking back to the car, we notice in the sand is written SNOWY OWL.
Now I see another group of people with cameras. Now I can see the other owl.
Without moving my feet, I can see two snowy owls.
A short walk and this is what I got.
The side show of this place is the red fox.
So many foxes. After 15 minutes, my wife goes " This is creepy, look at them all."
This can be a very busy place. People feed the wildlife here. That is popcorn on the ground.
We don't do this type of thing. But I have shot next to bird feeders.
In no time at all, the fox learns, when a car stops, to go sit down for a hand out.
If the car doesn't stop, the fox moves on to the next car.
I did not see this woman feed any wildlife.
We didn't get home till 5pm.
Thanks for looking.
Christine and I drove south to Island Beach State Park the weekend before Christmas.
I forgot how long this beach was. Great place, the waves have the right sound to them.
The first stop was at the south parking lot. And we run into two fellows who had that look in their eye. So of course I say, "So where's the owls?"
And that was it, we exchanged cellphone numbers, and made a plan to work every other parking lot going north.
We split up, and two parking lots later, I see one in flight about 300 yards north. Ten minute later, and now there are nine of us, we get great views.
There is no walking on the dunes here. Everybody gets pissy about it.
So with respect to that, and the fact that this is 400mm on a full frame,
this is best shot of snowy owl.
When we left the house in the morning, I said "let's be home by lunchtime." Gotta set a cut off time.
So we say goodbye to all our new friends, and walking back to the car, we notice in the sand is written SNOWY OWL.
Now I see another group of people with cameras. Now I can see the other owl.
Without moving my feet, I can see two snowy owls.
A short walk and this is what I got.
The side show of this place is the red fox.
So many foxes. After 15 minutes, my wife goes " This is creepy, look at them all."
This can be a very busy place. People feed the wildlife here. That is popcorn on the ground.
We don't do this type of thing. But I have shot next to bird feeders.
In no time at all, the fox learns, when a car stops, to go sit down for a hand out.
If the car doesn't stop, the fox moves on to the next car.
I did not see this woman feed any wildlife.
We didn't get home till 5pm.
Thanks for looking.
