Great Horned Fledgling

[dulceza]

4-5hrs searching

It worth every minute, simply amazing! Thanks again for the story

[BCrose]

These are stunning. Cannot really do better than this.

[FlyingSquirrel]

Wow, these are great! Nice work Paul, +1 to all the positive comments others have made. I am getting so pumped for wildlife photography. Yay! LOL

[jeeperman]

Thanks again, Dora.

Thank you, Monte.

Thanks, Matt. Glad you are getting excited about the wildlife/birds.

[Nat]

I'll just add my two cents worth: WOW! These are really great, wish I could find something like that around here, but sure do enjoy when I see something this nice!! Thank you!

[jeeperman]

Thank you, Nat. I am not familar with what you have in your area but I bet the more you get into the search the more wonderful things you will find. A little secret to my success in finding many of the harder to find animals in my area, aside from a lot of leg work.....

I started frequenting the areas around town that the birders frequent. You know the guys whom walk around all day spotting bird in the binoculars and writing them in a list. In these same places you will find guys with 500-800 primes on tripods. Get to know them...get to know them well. They have a network of friends whom do the same thing all over. Anytime someone spots a great find they call eachother.

Many times they will all post their work from a particular place all in the same forum such as in a group on flickr. When you join this group you will see what they find and where. Maybe even get a call yourself. The group of guys I found is a solid bunch of 12 or so and cover from Canada to the south shores of Washington. However on certain days we can all be found in one particular park right here in town.

There are also sites such as this link.... http://birding.aba.org/maillist/WA that birders post sightings on. Can be very helpful

[Nat]

Thank you so much, Paul....I never would have thought of it, but now I am on the hunt for the local birding club...Great advice!

[jeeperman]

It will surely open a new world to you! I look forword to hearing how you get on. The spring will be apon us soon and things will be busy. BTW....most of the birding groups....Audobon and such do small birding tours in the parks here. Go on a couple tours at different places and after that you can go yourself. Enjoy.