:: A re-entry through the viewfinder :: ARCHIVE // Subscribe RSS or E-mail About Me // “This blog, why?” + Contact // Twitter + Facebook Photos that are mine are available for sale as fine art prints. Click here to Buy Prints!Tumblr (3.0; @pamirsphotos)http://pamirsphotos.tumblr.com/PamirsPhotoBloghttp://feedburner.google.com<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz38szxWOU1qb00qlo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Nesting Perch II</p> <p>© Pamir Kiciman 2012</p> <hr><p>It was a very windy day. Great Blue Heron’s have so many feathers around their neck, front and head that give them unique features and extra “decorations.” Here it is grooming in the wind. Its partner was grooming a lot too that day. <a href="http://pamirsphotos.tumblr.com/post/16522323672/regal-ii-c-pamir-kiciman-2011" target="_blank">Here</a> it is after it was satisfied, displaying all its glory, and <a href="http://pamirsphotos.tumblr.com/post/16522787170/regal-iii-c-pamir-kiciman-2011" target="_blank">here</a> too.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PamirsPhotoBlog/~4/CgZb8QMZCEM" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PamirsPhotoBlog/~3/CgZb8QMZCEM/17281968214http://pamirsphotos.tumblr.com/post/17281968214Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:09:05 -0500great blue heronwildlifefloridawetlandsbirdsnesthttp://pamirsphotos.tumblr.com/post/17281968214<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz3eim5T981qb00qlo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Stare Down II</p> <p>© Pamir Kiciman 2012</p> <hr><p>There’s a gator in the background (tail end)…</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PamirsPhotoBlog/~4/jZtjTgrtZZM" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PamirsPhotoBlog/~3/jZtjTgrtZZM/17278151776http://pamirsphotos.tumblr.com/post/17278151776Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:03:57 -0500wood storkfloridawildlifewetlandsnaturebirdswaterfowlhttp://pamirsphotos.tumblr.com/post/17278151776<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz3add96iu1qb00qlo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Stare Down</p> <p>© Pamir Kiciman 2012</p> <hr><p>See what I mean?!</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PamirsPhotoBlog/~4/haY7qrfuxZo" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PamirsPhotoBlog/~3/haY7qrfuxZo/17273854209http://pamirsphotos.tumblr.com/post/17273854209Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:34:25 -0500wood storkfloridawildlifenaturewetlandsbirdswaterfowlhttp://pamirsphotos.tumblr.com/post/17273854209<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz3a0elCHP1qb00qlo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Untitled</p> <p>© Pamir Kiciman 2012</p> <hr><p>This is a Wood Stork. Strange fellow as you’ll see in the next couple of frames…</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PamirsPhotoBlog/~4/9kKojQyV8Zo" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PamirsPhotoBlog/~3/9kKojQyV8Zo/17273550336http://pamirsphotos.tumblr.com/post/17273550336Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:26:37 -0500wood storkfloridawildlifebirdswetlandsnaturewaterfowlhttp://pamirsphotos.tumblr.com/post/17273550336“You don’t make a photograph just with a camera. You bring to the act of photography all the pictures you have seen, the books you have read, the music you have heard, the people you have loved.”<br/><br/> - <em>Ansel Adams (via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://tonyharrattphotography.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">tonyharrattphotography</a>)</em><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PamirsPhotoBlog/~4/Pf-vDOs0iCI" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PamirsPhotoBlog/~3/Pf-vDOs0iCI/17272082443http://pamirsphotos.tumblr.com/post/17272082443Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:47:29 -0500http://pamirsphotos.tumblr.com/post/17272082443<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz37csqXDW1qb00qlo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Nest Perch</p> <p>© Pamir Kiciman 2012</p> <hr><p>This nesting Great Blue Heron was only a few feet away from the other one I posted recently. Regulars at the wetland told me they were probably a pair. Considering it’s nesting, that made sense. See the partner grooming <a href="http://pamirsphotos.tumblr.com/post/16465712743/grooming-c-pamir-kiciman-2011" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="http://pamirsphotos.tumblr.com/post/16466515882/grooming-iii-c-pamir-kiciman-2011" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PamirsPhotoBlog/~4/kuir_rm2fK0" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PamirsPhotoBlog/~3/kuir_rm2fK0/17271505668http://pamirsphotos.tumblr.com/post/17271505668Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:31:00 -0500great blue heronnestfloridawetlandsbirdsnaturewildlifehttp://pamirsphotos.tumblr.com/post/17271505668<p><strong>Well, Florida is known for its gators. They’re everywhere, literally…</strong></p> <p><strong>Here are a couple more gator frames: <a href="http://pamirsphotos.tumblr.com/post/791417537/radical-profile-ii-creature-series-c-pamir" target="_blank">this one </a>and <a href="http://pamirsphotos.tumblr.com/post/791388316/radical-profile-creature-series-c-pamir" target="_blank">this one</a>.<br/><br/></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="http://nirvanibliss.tumblr.