My birthday photos

[Grumpy Old Guy]

We celebrated my recent birthday by having lunch with an old friend, and then hunting for ospreys. Finding some black crowned night herons was a bonus.

osprey






black crowned night heron


Juvenile black crowned night heron

[spooky3]

1. Exquisite! Nt

[Grumpy Old Guy]

6. Thank you.

[wyn borkins]

2. Happy Birthday Grumpy Old Guy

We missed that birthday lunch with you and your old friend
So please accept these happy birthday wishes I just penned

Your approach to and landing osprey are shockingly high voltage
Why I'd even order several prints if I could only afford the postage

Your capture of both black crowned night herons calls for extra cake
And perhaps even two scoops of that ice cream in a frothy milk shake

Now here's a bonus happy birthday wish coming your way, Grumpy Old Guy

[Grumpy Old Guy]

4. Thanks for the bday wishes!

We can work something out for those prints!

[Phoenix61]

3. Happy Belated Birthday! Your photos of the ospreys are awesome! nt

[Grumpy Old Guy]

5. Thank you! 😊

[Demovictory9]

7. Those would make great postcard photos

[Grumpy Old Guy]

14. Thank you! 😊

[gademocrat7]

8. Amazing photos!

Happy Belated Birthday, Grumpy Old Guy! 🎉🎂

[Grumpy Old Guy]

15. Thank you! 😊

[brer cat]

9. Beautiful shots.

Happy belated birthday, Grumpy Old Guy!

[Grumpy Old Guy]

16. Thank you! 😊

[SheltieLover]

10. Looks like Mothef Nature gifted you soms stellar sights!

Ty for sharing!

[Grumpy Old Guy]

17. Thank you! 😊

[SheltieLover]

20. Yw!

I always appreciate the photos you share! Living vicariously here.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

11. Looks like you had an amazing birthday, my dear Grumpy Old Guy!

These are astonishing photos! I especially love the landing sequence. But all are great.

Thank you for sharing!

Belated Happy Birthday!

[Grumpy Old Guy]

18. Thanks dear Peggy! ❤

I hope you're feeling better.

[3Hotdogs]

12. Night Heron..... There is a bait shop, off of Rt 9 in southern N.J. Back of the store is open.

A Night Heron is/was a daily visitor for handouts. He would come in and hop on the counter, take his handout and go on about the rest of his business.

That was about 10 years ago. I don't know if this still happens.

[Grumpy Old Guy]

19. They're friendly little critters.

Back in my pier fishing days it wasn't uncommon to have a night heron hang out on the pier with us, looking for a handout.

[Diamond_Dog]

13. Gorgeous pics!

Birds aren’t easy to capture in a clear photo (at least in my experience) and you did a wonderful job.

Like the “Voltage” sign in the one, as if the bird is saying, “I don’t need no stinkin’ voltage warnings!”

And, BTW, Happy Birthday!

[Grumpy Old Guy]

21. Thanks!

I enjoy bird photography for the challenge. It isn't easy to capture a good image of a bird in flight. Unfortunately, this is one type of photography where the gear can get quite expensive.

[HAB911]

22. beautiful!

[Grumpy Old Guy]

23. Thank you! 😊