Quite a day!

[finnbay]

I've been helping the kids get their shop going so have been really busy for awhile. Got to take today off and I made the most of it.

Started by visiting a couple of good buddies on Burntside. I didn't fish but slung the bull around for awhile.

Went to a place down the road on a tip, and found this guy:

Stopped at another friend's shack on the way back and got a couple of shots of this mangy canid:

And got just about to home and found one more little treat:

Ah, the retired life!

[goblueM]

nice shrike!

[dockothebay]

Another great series Ken -

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Ah, the retired life! grin

Isn't it a treat to drive around during the middle of the week, in the middle day and be able to stop and look at all the great things around us?

[Dbl]

Nice shots, what a variety of species!

[MN Shutterbug]

A close up of a shrike? I never would have thunk it possible. Very nice. I have only had the pleasure of even seeing one just once, albeit a long ways off.

[Spearing Machine]

Cool Shots, Ken! Is it just my computer or do all the pictures posted here seem grainy, besides the Eagle which is really sharp?

[finnbay]

The wolf is going to be grainy. He was in the shade with sun behind and I overexposed 1 2/3. The shrikes look clean on my work computer but do look a bit grainy on my email computer. I'll have to go back over them and check.

[Steve Foss]

You dog! Your phone will be ringing in about 10 seconds.

[Swimmer]

Cool shots. I like the light on the eagle shot.

[MN Shutterbug]

The wolf is going to be grainy. He was in the shade with sun behind and I overexposed 1 2/3.

Overexposed or underexposed?

[finnbay]

Overexposed. The background sun was setting the exposure for the image. In order to get some detail I had to overexpose and blow out the sun which wasn't going to be in my final framing anyway. Unfortunately, it wasn't enough and the wolf was still too dark for clean detail.

[pureinsanity]

well i still think the picture is cool! he/she does look a little skinny tho

[Jim Almquist]

Great looking series Ken !

One of these days I will find a cooperative Shrike-Most take one look and they are long gone.

[Steve Foss]

Sure doesn't look like that wolf is going to last the winter. Lots of hair loss. Look at that scraggly tail!

[Abndoc]

Great pics....you guys seeing any other wolves up there in that condition....maybe the snow is hurting them too?

[MN Shutterbug]

I get it. You purposefully overexposed, but still ended up a little underexposed. Yeah, shooting into the sun isn't good. Normally, I don't even attempt it. But, if it was a wolf standing there, I wouldn't pass up the opportunity either.

[finnbay]

The shrike sat in a small popple about 25 feet from me and posed for almost 5 minutes. Shot over 100 frames with half a dozen poses! I'll never see that again!

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Isn't it a treat to drive around during the middle of the week, in the middle day and be able to stop and look at all the great things around us?

Oh Jackie, you have that right!

[dockothebay]

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Oh Jackie, you have that right! grin

That's because I've been doing it for 2 years! It never gets old!!! I LOVE Sunday night

[JayinMN]

Nice series and great job on the shrike that is not a very approachable species. It seems like the majority of the wolves in the the cook/lake cnty areas I have seen are suffering from mange right now. I bet he is going to be awfully cold tonight.

[Canon Guy]

Very nice series!

[eyeguy 54]

Nice!

[Paul]

Looks Good Ken, I so jealous, that you can just do a little drive and see so many wonderful things. Living in the Valley sucks (sometimes).