Quivira NWR Fall Bird Photography Day Shoot (Day 1) (24 October 2013)
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About This Shoot
Date: 24 October 2013
Location: Quivira National Wildlife Refuge, Kansas
Shoot Type: Wildlife
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This was a fairly productive day shoot at Quivira. I started at sunrise choosing to shoot from the the jetty on the east side of Big Salt Marsh. Species photographed on this day shoot included: First observed Whooping Crane of the season (very distant), American Coot, Eared Grebe (√), Northern Shoveler, Ruddy Duck (√), Vesper Sparrow, Franklin's Gull, Least Sandpiper (√), Great Blue Heron (fishing (√)), immature Northern Shrike (√), American Avocet (√), Green-winged Teal (√), Ring-billed Gull (√)

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24 October 2013

Quivira NWR Fall Bird Photography Day Shoot (Day 1)


Sun, 03 Nov 2013 13:54:44 -0600
Redhead drake coming in to land at Quivira NWR. 2 November 2013
  
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Thu, 31 Oct 2013 20:44:12 -0500
Great Blue Heron photographed during a fish feeding frenzy at Quivira NWR. 24 October 2013
I was driving along Wildlife Drive at Quivira NWR during the mid-afternoon when I noticed this Great Blue Heron snagging a fairly large fish. I was initially disappointed that I missed the photography opportunity, however little did I know that it would follow that up with no less than 10 more fish! I snuck up on the heron slowly and sat near the water edge and shot away for probably the next 25 minutes or so. Here are my favorite four images of this particular heron shoot:

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