Texas Coast Vacation - Birding

[houtex01]

Birding along the coast can always be fun...there is such a variety of species to photograph...here are a few from our recent vacation along the coast...hope you enjoy...C/C are always welcomed...

Ron

[lhdvies]

Excellent Ron!! Love the 2nd one & the kingfisher shots the best!!

[preames]

Wow, great series Ron! That kingfisher is fantastic!

[JohnT]

Drop the House Sparrow, and it's a perfect set! LOL

[MichaelW]

Very nice series. Kingfishers are a bit rare where I live.

[Jim Victory]

Great series of captures. Really like the KF shots.

[houtex01]

Thanks everyone for viewing and leaving your comments...always enjoy reading them...the Kingfisher has been one of my nemesis for quite some time...while staying at the beach house, my normal morning routine would be to wake up before sunrise, make a pot of coffee, pour first cup, sit on 2nd level deck and enjoy the morning silence, grab camera gear and head out to shoot the sunrise, return to beach house, pour 2nd cup of coffee, sit in rocking chair with coffee and camera in hand, wait for something to fly over to photograph...I had seen these Kingfishers flying around in the area...one morning as I was enjoying my coffee, a Kingfisher flew across in front of me circled and landed on the pier next to ours...would have liked for the distance to the bird to be closer but sometimes you just have to accept what the birds give you...plus the morning sunlight was good...he stayed on the pier for maybe 10 minutes diving a couple of times to catch a small fish...

Ron

[David Alaniz]

That is what I call a good vacation. Enjoyed the set. Hope one day to have a close up of a KF.

[TxPhotoShooter]

Nice series Ron. I too liked the KF shots as well as the one-legged birds.

[houtex01]

Thanks David A. and David B. for viewing and your comments...always enjoy reading them...

Ron

[jfoureyes]

I don't see many photos of a kingfisher so those made me very happy! A really fine series Ron!

[corralup]

That kingfisher sure is a bonus! Very hard to get these. I like the fish in it's beak. You hardly ever get the opportunity to get that! Nice work!

[houtex01]

Originally Posted by jfoureyes

I don't see many photos of a kingfisher so those made me very happy! A really fine series Ron!

Originally Posted by corralup

That kingfisher sure is a bonus! Very hard to get these. I like the fish in it's beak. You hardly ever get the opportunity to get that! Nice work!

Thanks Jim & Sandy for viewing and your comments...opportunity is a funny thing...I have spent many months chasing the Kingfisher trying to get some decent photos with no luck at all...then one morning out of the blue, one appears right in front of you...

Ron

[jase1125]

Kingfisher shots are my favorite.

[houtex01]

Originally Posted by jase1125

Kingfisher shots are my favorite.

Thanks Jason...I was kinda happy to get a few Kingfisher photos...

Ron