The title of today's post is somewhat misleading. Yes, it is spring, and I am engaged in some experiments with my camera, but the two are only tangentially related. Our spring has been an unusually early one, a bit of a treat for us nature photographers. The experiments came about as a result of my …
Easter Monday morning
The day dawned with sunshine and cool temperatures. I dutifully did some post-family-gathering chores around the house, then headed for the park for a photo walk. The birds were chirping, trilling, and serenading the arrival of spring, and they were more than willing to post for a photo opp. I experimented with some changes to …
Just want to say…
Happy Easter! Blessings!Carolyn aka Skip
Mostly chickadees
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 …
SEEN ALONG THE TRAIL 