"A good Morning!" pics

[jonny_redhorse]

man were the birds and beasts out this morning!....took a ride down hwy #7 to the "minnesota tundra" and saw dozens of hawks...no close ups though...and other creatures once again....hope they all find shelter when the "big snows" hit us tonight ...

young eagle off hwy #7 waiting for me to get out of his way to continue at the deer kill!

northern shrike sitting on the lines right off hwy#7 to bad the phone lines are in the way

I spotted 4 sandhill cranes in a field....

and the single sandhill...

lone sharptail "clucking" away in a dead tree along hwy 7

a gray jay....

hawk waiting for his lunch!...image taken about 250 yards

robins were everywhere!

deer were everywhere this morning!

[tedl]

Any of the pics taken near Kelsey? I see a lot of sandhill cranes in that area.

[jonny_redhorse]

ted...not that far off!....on the fields on Arkola road between hwy 5 and hwy 7....

[boatfixer]

Nice shots Jonny. I took a run down to Perham yesterday, wish I had a camera. 1000's of ducks and geese, dozens of hawks, several eagles, cranes, and even 4 turkeys. Sure was a nice day for a ride, gotta love this time of year.

[JayinMN]

Wow, johnny lots of great shots. I haven't been down that way in weeks. My car bit the dust and I am waiting for it to get fixed, hopefully in the next day or two. Looks like the bog is really hopping right now.

[Steve Foss]

Great stuff, Jonny. Was that eagle digiscoped? Also cool shot of an unusual color phase rough-legged hawk!

[finnbay]

Lots of variety, jonny! Spring has sprung! Great shots!

[jonny_redhorse]

Thanks guys!....Yes Steve,the eagle was digiscoped....guessing at close to 60-70 yards or so and maybe a little more(tough to guess sometmes)....just happened I focused the scope just right and found the "sweet spot"....I'm continually refocusing between shots and only when I get my images dumped into the card reader do I find out how good a job I did focusing with the digiscope.....more are blurry then are clear for sure!...take plenty of shots is the digiscoping answer!....usually a few turn out pretty decent and a little "tweeking" in photoshop and picasa gives it the image the final sharpness.....eagles usually end up pretty good as they stay quite still

[Steve Foss]

Well, that's a mighty fine digiscoping image, I gotta say. Definitely print quality. Nice work!