AZ Desert Sonoran Museum

Four of my dearest friends went to the AZ Desert Sonoran Museum and generously shared their photos.  I smile and enjoy each of them.  As I was not with them, I can gleam a sense of their day from the photos they took. I hope at least one of them had a Prickly Pear Margarita for me.

Great Horned Owl

This really is its color.

Barn Owl

Gorgeous view of the Sonoran Desert from the trail.

Nesting Hummer

And the REAL cactus is??  made me smile!

Weaving a nest with spider webs?

Collared Lizard

Western Tanager

Scruffy hummer getting ready to fledge.

Pyrrhuloxia

A very special thanks to my dear friends who shared their photos of one of my favorite places.  Life is darn good when you have friends such as these.

Southern Swing

Jon and Phyllis shows us that you don't have to go too far from home to get some great photographs.  They took a southern swing to Tucson, shooting at Picacho Peak, then Sabino Canyon, the Desert Sonoran Museum and Reid Zoo (a new on to me).  I have really mixed up these photos so see if you can figure out where they were taken!!  I want to than Jon and Phyllis for sharing, going back into their collection at my request to add more photos for us to enjoy.

Gray Hawk.

AAAHHH!!

Oh My!

Coy, flirting with Phyllis.

Harris Hawk

Barn Owl . . . just gorgeous.

Harris Hawk . . . WOW!

Hummer building a nest.

So there are some great ideas to be your photo trip destination this weekend.  Thank again to Jon and Phyllis.  

AZ Desert Sonoran Museum

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OK!  You can say 'WHEW' with me!

If you ever want to have a great time, travel with Phyllis and Jon. We spent most of day at AZ Desert Sonoran Museum, taking in both free-flight bird demonstrations, and lots of other great animals in between. It was the last day of the free-flight bird program but it will return in the fall. The birds really are free and one of the hawks took off to hunt on its own and did not return for showing off!

Gear? Jon shoots with a Nikon D700 and for the bird photos was using his 80-400mm Nikkor lens. Phyllis shoots with a Nikon D200 and was using her 70-300mm Nikkor lens. Tom used his Nikon D600 and his 24-70 lens for most of the day. I shot my Nikon D800 and used my 70-300mm Nikkor lens. I was shooting the birds at 1/2000 shutter priority and an ISO of 800. 

Am sorry that I don't know my hawks well enough to tell you which is which. I was so excited to just be there and try getting a good shot that I failed to take proper notes!

Hope you enjoyed the show.