On my photo walk today, I photographed mostly chickadees. This was intentional because I was following up on yesterday's blog about the nesting habits of chickadees. Today was just slightly warmer and a whole lot sunnier than yesterday, but when I stationed myself in the shade of a large tree with a good view of …
Bird watching
I don't keep track of the birds I see on my photo walks. I don't have a life list, and I can't identify all of them, although I am slowly learning. My fascination with birds is based on their behaviors, and just watching them brings me a lot of joy. This morning I observed a …
A happy surprise!
For years I have been walking past this bird nesting box, stopping occasionally to check it out. Never have I seen any inhabitants...until today that is! I tried to creep closer, hoping for more detail, but screech owls are apparently very shy. At least this one is. As soon as I approached the box, he …
The Sunshine Blog Award
Recently I learned that I had been nominated by Cultural Life for the Sunshine Blog Award, an award I especially appreciate because here in the northeast corner of Ohio we don't see too much of that magic light during the winter and early spring days...Thanks to being located right smack on the south shore of …
Henpecked!
A cool but sunny Friday morning turned into a rainy and much colder afternoon. I needed a blip (photo) to post in my Blipfoto journal where I post one picture every day, but I didn't much feel like a photo walk in the rain. Then the lightbulb (the imaginary one over my head) flashed on, …
What is it about birds?
My favorite subjects for photography are people, dogs, landscapes, but most of all birds. Birds are a big attraction for me. Observing their behaviors and the expressions on their faces brings me much joy! It can be below freezing according to the thermometer, as it was today, but just give me a woodpecker to watch …
He wants to be heard!
I'm not sure what this redwing blackbird was saying, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was a complaint about the 40 degree drop in our temperatures. We went from sunny and 75 for the past 10 days to sunny but 35 today, and with a stiff breeze! Lots of us had something to say …
A three bird day!
After a rainy night and a cloudy and cool morning, the afternoon and evening were beautiful. We took Gulliver for a walk in the park, and I captured three lovely birds. Take a look...The day has flown by, and it's time to shut down the computer and say goodnight. Thanks for stopping by, ~Carolyn aka Skip
Not another bird!
Challenged by my daughter, Becky, to look for new subjects (and not just another bird) for the photos I post here and in my daily journal at Blipfoto.com, I set out for the park today without my usual 70-300mm lens, the one I've used throughout the winter to capture close up portraits of birds. In …
The world outside my window…
...is bursting into bloom. Magnolia trees, forsythia bushes, daffodils, and more are brightening up what has been a pretty dull landscape for most of the winter. We usually have a fair amount of snow here in northeast Ohio, Lake Erie freezes over for part of the winter, and our local river, the Chagrin, is almost always covered with ice thick enough to walk on during January and February. None of that happened this winter. Without snow on the ground, I didn't have a good background for the pictures I took in the park. But now winter seems to be over, although spring snowfall isn't unheard of. A few years back we woke up on Easter morning to several inches of very unwelcome white stuff! However, we have arrived at the official first day of spring in the midst of an extended warm spell with temperatures near or above 70 degrees. My thermometer currently reads 75 sunny degrees to the delight of just about everyone. Here is what it looked like in the Arboretum today when I stopped to wander around after my visit to the dentist.
If these spring scenes have whetted your appetite for more, I posted a slide show here. I hope you enjoyed your short visit to the Arboretum today. see you soon.
~Carolyn aka Skip
SEEN ALONG THE TRAIL 