November 16, 2009

Birds at Montezuma Hills


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photo by Donald Kinney

One of my favorite places on earth is the sheep grazing and wheat growing area known as Montezuma Hills, between Fairfield and Rio Vista.   When I was photographing years ago (((shooting film and Polaroid))), I used to go there frequently to snap the rolling hills.



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These Blackbirds (((or whatever they are))) were putting on quite a show.   The rancher had recently plowed a swath of ground and the birds were looking for worms and grubs, I suppose.



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You've got to come up with your own prose on this one, folks.   Words escape me.



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11 comments:

Marcie said...

Love..love..love the photos of these birds all taking off together. WOW!

tangobaby said...

Don, your header this morning "Avoid Arrest" is wonderful. Can I have this one?!

;-)

AphotoAday said...

HI MARCIE -- Yes it was quite a sight... I'm about the only person who was there to witness it...

AND HI TANGOBABY -- Sure, that would be a good choice... Love finding out what people choose or like... And I can make the color temperature just a bit less warm for that image -- if you think that would look better...

photowannabe said...

I think its either practice for the Nutcracker ballet or Swanlake.
They are probably starlings doing that fantastic choerogphy.(help, my spelling is awful)

AphotoAday said...

HI PHOTOWANNABE SUE -- Yes, they are Starlings -- I wanted to write that but wasn't sure -- and they were so well behaved that I thought maybe they weren't... I always see them alone or in groups harassing turkey vultures...

ChrisJ said...

I have seen large swarms of birds like these in England. Yes they are starlings. In fact, last week we had a smaller flock here in Carlsbad doing the same thing. I wish I coulkd get a video of it. IT'S AMAZING.

Brad said...

Awesome catches, Don!

Tomate Farcie said...

Wow, that is a LOT of birds!!! what unusual and cool shots!

Rhett Redelings said...

Adore these! Hard to choose but I think my favorite might be the top one for it's complex abstracty goodness.

Civic Center said...

Beyond cool, Donald.

Louise said...

Wow!

 
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