Mar 30 2021 T4B Carden Lane Garin Park Hayward

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Micheal Gifford

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Mar 31, 2021, 12:00:42 AM3/31/21
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Good Evening T4Bers!

Today the small group visited Garin Park starting at the Carden Lane Gate. The weather was great and its definitely heating up! Highlights (and XXX rated) were two American Kestrels copulating, numerous Red-tailed Hawks, and the usual Anna Hummingbirds, Kinglets, Juncos, Pine Siskins and others. I’ve included in the DropBox folder a nice selection of the Kestrels for raving the male vs female, and their colors.

Some highlight pics are attached and there is a Dropbox folder link below. It’s well worth the effort to look through the DropBox folder if you have the time!


Enjoy!
 
Mike Gifford









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Mar 31, 2021, 12:07:35 AM3/31/21
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Thank you, Mike!

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karen kramer

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Mar 31, 2021, 10:33:04 AM3/31/21
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Beautiful ,as usual, Michael.  Thanks for sharing.

Karen 


Hilary Powers

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Mar 31, 2021, 11:27:37 AM3/31/21
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Super cool! How did you manage the lizard escape?

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Francis Mendoza

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Mar 31, 2021, 1:05:31 PM3/31/21
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great pics, mike! could i share on our garin facebook page? thanks, francis

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On Mar 31, 2021, at 8:28 AM, Hilary Powers <hil...@salamanderfeltworks.com> wrote:



Super cool! How did you manage the lizard escape?

On 3/30/2021 9:00 PM, Micheal Gifford wrote:
Good Evening T4Bers!

Today the small group visited Garin Park starting at the Carden Lane Gate. The weather was great and its definitely heating up! Highlights (and XXX rated) were two American Kestrels copulating, numerous Red-tailed Hawks, and the usual Anna Hummingbirds, Kinglets, Juncos, Pine Siskins and others. I’ve included in the DropBox folder a nice selection of the Kestrels for raving the male vs female, and their colors.

Some highlight pics are attached and there is a Dropbox folder link below. It’s well worth the effort to look through the DropBox folder if you have the time!


Enjoy!
 
Mike Gifford

<American Kestrel-1.jpeg>

<American Kestrel-9.jpeg>

<American Kestrel-11.jpeg>

<American Kestrel-14.jpeg>

<Escaping Lizard-1.jpeg>

<European Starling-3.jpeg>



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Micheal Gifford

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Mar 31, 2021, 9:50:59 PM3/31/21
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Hilary,

I was wondering if anyone was going to spot or say something about the escaping lizard! On the walk we spotted several lizards so I picked one of the pics that I thought would make a good illusion with some masking and layering in post editing. Its a trick I learned awhile back and every now and then I edit and create something like this escaping lizard!

Thanks for commenting, and as always enjoy!
Mike



On Mar 31, 2021, at 8:27 AM, Hilary Powers <hil...@salamanderfeltworks.com> wrote:

Super cool! How did you manage the lizard escape?

On 3/30/2021 9:00 PM, Micheal Gifford wrote:
Good Evening T4Bers!

Today the small group visited Garin Park starting at the Carden Lane Gate. The weather was great and its definitely heating up! Highlights (and XXX rated) were two American Kestrels copulating, numerous Red-tailed Hawks, and the usual Anna Hummingbirds, Kinglets, Juncos, Pine Siskins and others. I’ve included in the DropBox folder a nice selection of the Kestrels for raving the male vs female, and their colors.

Some highlight pics are attached and there is a Dropbox folder link below. It’s well worth the effort to look through the DropBox folder if you have the time!


Enjoy!
 
Mike Gifford

<American Kestrel-1.jpeg>

<American Kestrel-9.jpeg>

<American Kestrel-11.jpeg>

<American Kestrel-14.jpeg>

<Escaping Lizard-1.jpeg>

<European Starling-3.jpeg>



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Hilary Powers

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Apr 1, 2021, 1:29:32 PM4/1/21
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On 3/31/2021 6:50 PM, Micheal Gifford wrote:
Hilary,

I was wondering if anyone was going to spot or say something about the escaping lizard! On the walk we spotted several lizards so I picked one of the pics that I thought would make a good illusion with some masking and layering in post editing. Its a trick I learned awhile back and every now and then I edit and create something like this escaping lizard!

Thanks for commenting, and as always enjoy!
Mike

I always do! But what I was really wondering was what you were using for software.... Photoshop? If you've figured how to use the GIMP for that trick, I'd really like to know the details. (I've been too cheap to get Photoshop when the freebie does so much, but that kind of polish feels out of reach.)

H Keating

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Apr 1, 2021, 3:54:16 PM4/1/21
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Hi Michael - I'm impressed that you were able to capture the blue belly on the lizard!  I certainly also enjoyed the pocket gopher as a change from the birds, which, of course, I appreciated. I love darling starlings! --hk

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Patrice Anderson

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Apr 9, 2021, 10:33:01 AM4/9/21
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Thank you for sharing your sightings of these magnificent birds, Michael!
🐦
Patrice 

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