Birds Camping With Me – Part 2
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My last post shared more of the smaller birds I photographed within our campground last month. This series is showcasing more of the impressive, larger birds. The draw for them were the three ponds the campsites surrounded. Fly-bys overhead were always welcomed!
I love to cruise around in my ‘birding mobile’, setting myself up to allow the birds to ignore me or work their way towards me, while I wait, not moving, not making eye contact. We all know vehicles make great ‘blinds’ when birding, can you believe a brightly colored golf cart would work too?! 🙂
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My Fun “Birding Mobile”
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And now on to my campground birds….
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Little Blue Heron
Great Egret
Great Egret
Wood Stork
Great Blue Heron
Immature Bald Eagle
Brown Pelican
Anhinga
Great Egret
Tricolored Heron
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I get a lot of smiles and love from people when they see me photographing from my birding mobile. And above, it looks like the birds all give a smile too. 😉
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Impressive photos! I like that birdmobile.
Thanks Hien! I have a lot of fun with my bird mobile. 🙂
Are they smiling at you or the Bird-mobile? 🤔 It’s certainly colourful!
Both! 🤗🤗🤗
I love your birding mobile! The Herons and Wood stork look so prehistoric. That always surprises me.
Thanks, Deborah, my cart is a lot of fun. When we’re home with it, the grandboys love it too! 😉
Amazing pictures, Donna! I especially love the first of the little blue heron and the last of the tricolored heron, who is perfectly framed by that tree. 🙂 Your birding mobile rocks!
Thank you, Barbara! I think the Tricolored Heron is my favorite, it framed perfectly and the colors were nice. Now you can see how I roll with the birds sometimes! 😉
Nice Donna! Like the colorful moveable blind!!
Thanks Reed! I love to walk and roll with the birds! 🙂
Lovely bird pics, as you know I am fond of herons, so no surprise that I also really like the little blue heron and the tricoloured heron, both with great watery backgrounds.
Thank you, Sel! I am a heron lover too, they give such beautiful poses so many ways. 🙂
Impressive series, Donna! I’d love to see some pelicans, I’ll have to travel south for that 😊
Thank you much, Belinda! Oh, you’d love to watch them dive for sure! 😊
I hear we are not supposed to bird in bright colours but think our fine-feathered friends are used to it. Glad it works for you in your heavenly camp ground. I too like how the trees frame the subject in this series.
Thank you, Jane! I love ‘tree-framing’ when you can make it work with a patient bird. The little ones don’t give you time to think fast enough, lol.
Really nice set of shots!
Thank you!
That’s an excellent gallery of beautiful photograph! I’d love to see you driving that “Birding Mobil” with all your photo gear. 🙂
Thank you, HJ! I bet I’m cute!! 😎 hehe I also take my Yeti filled with coffee!
Your birdmobile is badass. You be stylin’ and profilin’! LOL! The juvenile Bald Eagle is a nice addition.
Thank you, Vic, I do have a blast cruisin’ around in it. LOL It always makes people smile or laugh, a cool way to meet people. I’ve even had a few who have wanted to buy it.
I’ll bet!
That is one fun bird mobile, Donna! Amazing how many birds are in that one camping area. Tri-colored herons are so beautiful, wonderful portraits!
Thank you, Eliza, my bird mobile is a lot of fun, and I’ve met a lot of nice people because of it! And with all the birds there, I was a happy camper! 😊
Gorgeous photos taken from your birding mobile, Donna. Yes, I do see a few smiles there.
Thank you, Sylvia! They smile for me like yours do for you! 😊
Love that “blind”!
Thanks Carol! 😉
I just love your birding mobile, Donna- what a fun way to travel!
Thank you, Carol, I feel like a kid on it! And probably look like one cruisin’ around! hehe
A beautiful selection of waders Donna, and wow what a really swish little birding buggy, love it. You certainly had a bird feast near the campground.
Thank you, Ashley, it was indeed a great campground for birders. We’d like to return to this one. My research has been pretty good on finding great campground locations for birds so far! 😊
How wonderful to be surrounded by such beautiful birds! And from such a such a colorful perch!
Thank you, Susan! I loved their daily visits, my cart allowed me to get closer than if I was walking. 🙂