This little herd of deer was standing near the split rail fence, one of my favorite bird watching locations, when I went to the park with my camera on Sunday evening. They were more interested in browsing than curious about what I was doing, so I decided to take their picture before I headed out …
Woodpecker morning
A quick look out the kitchen window this morning reassured me that Mr. and Mrs. Bluebird are still around. Both were sitting on the new bluebird nesting box I wrote about in yesterday's blog post. They didn't stay long enough for a photo opp, but I was very happy to see them. Next the pileated …
A pileated surprise!
We had a surprise "guest" at dinner time tonight, and he hung around for a portrait shoot.
One more week to go
For the past three weeks I've been on a self-imposed break from my regular trail walks so I can take an online course in photoshop for photographers. As a result, I haven't had much news to report from along the trail. Photoshop doesn't come easily to me, but it is a lot of fun, and hopefully will lead to improvements in my …
A surprise visitor at the back yard buffet
An unexpected visitor stopped by our back yard buffet this evening. Take a look at the pictures I captured.
Red-bellied surprise!
The red-bellied woodpecker is one of my favorite birds, which makes this photo doubly pleasing to me. Seeing a RBW is not uncommon in our neighborhood park where there are lots of old trees and a bog nearby; however, until today I had never seen two of them sitting on the same tree stump. I …
No doubt about it…
Spring has arrived! I wouldn't be silly enough to believe we won't have any more cold, wet weather, but I've seen the signs, and I am announcing the arrival of spring! Today, on my walk in the park, I spotted a golden-crowned kinglet and a yellow-bellied sapsucker for the first time, and there were lots …
Is it spring yet?
That's the question everyone is asking these days. Even today, although it seemed a little milder and I didn't wear my winter jacket for our trip to the Cleveland Aquarium, the temperature barely inched above 40 degrees. In the afternoon I took a photowalk in the park. For that I wore my winter jacket and …
Birding with a camera
Most birdwatchers, or twitchers, as they are called in Britain, carry binoculars. I carry my camera. You can probably guess that I am not a serious birder with a long life-list and a longer list of exotic locations I've visited in the pursuit of elusive species. I have high regard (envy?) for the experts who …
Bird watching
My photo walk this morning turned out to be a bird walk. All the photo opps that presented themselves were birds, and they were real "posers", as in posing for the camera. It was a great morning for a walk: some filtered sunshine, no wind, and relatively mild temperatures for February....somewhere approaching 40 degrees Fahrenheit. …
SEEN ALONG THE TRAIL 