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On Wednesday, May 9, 2007 I joined a group of really great folks from Merrymeeting Audubon at Hinckley Park in South Portland to seek out migrating warblers. This walk had been listed in the newspaper and I telephoned to learn if it was okay if I carried my camera gear. I would comment that this is the first time I’d ever joined a group of this nature and it proved to be a terrific experience. Besides really enjoying everyone in the group, perhaps twelve people, the knowledge and enthusiasm displayed was both infectious and a great deal of fun. I viewed first hand what an experienced birder with a familiarity of bird calls, songs and the acquired skill of spotting can do…
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Stella, who capably put this event together, indicated she would post a list of the sightings from the walk. In this article, I’m going to post some of the photos
I took during our time at the park. Keep in mind as you view these images that they were exposed unlike my usual imaging procedures…. These birds were all
fairly distant and generally high up in trees. Most were far enough from my lens to make the center focusing square nearly as big as the subject with many
leaves, twigs and branches in the way for a clean image.
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Although I didn't spot this Osprey in the area, this one flew over so we knew they were around.
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We viewed a pair of Night-Herons around the ponds and I took several images of them. |
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Although a common sighting, we thought this was an excellent example of a Downy and fairly close compared to the warblers.
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We viewed several cowbirds, all at distance. This bird was photographed at the top of an extremely high pole and I was surprised it came out as well as this exhibits. |
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Kiro
May 2007
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