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    Some wild life down there. That looks like a lot of fun. If that was a fishing trip you did very well on sightings and photos. I usually find it hard to get photos when there is a fishing guide or another angler in the boat. They don't want to waste valuable fishiong time while I mess around with getting a bird picture. I like fishing by myself sometimes so I can spend time on photos if the opportunity comes along. Do the birds let you get closer there or are the about as spooky as up here?

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    Thanks John. It's a mixed bag. Sometimes the birds set and let you get pretty close, sometimes they're spooky as any. The kingfishers notoriously let you get just close enough to tempt you into taking a shot and then fly off to the next tree down river. I've been trying to get really nice kingfisher shots since my first time down there. We were beached under a tree for shade eating lunch and that little Amazon kingfisher flew in and perched, watching the baitfish that gathered next to the boat. Finally! Same for that sun bittern, he walked along the shore, we stayed quiet and he started feeding on minnows right next to the skiff. Normally they don't let you get anywhere near. Some of the shore bords set on the sand bars while we motor by and I grab shots. When we see animals, the guides will slow or even stop the boat. Same for birds if they see me getting ready to take a photo. My fishing partners are really easy going and I don't waste a lot of time grabbing the shots. I don't spend time specifically looking for birds, other than when it isn't my turn on casting deck, then I have my binoculars out scanning.

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    The kingfisher and the bittern did look like you were closer. Your kingfisher shot is a nice sharp one. I like that. The bittern is a beauty also. Just sitting down can make the birds more comfortable and get you closer. Standing seems to be much more threatening to them. Kingfishers here do the same thing when I am in a kayak or boat. 100’ is their limit and then they bump to the next perch and keep playing that game. Drives me nuts but I have given up so it kind of does not bother anymore. The kingfisher was my main reason for getting a photo blind. That is great that you are able to mix some photography into the fishing day there.

    That crocodile looks pretty fierce. That is cool.

    You have to put your photos on a hosting site and then copy the link to the hosting site into your post. I use Imgur. It is free and that is all I use it for. It is pretty easy once you get it going but it is desktop only. They don’t let you do a mobile upload of photos. They try to direct you to making a post on their site so you start a post, upload the photos for the post then delete the post before actually making it but keep the uploaded photos. A bit of work but they look really good full size in the post or at least I think. I used to use photobucket but they started charging a fee.
    Last edited by John H; 02-07-2025 at 10:16 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by John H View Post
    The kingfisher and the bittern did look like you were closer. Your kingfisher shot is a nice sharp one. I like that. The bittern is a beauty also. Just sitting down can make the birds more comfortable and get you closer. Standing seems to be much more threatening to them. Kingfishers here do the same thing when I am in a kayak or boat. 100’ is their limit and then they bump to the next perch and keep playing that game. Drives me nuts but I have given up so it kind of does not bother anymore. The kingfisher was my main reason for getting a photo blind. That is great that you are able to mix some photography into the fishing day there.

    That crocodile looks pretty fierce. That is cool.

    You have to put your photos on a hosting site and then copy the link to the hosting site into your post. I use Imgur. It is free and that is all I use it for. It is pretty easy once you get it going but it is desktop only. They don’t let you do a mobile upload of photos. They try to direct you to making a post on their site so you start a post, upload the photos for the post then delete the post before actually making it but keep the uploaded photos. A bit of work but they look really good full size in the post or at least I think. I used to use photobucket but they started charging a fee.
    Ahhh, I forgot about Imgur. I used to use it alot and still have an account. Thanks, might have to resurrect it.

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