Blue heron with fish

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birds, blue heron

Blue heron with a fish in its mouth

Duck butts

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birds, ducks, Goldwater Lake

A pair of mallard ducks feeding. Taken at Goldwater Lake in Prescott, Az.
Nikon D850, Nikkor 80-400 f/4.5-5.6 at 400mm f.5.6 1/1250 iso 560

Cormorant on nest

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bird on nest, birds, cormorant, willow lake

Cormorant on nest looking down at me. Shot at Willow Lake in Prescott, Az where there is a very large population of these birds. This one is nesting in a large cottonwood tree.
Nikon D850, Nikkor 80-400 f/4.5-5.6 at 300mm f/6.3 1/1000th iso 320

Busy night at the ponderosa pine

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javelina, raccoon, Trail camera

The ponderosa pine tree in our front yard was a busy place last night. The javelina was noisy and woke me up when it ran across the porch. The raccoons were quiet. We have not seen raccoons for in a while.

Bird in flight photos

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bird in flight, bird photography, blue heron, cormorant, juvenile bald eagle

I’m working on my bird in flight photos. It’s difficult to get the focus right as the bird is moving and the camera is moving to follow the bird. And with a long telephoto lens, the depth of field (distance span that’s in focus) is quite shallow. Here are todays good ones. All shot at Goldwater lake in Prescott, Az

Blue heron

Cormorant

Juvenile bald eagle (they don’t have a white head until they are 4 years old)