September '13

Just Have To Love This Portion of The River

Moon - I need to get a camera with a larger sensor and am thinking about the PANASONIC LUMIX FZ1000 which still has a zoom lens but has a one inch sensor

Moon and Jupiter - drove up the road for a clear shot but compromised on the focus between the two

Moon and Jupiter This A.M. - could not get a good focus through the trees

Tides In - Lands Out

The Old Mill Foundation

The Canadian Geese Are Not So Wind Oriented

Sea Gulls - cropped differently, same photograph

Sea Gulls - facing the South West wind

Lines of Demarcation

Down The Road - a bit ago

When at first he paddled by on the far side, I thought it possibly might be Canvasback - but on telephoto I knew I had a Merganser

I Got Out of the Ridgeline and stepped up to get a close up - AND WHOOPS!! Up up and away

Big Blue - through vehicle window

Downy Woodpecker

Recycling - our Christmas Tree will spend a month or so doing duty as a refuge from time to time at the bird feeder

Dee Dee - II

bir

most of my U.S. and Canadian visitors know what the Dee Dee  is - usually the Black-capped chickadee - with the nick name being the little birds constant call.  But for some of the foreign visitors with an interest in birds in general I will give a quick bit of information.  The Black-capped Chickadee, Parus atricapillus, about 4 1/2 inches in length, is common in North America across the upper half of the U.S. and lower half of Canada. There are about four other birds in North America very similar to the Mr Dee Dee above, of which I have seen the Boreal, and the Carolina.  I might add that you will seldom see the chickadee without spotting its' constant companion the Tufted Titmouse - of which I will another day post as he gathers round the bird feeder.

Dee Dee

Countries browsing my blog this morning

United States
Germany
Israel
Poland
Portugal
Canada
France
India
Brazil
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
Spain
Myanmar (Burma) 

(and a so called Unknown Region of which I have no idea of what that means)

Over The Spillway - I am shooting at a distance setting in my vehicle so as not to ruin my camera

Flooding Creek - pouring over the old dam

Pouring Rain - returnin home and stopping by the Covered Bridge to check out the flooding

Pouring Rain - II

Pouring Rain - heading into the office building for my 6 month checkup

Out and About

Sundown - II

Sundown - just a little while ago

Red-shouldered Hawk, Buteo lineatus - II

Red-shouldered Hawk - Buteo lineatus

Wing Tips

From The Porch

Female Cardinal - ditto two panes of glass

Male Cardinal - through two panes of window glass

Nice Tree

Canadian 'Geese - eating green in the rain

Filming Through The Wind Screen

Creek Rising - the rain is endless

Barn - Through The Wind Shield

Roast Vegetable Dinner On The Way

Turkey Buzzards - (red fleshy heads)

Ice

James - II

in front of the fire dreaming about Laphroaig 

James

James, The Connoisseur Cat, by Harriet Hahn @ 1991

easy relaxing read to take your mind off the real world

- ♯ Caught The Last Train to The Coast ♪ ♫

The Shiver of Big Blues are down by one today - so one must have headed south

Cold

Sun Dog - III

Sun Dog - II

Sun Dog

A sun dog or mock sun, formally called a parhelion in meteorology, is an atmospheric optical phenomenon that consists of a bright spot to the left or right of the Sun.

This Is More Readily Identifiable As A Vulture Gaining Altitude