[birding] Kingfisher on Brooklane

[Paul Rentz]

I've started carrying my camera more and more- today it paid off. I started
to get closer to a redtail after watching two teenagers walk right by the
raptor with their dog- and he didn't move so I thought I'd move closer.
Either my white lens or my 'eye to eye' contact sent him off long before I
got close. So I drove a little further down Brooklane (having passed about
ten turkeys living up by the president of OSU's home) and spotted a bird
that looked very different from any I'd seen before- my first kingfisher! I
find their shape almost comical- they look like a little tough guy to me.

I was able to get close enough for a couple of good pictures of her too- not
bad for a 'non-birding' day, I really was just out to get a haircut! I now
take the 'back roads' into town almost all the time.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1391/3165095429_b777291645_b.jpg 

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3114/3165095373_78917eed6e_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3256/3165095469_ced0826d69_b.jpg

 

Oh, and one of the turkeys- this is a large file but I just couldn't believe
the detail in these guys-looks like armor, not feathers on these guys. And
what's with the 'tassel' that hangs from the middle front of them?

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3107/3165161687_ae0ef5fb23_o.jpg

 

Yes, I did finally get to the barber shop before it closed!

 

Paul Rentz

 

 

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