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/avatar_05967d2ce9ea_16.png"/></a></strong> <strong><a href="http://nirvanibliss.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">nirvanibliss</a></strong> replied to your <strong><a href="http://pamirsphotos.tumblr.com/post/16930334050/buddies-c-pamir-kiciman-2011-more-in-honor-of" target="_blank">photo</a></strong><span>:</span> <em><strong><a href="http://pamirsphotos.tumblr.com/post/16930334050/buddies-c-pamir-kiciman-2011-more-in-honor-of" target="_blank">Buddies?! © Pamir Kiciman 2011 More in honor of…</a></strong></em></p> <blockquote>Wow…Incredible shot!</blockquote><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PamirsPhotoBlog/~4/IaD4K-8Ip6s" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PamirsPhotoBlog/~3/IaD4K-8Ip6s/16943350349http://pamirsphotos.tumblr.com/post/16943350349Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:33:45 -0500http://pamirsphotos.tumblr.com/post/16943350349<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxlcnzAB6c1qz7pyoo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://findout.tumblr.com/post/15622364659" target="_blank">findout</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>As <strong>Ben Hall </strong>says, it is important to show birds and other wild life within their environment, the results are impressive.  Here are Curlews in flight over stormy sea, and <a href="http://findout.tumblr.com/post/5811235668" target="_blank">here</a> you can see one with Chilean flamingos flying over the andes, which I love.</p> </blockquote><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PamirsPhotoBlog/~4/v3VGf8IEEdw" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PamirsPhotoBlog/~3/v3VGf8IEEdw/16942266190http://pamirsphotos.tumblr.com/post/16942266190Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:15:32 -0500http://pamirsphotos.tumblr.com/post/16942266190<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lys6coAQYp1qb00qlo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Buddies?!</p> <p>© Pamir Kiciman 2012</p> <p><em>More in honor of World Wetlands Day today.</em></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PamirsPhotoBlog/~4/_ImudfugoUo" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PamirsPhotoBlog/~3/_ImudfugoUo/16930334050http://pamirsphotos.tumblr.com/post/16930334050Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:33:00 -0500gatoralligatorwetlandsswampfloridareptilesturtlehttp://pamirsphotos.tumblr.com/post/16930334050<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lys5p5bCxt1qb00qlo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Sunning</p> <p>© Pamir Kiciman 2010</p> <p><em>More in honor of World Wetlands Day today.</em></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PamirsPhotoBlog/~4/LE3ywkBNCY4" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PamirsPhotoBlog/~3/LE3ywkBNCY4/16929773044http://pamirsphotos.tumblr.com/post/16929773044Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:19:00 -0500birdsconservationduckshabitatnaturewetlandsfloridahttp://pamirsphotos.tumblr.com/post/16929773044<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lys0r4wjLy1qb00qlo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lys0r4wjLy1qb00qlo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lys0r4wjLy1qb00qlo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lys0r4wjLy1qb00qlo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Apparently today is <a href="http://pamirsphotos.tumblr.com/post/16924746979/mothernaturenetwork-happy-world-wetlands-day" target="_blank">World Wetlands Day</a>. A lot of my photos are taken in wetlands. I don’t remember the name of this bird. It’s quite small and was wrestling with a fish that seemed too large for it. Other birds were trying to steal it as well. The light was contrasty but this sighting was worth documenting. Click to enlarge for best view.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PamirsPhotoBlog/~4/UwCZs25l92s" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PamirsPhotoBlog/~3/UwCZs25l92s/16925751970http://pamirsphotos.tumblr.com/post/16925751970Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:33:00 -0500birdsfishnaturepreywaterfowlwetlandsfloridahttp://pamirsphotos.tumblr.com/post/16925751970<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyrxap7Vxl1qd4vugo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://mothernaturenetwork.tumblr.com/post/16924290307/happy-world-wetlands-day-groundhog-day-tends-to" target="_blank">mothernaturenetwork</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/wilderness-resources/blogs/happy-world-wetlands-day" target="_blank"><strong>Happy World Wetlands Day</strong></a><br/>Groundhog Day tends to hog the spotlight, but Feb. 2 is also World Wetlands Day. In honor of this overshadowed holiday, here’s a <a href="http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/wilderness-resources/blogs/happy-world-wetlands-day" target="_blank"><strong>photographic tribute</strong></a> to the planet’s marshes, swamps and bogs — and their animal inhabitants.