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Posted by Joel Rosenthal on 23:03:29 11/27/09
I haven't been along on a TAS walk for some time for a number of reasons, including my present obsession with flyfishing in Biscayne Bay for bonefish, permit, tarpon and other elusive species. But squinting towards the horizon seeking tailing fish does have a by catch of sorts, and that's the opportunity to observe at close range from a canoe or kayak, many of the Bay's non piscatorial inhabitants.Otters, manatees and crocodillians have been observed recently, as well as turtles and a snake or two.Perhaps the avian highlight was last Sunday when a peregrine falcon which was perched on a fairly low dead tree on the shoreline (just north of black point) let us approach to within 20 feet and hung around for a full minute before he flew off to somewhere more interesting . My DSLR doesn't go in the kayak, so unfortunately no picture to post here.
But, to prove I have been birding-or what passes for it for me--I have uploaded the attached photo, taken 3 weeks ago in the Osa Peninsula in Costa Rica.The rest of the pictures from that week's trip will be posted on flickr within the week, but in the meanwhile, you can view the pictures from the first two days of the trip, when we detoured to Savegre Mountain Lodge in search of one of the holy grail birds of Central American birding, the resplendent quetzal. Since driving through Central America in 1973, Emily and I have always wanted to see a quetzal(I mean, how many countries name their currency for a bird?), so a day and a half of birding in the mountains at the start of the trip seemed like a no brainer.You can copy and paste the link to the pictures
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joelnrosenthal/sets/72157622757794985/
or click on the link below, if I managed to post it correctly.
Of further, if perhaps little, note, I will again be giving my introduction to bird and wildlife photography talk at the Space Coast Birding and Wildlife festival at the end of January.The festival runs this year from January 27 through February 1, and has some very interesting speakers to complement the hands on and birding aspects of the event. Their website is here
http://www.nbbd.com/fly/index.html--
Finally, I have been dragooned into giving a presentation at the TAS command bunker on February 10 based upon my last 4 years' birding adventures in Central and South America. I promise that the talk will be lavishly illustrated with photos-of birds- from these trips--and will contain the humorous/pathetic stories behind many of the photos you'll see.The talk, like my space coast effort, will be free to all, and depending on how much you spend for gas to get to Sunset Drive, you should get your money's worth. Hope to see some of you there.
Meanwhile, Happy holidays to all and good birding!
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