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| EManBevHills |
A magik few moments -- but not within the San Gabe's....After yet another white knuckle bike ride to Griffith Park, I had the privilege of watching a young Osprey feed for at least 10 minutes along the LA River Bike Path, N of Los Feliz and S of Colorado today. It just kept circling around and dive bombing in front of me. Absolutely awesome!!
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| TacoDelRio |
We have Ospreys? Dayum. |
| asbufra |
I live next to the Santa Ana River and we have Osprey visit often. On this shot I am 100 yards away; hidden (I thought) beneath a patio cover.
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| EManBevHills |
I think it was a young inexperienced male.
The fishing technique was more hit and miss than honed technique. |
| Mike P |
Very nice! I see them several times a year along the 605 freeway/San Gabriel River area and into the Santa Fe Dam. |
| TacoDelRio |
Toooooooo cool! |
| EManBevHills |
So I returned at the same time today with a camera. No Osprey.
Just a few Great Blue Herons, Egrets, a Red Shouldered Hawk, 2 Kingfishers, a Night Heron, and a bunch of Cormorants, Mallards, etc, etc. Yawn... 
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| HikeUp |
Any pics of the Kingfisher and Hawk...? |
| norma r |
beautiful photo! i love Osprey's. i got to watch them this summer up at Lake Almanor. i need a better camera as i did not get any worthy shots. |
| EManBevHills |
Nary a good one, argh!
4xdigital zoom ain't a photograph it's a fingerprint at best. |
| HikeUp |
I've pretty much given up trying to use my point and shoot camera to take pics of birds. Got to get much better gear for that...dslr, etc. |
| EManBevHills |
Redux is a charmWent back again and was rewarded with multiple Osprey viewings but not from as close up as the first time. Pretty pleased to have conjured him up again! In fact, I think there are 2 young Ospreys along this section of the LA River.The highlight was witnessing a dogfight between what I think is a Red Shouldered Hawk and 1 of the Ospreys. If I can figure out how to post the clip I will, even though the quality is poor: http://gallery.me.com/emanla/100256 |