</p> </blockquote><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PamirsPhotoBlog/~4/kEMU76OT-D8" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PamirsPhotoBlog/~3/kEMU76OT-D8/16924746979http://pamirsphotos.tumblr.com/post/16924746979Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:05:03 -0500wetlandsconservationenvironmentswampsphotographyhttp://pamirsphotos.tumblr.com/post/16924746979<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lybniaL7uW1qjq5r9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em>In keeping with the Great Blue Heron photos I’ve been posting, here’s another reminder of how valuable wetlands are. I’ve posted about wetlands quite a bit, use the search function on my Tumblr.</em></p> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://good.tumblr.com/post/16423610039/when-it-comes-to-wetlands-its-hard-to-improve-on" target="_blank">good</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>When It Comes to Wetlands, It’s Hard to Improve on the Original </strong></p> <p><span>Ecologists have found that restored wetlands are not as ecologically valuable as the originals—a new analysis of 621 wetland sites shows that, on average, restored wetlands regained only about three-quarters of their original biological performance.</span></p> <p><span>Find out why on </span><span> </span><a href="http://www.good.is/post/when-it-comes-to-wetlands-it-s-hard-to-improve-on-the-original/" target="_blank">GOOD→ </a></p> </blockquote><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PamirsPhotoBlog/~4/rfgczxxW0YM" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PamirsPhotoBlog/~3/rfgczxxW0YM/16536881403http://pamirsphotos.tumblr.com/post/16536881403Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:07:41 -0500wetlandsenvironmentecologyhttp://pamirsphotos.tumblr.com/post/16536881403“Life is your art. An open, aware heart is your camera. A oneness with your world is your film. Your bright eyes and easy smile is your museum.”<br/><br/> - <em>Ansel Adams</em><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PamirsPhotoBlog/~4/_-igrupLxcs" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PamirsPhotoBlog/~3/_-igrupLxcs/16523781692http://pamirsphotos.tumblr.com/post/16523781692Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:00:05 -0500ansel adamsquotephotographyawarenessarthttp://pamirsphotos.tumblr.com/post/16523781692<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lydv7rqAkb1qb00qlo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Regal III</p> <p>© Pamir Kiciman 2012</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PamirsPhotoBlog/~4/kgQouX3zFR4" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PamirsPhotoBlog/~3/kgQouX3zFR4/16522787170http://pamirsphotos.tumblr.com/post/16522787170Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:30:00 -0500Great Blue Heronfloridawetlandsbirdswaterfowlnaturehttp://pamirsphotos.tumblr.com/post/16522787170<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lydp8jGPc51qb00qlo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Regal II</p> <p>© Pamir Kiciman 2012</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PamirsPhotoBlog/~4/A8ZWgo5VwZU" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PamirsPhotoBlog/~3/A8ZWgo5VwZU/16522323672http://pamirsphotos.tumblr.com/post/16522323672Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:15:00 -0500Great Blue Heronfloridawetlandsnaturebirdswaterfowlhttp://pamirsphotos.tumblr.com/post/16522323672<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lydo7eLWuh1qb00qlo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Regal</p> <p>© Pamir Kiciman 2012</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PamirsPhotoBlog/~4/n8VK3HzclJo" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PamirsPhotoBlog/~3/n8VK3HzclJo/16521876139http://pamirsphotos.tumblr.com/post/16521876139Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:00:00 -0500Great Blue Heronbirdsnaturefloridawetlandswaterfowlhttp://pamirsphotos.tumblr.com/post/16521876139<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyd3wrrJP61qb00qlo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Grooming IV</p> <p>© Pamir Kiciman 2012</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PamirsPhotoBlog/~4/-h78VeysayI" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PamirsPhotoBlog/~3/-h78VeysayI/16467581341http://pamirsphotos.tumblr.com/post/16467581341Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:17:00 -0500naturegreat blue heronbirdsfloridawetlandwaterfowlbehaviorhttp://pamirsphotos.tumblr.com/post/16467581341<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyd1xicyR01qb00qlo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Grooming III</p> <p>© Pamir Kiciman 2012</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PamirsPhotoBlog/~4/ymEEqSYy15w" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PamirsPhotoBlog/~3/ymEEqSYy15w/16466515882http://pamirsphotos.tumblr.com/post/16466515882Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:45:00 -0500naturefloridagreat blue heronwaterfowlwetlandbehaviorbirdshttp://pamirsphotos.tumblr.com/post/16466515882<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyd1foSC5i1qb00qlo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Grooming II</p> <p>© Pamir Kiciman 2012</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PamirsPhotoBlog/~4/Rs4vuB93pCI" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PamirsPhotoBlog/~3/Rs4vuB93pCI/16466039061http://pamirsphotos.tumblr.com/post/16466039061Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:30:00 -0500wetlandfloridabirdsgreat blue heronbehaviorwaterfowlnaturehttp://pamirsphotos.tumblr.com/post/16466039061