The things I do for Bird Pics….

If I thought Saturday was a good day with the wildflowers in Texas Sunday turned out to be even better in Louisiana. As it happened I stopped at this nice little truckstop aboout 30 miles east of Lake Charles and decided to take my break when I noticed all these white spots in the field next to the truckstop. I thought at first they were herons but after I got out the long lens I discovered they were Ibis and not just a scattering of white ones, there were hundreds of young ones too and they were brown and of course there was a scattering of herons too. I tried for a few long range shots from the truck but alas it was a bit too far for good shots so I packed up the camera and the tripod and took off across an old rice field in search of some good shots. Soon I discovered the ground was soggy and wet due to the rice field with raised rows which had not been planted yet but retain the water year round this was a bit of a problem for quietly stalking birds, move a few feet set up and wait then move a bit closer, I manages to get to about 75 yards from the main gathering before they got nervous and I didn’t chance getting any closer, I was close enough..:-)





I ended up with about 300 pics from this outing and soaked and muddied boots but it was well worth it. Today I’m broke down in a rest area in Florida waiting patiently waiting for a tow truck..Ho Hum..Cie la vie..:-))