Workshop, and Daniel Webster Sanctuary

Canada geese flying into land

First an announcement.  On Saturday, March 19 starting at 6:30 PM at the Stone Barn of Allens Pond Massachusetts Audubon Sanctuary, I will be holding a program on doing nighttime macro photography, and we utilize a vernal pool.  This event is limited to 10 participants.  The fee is $20 and will include drinks and snacks.  Equipment DSLR with a Macro lens or a lens in the 70-200 External Flash a Flash extension cable or remote flash trigger Boots Flashlight or headlamp and appropriate clothing.  Anyone that is interested, please email me at mborn@photobee1.com.  By the way, half of the proceeds will be donated to the sanctuary.

Yesterday, it was a beautiful day and warm with the temperature starting out in the 50s and going into the 60s.  My son and I spent the morning at Daniel Webster Massachusetts Audubon Sanctuary in the morning blind.  The sanctuary has two blinds, one at each end of the pool, morning and afternoon blind, so named because the location of the sun.  There was a lot of passerines flitting around in the brush and bushes.  However, none of them perched in a location where we could photograph them.  The two main species that we photographed were painted turtles and Canada geese.

We started out with three painted turtles on the log and by the time we left, there were seven painted turtles all enjoying the bright, warm sun.

Painted turtles on the log

Initially, there were only a few Canada geese in the pool but as the morning wore on large groups flew in.  The Canada geese put on a show with many of the geese bathing and preening.  The geese would raise large splashes a water duck underneath the water and even bays upside down with their feet in the air.

Canada geese landing

Canada geese swimming and preening

Canada goose bathing

Canada goose flapping its wings

While watch and the Canada geese, around the corner of grass, swam some ducks.  There was a pair of mallards and for my first time visiting here a Northern Pintail.

Northern Pintail and mallards

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Victoria British Columbia Day One

Monday, March 6, started the day meeting Glenn Bartley in the lobby of the motel where the four participants introduced themselves to each other. Then off to do photography. We went to the Lagoon to photograph mainly the ducks both swimming and in flight. Glenn taught us the best technique for flight photography. He went up and down the shore 200 plus yards to get the ducks into one area by feeding them, then went in the opposite direction and put out feed to get them to fly past us. Many good pictures were obtained and yes a lot of losers.

Common Goldeneye

Mallard

Northern Pintail

Bufflehead

Before we left a pair of mallard got into a long fight.  If you look at the picture the front mallard has blood in its eye.

In the afternoon we went to “the Golden Pond: where the reflection of the trees on the water turned the color of the water yellow. We photographed many different species of ducks, but alas the wood ducks stayed hidden.

Lesser Scaup

American Wigeon

We finished the day on Cove Point where we photographed Black turnstones, dunlins and a pair of Harlequin Ducks.

Harlequin Duck

A fine finish for a great day