herons and hawks

from forsythe today. with d90 and tamron 200-500 as usual. the hawk shots have a lot of cropping. guess they are practicing there hunting skills as they play tag a lot

 

Nice shots Howie. ; Do you think my new 55-300mm would be worth a trip down there?

 

at low tide you can get herons and egrets. as it gets colder the hawks will be easier too. right now they are pretty far out.
here is a tide chart for forsythe.
http://tbone.biol.sc.edu/tide/tideshow.cgi?site=Brigantine+Channel+%40+Hoffman+Thorofare%2C+New+Jersey&units=f
how far away are you ?

 

GBH close up and northern shoveler

 

Nice ones! ; I live in Aberdeen, just off exit 117 of the GSP, so I figure about 1.5 hours away?

 

this is exit 44 off the GSP and then around 5 miles more south down rt9

 

I guess that is about an hour and a half, 73 Parkway miles, plus the 5 miles on 9

 

sounds about right.
here is forsythes web site ; http://www.fws.gov/northeast/forsythe/
I go during the week to avoid the weekend crowds. low tide is good too as it brings the herons and egrets closer as they like to wade in shallow water looking for fish.