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Santa Clara County Wildlife Sightings 2018 by Ronald Horii
This is a collection of wildlife sightings in 2018 from various parks and preserves around Santa Clara County. They are arranged in no particular order (yet). I'm not a wildlife photographer. I don't have the camera/lens combinations that serious wildlife photographers have and can cost more than my car. Most of these pictures were taken with my little Panasonic ZS50 compact travelzoom, since it has a 30X zoom lens, and I always carry it with me. A few were taken with my Olympus OMD EM10.
This is a collection of wildlife sightings in 2018 from various parks and preserves around Santa Clara County. They are arranged in no particular order (yet). I'm not a wildlife photographer. I don't have the camera/lens combinations that serious wildlife photographers have and can cost more than my car. Most of these pictures were taken with my little Panasonic ZS50 compact travelzoom, since it has a 30X zoom lens, and I always carry it with me. A few were taken with my Olympus OMD EM10.
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Ronald Horii
I'm going back through all the pictures I've taken this year in the county and collecting the best wildlife pictures. I may organize it later, but for now, it's just a collection and a retrospective. Many of these have been published before as individual pictures or in albums, so they may look familiar.
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Roger Charles Delight
About "wildlife photographer", sometimes the sobriquet picks you.
If you walk like a duck, quack like a duck, and take great photos of a duck, then you're a wildlife photographer.
Or a duck. With a camera.
(Or a duck hunter...).
If you walk like a duck, quack like a duck, and take great photos of a duck, then you're a wildlife photographer.
Or a duck. With a camera.
(Or a duck hunter...).
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Ronald Horii
My daughter was inspired by my sightings of the burrowing owl and badger and drew this cartoon for our Christmas card. (That's her dog on the lower right.) I added the colors:
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Bethi Carver
Good shots. Composition and color. You are making excellent sightings and ID.
Have you been to the Central Valley Birding club Symposium? CVBirds.org. Stockton November. Pacific Flyway festival Mare Island end of January. Under 18 yrs is free at these events.
I recommend you embed your name on your photos before you share them. Time and Date with the place helps birding databases.
Nesting activities might be a fun focus. However, I never post coordinates or exact locations to protect the birds. Although you can make a record of it for the breeding bird atlas. Your local Audubon club might have a sign up for that activity.
Have you been to the Central Valley Birding club Symposium? CVBirds.org. Stockton November. Pacific Flyway festival Mare Island end of January. Under 18 yrs is free at these events.
I recommend you embed your name on your photos before you share them. Time and Date with the place helps birding databases.
Nesting activities might be a fun focus. However, I never post coordinates or exact locations to protect the birds. Although you can make a record of it for the breeding bird atlas. Your local Audubon club might have a sign up for that activity.
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