Kestrals, Pelicans and Borders...

After work I was driving home from North Ogden.  It was amazing that the Farmington Bird refuge was on the way.  Luck guy huh?  I really have to be careful because my career is very important to me.    I do NOT intentionally plan trips so I may photograph.  What I do however is carry a lot of gear so I may shoot if the option arises.  Tonight it did!!!!!

I made it to the refuge before the sun went down.  The Eagle population has dramatically dropped in the last few days.  In fact only six to ten birds were obvious.  But the pelicans are here in force.  What is the crazy bump on the top of their beak (is that how you spell beak?). Hey nobody noticed that I spelled Impanema Bay = Empanada Bay.  Even fooled Don.  

These huge birds are pretty easy to photograph.  The fly slow.  For the short time I had it was spent catching landings.  Pretty good pilots those pelicans.  If you look close they have huge webbed feet.  Really?  What is it with the bump on their beak?

Positioned on a causeway it is possible to shoot many directions.  I was fortunate to have several chances to stop the Kestral in flight.  The photo above was my favorite.

I am still trying to figure out the photo boundary, rectangle marquee, lowered opacity, grayed out thing!  D.P. I hope your having fun while I am dropping Xanax like sweethearts.   Anxiety must be a part of the computer learning thing.  Kidding on the Xanax.  Not kidding on the anxiety!