Frozen Flights

It was cold out at the salt marsh this afternoon, extremely cold. Despite that, the birds still have to be out fighting the wind gusts and going about their business.

At one point I realized that they have to be out in this cold I don’t. So… I stayed about ten minutes, just long enough to grab a few shots of some frozen looking birds flying across the reeds, then it’s back into a warm (well, sort of warm) house for me!

17 thoughts on “Frozen Flights”

Patrizia M. on February 16, 2015 at 7:23 pm said:

Splendidi voli per splendide foto!!
Ciao, Pat

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- Phil Lanoue on February 17, 2015 at 9:33 am said:
  
  io sono felice che tu come le foto!
  
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Nicci on February 17, 2015 at 1:02 am said:

You are dedicated! I need to get out there!

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- Phil Lanoue on February 17, 2015 at 9:34 am said:
  
  Dedicated or crazy. Maybe more the second one. 🙂
  
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  - Nicci on February 17, 2015 at 12:48 pm said:
    
    Nah, keep it up!
    
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Raewyn's Photos on February 17, 2015 at 4:42 am said:

Great captures.

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- Phil Lanoue on February 17, 2015 at 9:34 am said:
  
  Thanks very much.
  
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anotherday2paradise on February 17, 2015 at 8:15 am said:

Love your title, Phil. These birds do look kinda frozen in time. I think they’d be much happier down here in my backyard. Lots of friends to play with too. 🙂

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- Phil Lanoue on February 17, 2015 at 9:37 am said:
  
  We were all frozen from our unseasonably cold temps that sadly will continue through the week. The eagle pair have a new chick in their nest at the edge of the marsh and we all hope baby stays warm. Just have to keep reminding ourselves that so many live in Alaska so I’m sure they can handle cold.
  
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foxleylady on February 17, 2015 at 11:08 am said:

Such detail, Phil – beautiful! Hope your weather licks up soon!

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foxleylady on February 17, 2015 at 11:08 am said:

Sorry, meant to say picks up soon!

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- Phil Lanoue on February 17, 2015 at 12:24 pm said:
  
  It’s not supposed to be this cold! I have not even seen Radar in a few days, hope he didn’t fly further south. 🙂
  
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Pat on February 17, 2015 at 8:08 pm said:

Beautiful shots.

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- Phil Lanoue on February 18, 2015 at 8:40 pm said:
  
  Thanks a bunch!
  
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Lyle Krahn on February 18, 2015 at 8:23 pm said:

The least you could have done is offered that polite pelican a warm place for a few hours!

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- Phil Lanoue on February 18, 2015 at 8:40 pm said:
  
  It’s funny. A while back one of the wildlife rescue organizations tried to release a previously injured pelican back into the wild at the marsh area. But the bird wasn’t having it. He kept walking up to people and trying to get into their cars.
  He knew when he had it good and wanted to go back to the place where he got fed every day and didn’t have to worry about catching his own food.
  
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  - Lyle Krahn on February 18, 2015 at 8:57 pm said:
    
    That makes perfect sense to me!
    
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