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Silent Sunday #21

February 3, 2013 by info@3QuartersToday.com

Downy Woodpecker at the birdfeeder

Silent Sunday

Filed Under: Photography Tagged With: animals, bird, birdfeeder, birding, Nebraska, snow, wildlife, winter, woodpecker

Day 180/365: Strutting Peacock

June 4, 2011 by info@3QuartersToday.com

Strutting peacock
Strutting peacock (post production)

My first award, or recognition, members of the Facebook 365 Day Photo Challenge  voted my “Strutting Peaccok” the photo of the week! Yeah!

Straight out of camera Peacock
Straight out of camera Peacock (SOOC)

Peacock images have been overdone as well as roses, but what photography collection is complete without a strutting peacock. I did bump this up a little with posterizing in Photoshop and a green tint in the black and white layer. The effect I was trying to achieve was to get the “eyes” to pop and I believe it was achieved. Those eyes would get my attention

By the way, this male peacock did catch the female after a little chase. Just another photo from the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha, love that place.

Peacock Chasing Peahen
Peacock Chasing Peahen

Filed Under: Project 365 Tagged With: 365project, animal, animals, bird, henry doorly, Nebraska, Omaha, Photography, Photoshop, project365, zoo

Day 100/365: The Great Goose Chase

March 15, 2011 by info@3QuartersToday.com

Canadians and Snow Geese in Nebraska
Canada and Snow Geese in Nebraska

You know spring is close when the Canada and Snow geese start heading back north.  Nebraska is in a migratory flight path for many species of birds, including geese, who use the corn and wheat fields as feeding and resting grounds. So on my 100th day I bring you the great Nebraska goose migration.

This year, because of my 365 project, I had a purpose for driving around chasing after thousands of geese and getting a photo of this spectacular site.  Thousands of geese fly over and then start to gather and spiral as they descend in what actually looks like an organized landing pattern. They are very skittish and typically chose sections of land that are difficult to gain access from the gravel roads.

Trying to walk out and sneak up on them is not easy. Goose hunters normally set decoys and sit in blinds waiting for hours. I don’t have that much patience, and you never know where they are going to land. So you watch the skies and chase the clouds of birds in the air. Many of my photographs the past couple of days were part of my goose chase.

The geese  don’t stay long in one spot, some flocks will stop and rest and others will be taking off and continue heading north. In less than a week hundreds of thousands, if not millions of geese will fly over.

Below is a video a friend across the road from her house at a neighboring pond.  Turn up the volume to enjoy the sounds of nature.

Filed Under: Project 365, Small Town Living Tagged With: 365project, bird, birds, geese, midwest, Nebraska, Photography, project365, rural

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