Posts Tagged ‘wildlife’
the cardinal
Posted in Inspiration, tagged beauty, birds, Inspiration, nature, Photography, red, urban landscape, wildlife on September 11, 2020| 2 Comments »
just a little bird
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, On the Road, tagged beauty, birds, birdwatching, Inspiration, landscape, nature, nature photography, Photography, wildlife on June 3, 2019| 3 Comments »
what happens when you sit still
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged beauty, birds, birdwatching, camouflage, colors, feathers, Inspiration, nature, Photography, urban landscape, wildlife on April 18, 2019| Leave a Comment »
belle isle in ice
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, On the Road, tagged Belle Isle Marsh Reservation, birds, impromptu, Inspiration, landscape, nature, nature photography, Photography, salt marsh, storytelling, wildlife, winter on January 21, 2019| 5 Comments »
It may not have been the smartest move, to visit a favorite salt marsh when the windchill is below zero, but sometimes it’s about forward momentum, to keep moving, and that’s what we did this morning while the light was bright. We didn’t last long on the trail, but it was enough.
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One thing that was hard to capture was how everything, every grass, branch, dried leaf, was encased in ice and they glowed in the sun, but it was too cold (for me) to stand still and frame the “perfect” shot, and my partner in crime kept telling me “we only have so many reserves of heat.” He had a destination … to the end of a particularly popular viewing area. We made it there but it was the least protected of areas and the wind hit, and we had a moment of “Go team!” before the race/skate back to the car.
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And on that race/skate back to the car I saw something wonderful. Finches, cardinals, doves and other birds I can’t name, feeding at the station that had been set up. Under different circumstances, with different preparation, I could have planted my feet and photographed all of their color and variation. But given my numb fingers, I figured enough was enough and I looked forward to future opportunities.
egret
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, On the Road, tagged beauty, birds, egrets, Inspiration, nature, Photography, San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge, travel, wildlife on June 10, 2018| 4 Comments »
I kept wanting it to take flight, to see its wings fill with light, but it did not want to fly apparently, no matter how many times it lifted its wings. I chanced upon the egret in my usual way, stepping to the edge of a structure and peering over to see what I might see, and there so still in the grass it stood …
… before taking those high-legged steps into the water …
… and then back out again onto land, feathers ruffled but still not taking flight. An impasse. Finally under the heat of the intense noonday sun I moved on suspecting that with my back now turned the egret’s wings spread and silently beat the air as it rose upward and upward, away.
https://www.fws.gov/refuge/san_pablo_bay/
there were birds in dublin of course
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, On the Road, tagged beauty, birds, dublin, Inspiration, nature, Photography, travel, urban landscape, wildlife on November 13, 2017| 1 Comment »
Between the coastal waters, the River Liffey and all the various bodies of water to be found in green places like St. Stephen’s Green, birds are to be found everywhere, and most wonderfully so … though local folks do mention that there may be a problem with seagulls in the city. I recognized a few … the mallards, the herons, the gulls, the swans, and the lovely, loud magpies.
The most surprising capture was walking the trails of the University College Dublin-Belfield campus, getting lost, crossing a bridge, peering through some branches at a stream below and seeing this …
along the esplanade
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged beauty, Charles River Esplanade, ducks, Inspiration, landscape, nature, Photography, trees, walking, water, wildlife on October 19, 2017| 2 Comments »
It has been a while since I strolled along the Charles River Esplanade.
It’s that time of year when I feel I can become lost in the water because the low sun is so bright and the reflections so sharp. Very little breeze (thank goodness) and so the water becomes a near perfect mirror.
For me, I stopped worrying about finding the perfect shot though I did have an agenda before I embarked on my walk.
I let go of that agenda and just accepted the beauty that was around me.
blue heron
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, On the Road, tagged beauty, birds, blue heron, Emerald Necklace, Inspiration, landscape, nature, Photography, wildlife on October 18, 2017| 6 Comments »
by the charles too
Posted in Nature Notes, tagged beauty, birds, birdwatching, Charles River, grackle, Inspiration, nature, Photography, urban landscape, wildlife on April 26, 2017| 1 Comment »
I’ve been reading that grackles can be very domineering birds so maybe that’s why when I walk by the river and I see grackles everywhere I don’t see many other smaller species of birds around. I know that I’ve seen them for years but for some reason the iridescence of their feathers is especially catching my eye this year.
and then there was the hawk
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged birds, birdwatching, hawk, hunting, Inspiration, nature, Photography, pigeon, predators, storytelling, telephone pole, urban landscape, wildlife on February 11, 2015| 5 Comments »
To be honest, I was trying to photograph a rooftop icicle. I was playing around with the camera zoom when a distant shadow caught my attention. It was a hawk landing on top of a telephone pole with a pigeon in its grip.
There were people walking around below, and big vehicles scooping up the snow, but no one ever looked up. And so over the next two hours the hawk dined, unbothered, until nothing was left of its dinner.
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