Renovation's Rest

[Hillbillygirl]

Well, first of all would like to apologize for not replying to a lot of threads. We are heavy into renovating our 130 yr. old farmhouse and have not had ANY free time.
Last weekend decided to take one day off and do a little birding, so here is our day.

First sighting was approx. 100+ turkeys in a field. These toms were gobblin' away and struttin' their stuff for the ladies.



Headed over to the harbour pier where it was windy and sandy. (yours truly, toughing it out)



Was worth it to get these beautiful, (rare, for us),Long-tail ducks.





An American Coot




The rarest catch for us was this Horned Grebe in breeding plumage with "horns" flared.



And, of course, the ever-present gull.



Hope you enjoyed our day as much as we did. Well, back to work now.

[Bambi]

lovely shots HBG. Looks like a good day. I hope you are taking pictures of the renovations.
I really like the long tail duck in flight shot.

[Iguanasan]

Wow! Loving #3 and #4 (the long tail ducks!)! The clarity of those shots is amazing. I feel like I can reach in a get my hand wet in the water. Great stuff!

[Mad Aussie]

The bird in shot 2 looks like it still full winter plumage on

Never seen a long tail duck before and love those shots!

[Michaelaw]

Nice set HBG...Love the turkey gobblers

[Hillbillygirl]

Thanks for the compliments everyone.
As for the "plumage" in shot #2. Would you believe people were wearing shorts while out rollerblading on shore? Amazing difference in temp out on pier with the 60-70 kph wind gusts, and I thought drywall dust was bad.

[MoinMoin]

You couldn't have used the break better. You have there a couple of very good shots. I like the DOF in the second one.