Thank you so much, Norman! That is so nice of you to say.

I totally agree he is a hidden gem as they say. Glad I was able to find this channel.

Totally agreed!

I also love Prairie chickens. This is the first time I’ve been able to get video of them dancing without being in a blind (no not very good video).

Mucky is right! Thanks for joining me virtually!

That’s a great start! Keep it up!

Thank you!!

I thought you might like that mallard shot. As usual, image I thought would be my favorite was not. This one kind of came to life on the computer screen, not super sharp, but I guess it doesn’t have to be in this situation.

Thanks so much, Tracy!

Thank you so much, Bob! I really appreciate that. Fun bringing everybody along on these solo field trips!

Thank you, BirdBrainBrian. PS love your username!

@SparkyStensaas Thanks Sparky. Birding is serious business but we can't take it too seriously ha ha.

Thank you so much, Hulbatross!

Ha!! You remembered! Though I didn’t have a glasses strap, I had spare contact lenses in the car.

@@SparkyStensaas Belt and suspenders!

Thanks Randy! I’m joking when I say that I can’t get away from great grays… Because every encounter is special. How are you doing? What are you shooting lately?

@@SparkyStensaas I was up at the bog late May, spent 2 hrs alone with a gray, then Mr. Hoeg appeared and we enjoyed it for another half-hour before briefly finding another one a bit further down the road. Made my day (and nice to beat the skeeter infestation which likely followed the moist weather while I was there. I'm doing well otherwise...busy work, etc. Hope you're well also. Summer is here so enjoy the season. Hope to run into you sometime soon. I'll wait until the mosquitos disappear before another visit up that way. Ha

That’s a nice long encounter! ….the best kind

Thanks Jonathan! I hope you do get to visit these awesome locations. They are best in mid May to mid June.

Thank you Servan! There is a fantastic place in Northwest Minnesota that has the blind and the grass is very low. I made a video about it. I’ll put the link here. Greater Prairie Chicken Lek Minnesota Tympanuchus WMA April 2019 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/osiJjKt3q7LFnXU.html

@@SparkyStensaas thanks very much Sparky! truly beautiful video and experience! and Tip for visiting Usa I stored it in my favorites:)

Thanks for the specific feedback, Keith! I also like those photos since they’re a little more “artsy.” To be honest, shooting out of a kayak is a royal pain. Thank goodness the canon R5 has such amazing image stabilization so it makes it possible. But I usually also have to stabilize the footage in Final Cut when I’m creating the KZfaq video. Of course you’re not seeing the Bulk of clips that aren’t even usable even with that technology :-)