If you are invited to Christmas Dinner
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And Merry Christmas to you. I'm pretty happy with some of these shots too.
Thank you. I hope you had a wonderful Christmas.
Rumor has it the refuge is considering limiting traffic through the refuge for this very reason. There were some instances a couple years ago people were parking right next to an owl tree and climbing on their roof tops to shoot into the nest cavity. The tree fell down last year and the owls went elsewhere.
Happy New Year to you as well.
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A story to tell. I have been diligently returning to Ridgefield National Wildlife refuge to catch the Otter. Wahoo . . . Today was the day! I saw a heron watching bubbles coming to the surface. I had a hunch it might be an otter under the surface, so I pulled my car over. I slid over to the passenger side, not easy crawling over that console at my "mature" age. Got settled in and watched a story unfold of a heron and an Otter. The Otter caught a perch and was happily munching away and a great blue heron was preparing to snag it. I got my camera set up and started shooting.
This was just the beginning. I had visions of my best ever wildlife shot. Then behind me a car pulled up. Out came the passengers, that put an end to my epic shot. I politely informed the woman and the others that they are to remain in their vehicles this time of year. She said, Oh I know that. I just wanted to see the otters. Sigh. Trying to educate her I said, your car acts like a blind, your getting out of the car disturbed them. She said, there are five people in the car and I can't see the otter, sorry. I'm thinking "@#$%^&" as the otters swam up the canal.
Parting shot.
All gathered up in the car and the car drove past me with the exception of Ms. "Oh I know" who chose to walk on the road instead. I later found all of them out of their car at the the next pullout. They were not alone as a father and child from another car stepped out of thier SUV. So much for the otter family.
All totaled I saw at least ten people get out of their cars.
This was just the beginning. I had visions of my best ever wildlife shot. Then behind me a car pulled up. Out came the passengers, that put an end to my epic shot. I politely informed the woman and the others that they are to remain in their vehicles this time of year. She said, Oh I know that. I just wanted to see the otters. Sigh. Trying to educate her I said, your car acts like a blind, your getting out of the car disturbed them. She said, there are five people in the car and I can't see the otter, sorry. I'm thinking "@#$%^&" as the otters swam up the canal.
Parting shot.
All gathered up in the car and the car drove past me with the exception of Ms. "Oh I know" who chose to walk on the road instead. I later found all of them out of their car at the the next pullout. They were not alone as a father and child from another car stepped out of thier SUV. So much for the otter family.
All totaled I saw at least ten people get out of their cars.
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Merry Christmas! These are some of your best shots of the year.
Chad
Chad
And Merry Christmas to you. I'm pretty happy with some of these shots too.
Good shots. I didn't make it to Ridgefield this Christmas as the time was too short. Hopefully I'll get there later this winter.
Thank you. I hope you had a wonderful Christmas.
Rumor has it the refuge is considering limiting traffic through the refuge for this very reason. There were some instances a couple years ago people were parking right next to an owl tree and climbing on their roof tops to shoot into the nest cavity. The tree fell down last year and the owls went elsewhere.
Happy New Year to you as well.
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