Great Blue Heron, western Montana.
These birds feed mostly on fish in the summer, and voles in the pastures in the winter.
I learned there range is large: most of North and Central America,
as well as far northwestern South America, the Caribbean and the Galápagos Islands
My twin brother...
I purchased a used Canon R7 with a RF 100-400mm and RF 800 F/11 lens. The whole kit for less than $2500.
The R7 is a 32mp crop sensor, so with the 800mm lens and 1.6 crop factor = 1280 mm.
Great for long distance shots such as this fawn at 150 yards from our Montana deck.
The R7 has eye...
This fawn had been hiding in the drizzle in our pasture for hours.
Finally the doe showed up to nurse and it looked like the fawn ran laps to dry off and warm up.
I've been retired for 5 years and no alarm either.
Typically I wake up at 4am but since we are at summer solstice,
I've been waking up at 3:30am ready to rock and roll.
I typically start my twice a week 10-mile hike at 4:30am which is before sunrise.
At that time the rooster pheasants are...
One advantage of being retired is I can get out when most folks are working.
Took advantage of the blue sky morning yesterday for a couple hours in western Montana
photographing. Started with an owl in the morning fog and ended with an antelope about
2 hours after sunrise. The only person I...