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Grumpy Old Guy

(4,164 posts)
Fri Feb 11, 2022, 11:47 PM Feb 2022

For Peggy and AndyS

I shot these today at Point Vicente Lighthouse, where we stopped last summer.

(I edited this to add the shots of the blimp).













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For Peggy and AndyS (Original Post) Grumpy Old Guy Feb 2022 OP
Well, I'm not either one of them, Bayard Feb 2022 #1
Thanks Bayard! Grumpy Old Guy Feb 2022 #4
What kink of hawk? 3Hotdogs Feb 2022 #2
Peregrine falcon Grumpy Old Guy Feb 2022 #3
Marvelous! LoisB Feb 2022 #5
Thank you! Grumpy Old Guy Feb 2022 #7
Love the Peregrine shot! 2naSalit Feb 2022 #6
Thanks! Grumpy Old Guy Feb 2022 #8
There was a nest... 2naSalit Feb 2022 #9
There are a few places in L.A. where they can be found. Grumpy Old Guy Feb 2022 #10
Wow, thanks. 2naSalit Feb 2022 #15
Oh, my dear Grumpy Old Guy! CaliforniaPeggy Feb 2022 #11
Can you imagine swinging my camera back and forth between the whales and the falcons? Grumpy Old Guy Feb 2022 #12
I sure can imagine that! CaliforniaPeggy Feb 2022 #13
It beats me. Grumpy Old Guy Feb 2022 #14
When flying around the moon, I try not to get that close DFW Feb 2022 #16
That is a great lens, isn't it? Grumpy Old Guy Feb 2022 #18
I guess!!!! DFW Feb 2022 #21
Wow, that's great! Grumpy Old Guy Feb 2022 #22
The Stellwagen Bank is fairly close to Provincetown, and we stay 20 minutes from there. DFW Feb 2022 #24
Great shots! A whale and a Peregrine falcon all in one day! Wow! SunSeeker Feb 2022 #17
Seal Beach is wonderful! Grumpy Old Guy Feb 2022 #19
Great shots Grumpy Old Guy! It MUST HAVE BEEN one thrill after another! Love Wingfoot One! George McGovern Feb 2022 #20
It was amazing. Grumpy Old Guy Feb 2022 #23
Love that you're using your DU journal... Duppers Feb 2022 #25

Grumpy Old Guy

(4,164 posts)
3. Peregrine falcon
Fri Feb 11, 2022, 11:59 PM
Feb 2022

The fastest bird in the world. They are incredibly difficult to photograph.

2naSalit

(99,588 posts)
6. Love the Peregrine shot!
Sat Feb 12, 2022, 12:06 AM
Feb 2022

I used to see them a lot at one of my parks jobs. It's good that they are repopulating.

Grumpy Old Guy

(4,164 posts)
8. Thanks!
Sat Feb 12, 2022, 12:12 AM
Feb 2022

Photographing the peregrine falcons is a real bucket list item for me. I hope to do a lot more of it this year. Aren't they amazing to watch. Their speed and demeanor are amazing. They will chase off birds that are four times their size.

2naSalit

(99,588 posts)
9. There was a nest...
Sat Feb 12, 2022, 12:19 AM
Feb 2022

Near a work station and sometimes when I was giving a talk about a totally different species, one would come over and hover above me like in your photo. I would stop my talk and point out to my audience what a rare gift they had by seeing this great bird right overhead, then I would tell them about these speed demons on wings.

I would love to get photos of a few.

Grumpy Old Guy

(4,164 posts)
10. There are a few places in L.A. where they can be found.
Sat Feb 12, 2022, 12:22 AM
Feb 2022

I'll point you in the right direction if you ever come to town. The bonus is some amazing ocean views as well. I was pinching myself today taking photos of falcons and whales at the same time.

2naSalit

(99,588 posts)
15. Wow, thanks.
Sat Feb 12, 2022, 12:42 AM
Feb 2022

Don't know when I'll ever get back down that way. We have them here, I just haven't been out much with my camera lately.

CaliforniaPeggy

(155,985 posts)
11. Oh, my dear Grumpy Old Guy!
Sat Feb 12, 2022, 12:24 AM
Feb 2022

These are just wonderful! The peregrine falcon and the whale shots are amazing. But all of them are great.

Thank you so much for these.

What a sweetheart you are!


Grumpy Old Guy

(4,164 posts)
12. Can you imagine swinging my camera back and forth between the whales and the falcons?
Sat Feb 12, 2022, 12:26 AM
Feb 2022

I was in heaven!

(Also, I located the restrooms there, but they were locked. LOL!)

CaliforniaPeggy

(155,985 posts)
13. I sure can imagine that!
Sat Feb 12, 2022, 12:33 AM
Feb 2022

And how nice the sun was out! Next time, I'll take my jacket and then you'll get the smile you wanted.

Too bad about the restrooms. What's up with that?

Grumpy Old Guy

(4,164 posts)
14. It beats me.
Sat Feb 12, 2022, 12:34 AM
Feb 2022

The park was fairly crowded today. I can't imagine why they would lock the restrooms. Maybe it was a Covid thing.

DFW

(59,652 posts)
16. When flying around the moon, I try not to get that close
Sat Feb 12, 2022, 01:45 AM
Feb 2022

It has its own gravitational pull, ya know

DFW

(59,652 posts)
21. I guess!!!!
Sat Feb 12, 2022, 12:20 PM
Feb 2022


Although as far as whales are concerned, on Cape Cod, all you need is a cheap Sony and a boat to get a cool pic or two:

DFW

(59,652 posts)
24. The Stellwagen Bank is fairly close to Provincetown, and we stay 20 minutes from there.
Sat Feb 12, 2022, 01:48 PM
Feb 2022

It's a marine sanctuary near Boston where whales feed in the summer when they come down from the arctic. They aren't shy, just hungry, and they don't care who knows it.

Some things are best observed from close up:


Then again, SOME things are best observed from VERY far away:

SunSeeker

(57,424 posts)
17. Great shots! A whale and a Peregrine falcon all in one day! Wow!
Sat Feb 12, 2022, 01:53 AM
Feb 2022

The Point Vicente Lighthouse is a lovely spot, even if you don't luck out like that. I live a little way down the coast in Seal Beach, and have visited Point Vicente Lighthouse many times, but I've never seen a whale from those cliffs.

Grumpy Old Guy

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19. Seal Beach is wonderful!
Sat Feb 12, 2022, 09:54 AM
Feb 2022

I went to Point Vicente looking for the falcons. The whales were a bonus. I had forgotten what a great whale watching location it is. There were volunteer spotters with telescopes on duty counting the whales and other marine mammals.

Grumpy Old Guy

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23. It was amazing.
Sat Feb 12, 2022, 01:37 PM
Feb 2022

I started the day off at a different, supposedly more reliable, location for shooting falcons. Unfortunately, I pretty much got skunked at that location. After two hours of nothing, I decided to stop here and try one more time before going home. That proved to be a wide decision. It's just like fishing. If you don't catch fish in one place, try someplace else!

Duppers

(28,458 posts)
25. Love that you're using your DU journal...
Mon Feb 14, 2022, 07:15 AM
Feb 2022

... to catalog your posts here, making all your GREAT shots easy to find.

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