Favoritos de dmarina_cuevas

I love Swamp Poodles; Taken in the mangroves of Rio Lagartos.
Yucatan, Mexico.
December 26, 2009.

Taken with a Canon EOS 50D and a Canon EF 500mm f/4L IS USM Lens with a Canon EF 1.4x II Extender.

An endemic to the Yucatan Peninsula, this bird is rare throughout, only common in protected areas such as Tikal in Guatemala and the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve.

taken at the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve.
Campeche, Mexico.
December 23, 2009.

Taken with a Canon EOS 50D and a Canon EF 500mm f/4L IS USM Lens

This beauty is one of a pair that i photographed while sitting atop Estructura I at the Calakmul Archeological site in the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve. S/He was fighting off some flies that were 'buggin' him.

Calakmul,
Campeche, Mexico
December 23, 2009.

Taken with a Canon EOS 50D and a Canon EF 500mm f/4L IS USM with a Canon EF 1.4x II Extender.

Explore #142

It was a very cold and windy day in western Washington, a few juncos were about all I could rustle up in a few minutes of pishing at Point Defiance.

Point Defiance Park. Tacoma.
Pierce County, Washington State.
December 6, 2009.

Taken with a Canon EOS 50D and a Canon EF 500mm f/4L IS USM Lens with a Canon EF 1.4x II Extender.

Spent the day testing out my new tripod and Gimbal head when this lovely bird popped into view!

Bottle Beach State Park. Grays Harbor County. Washington State.
November 1, 2009.

Taken with a Canon EOS 50D and a Canon EF 500mm f/4L IS USM Lens with a Canon EF 1.4x II Extender.

Caught this hatch-year Cedar Waxwing downing some chow.

Bottle Beach State Park. Grays Harbor County. Washington State.
November 1, 2009.

Taken with a Canon EOS 50D and a Canon EF 500mm f/4L IS USM Lens with a Canon EF 1.4x II Extender.

Surprisingly, my first decent shot of a Chestnut-backed Chickadee, one of the more common woodland birds around here.

Longmire, Mount Rainier. Pierce County, Washington State.

October 11, 2009.

Taken with a Canon EOS 50D and a Canon EF 300mm f/4L IS USM Lens.

Shorebirding after a successful pelagic!

Bottle Beach State Park
Grays Harbor County, Washington State.
Augst 29, 2009.

Taken with a Canon EOS 50D and a Canon EF 500mm f/4L IS USM Lens with a Canon EF 1.4x II Extender. Tripod Mounted.

Shorebirding after a successful pelagic!

Bottle Beach State Park
Grays Harbor County, Washington State.
Augst 29, 2009.

Taken with a Canon EOS 50D and a Canon EF 500mm f/4L IS USM Lens with a Canon EF 1.4x II Extender. Tripod Mounted.

Visto a la orilla de un sendero del parque Bicentenario, lo que tiene en sus garras es un zorzal pardo (Turdus grayi) que recién había cazado. Fué a plena luz del día en un día sábado, estabamos en una observación de aves por parte de SalvaNatura

Eating a newly-hatched iguana. I saw two, same color and size, about 9 cm tall.

Comiendo una iguana recién nacida. Observé a dos del mismo color y tamaño, aprox. 9 cm de alto.

G. brasilianum juveniles?

Your typical view of this species, flying away from the boat!

Westport Seabirds Pelagic.

Washington State.

August 9, 2009.

Taken with a Canon EOS 50D and a Canon EF 500mm f/4L IS USM Lens.

Adult westerns are pretty cool, the juvies are starting to move through in numbers now!

Midway Beach, Pacific County. Washington State.

August 8, 2009.

Taken with a Canon EOS 50D and a Canon EF 500mm f/4L IS USM Lens with a Canon EF 1.4x II Extender.

En ocasiones nos puede parecer que la naturaleza es cruel, pero esta es su dinámica natural, unos necesitan de otros para sobrevir.
Halcón Esmerejón (Falco columbarius), Merlin, alimentándose de lo que parece una hembra de Calandria Castaña (Icterus spurius).
San Blas, Nayarit.