The Early Bird catches the worm, as the old saying goes. I am defiantly an early bird and sometimes I go out and about without brushing my hair either.
Video below of the Great Blue Heron Shaking its feathers in slow motion; Great Blue Heron Slow Motion
Have a great weekend.
The Early Bird
Eyes of Blue, I think this bird is a cormorant, But I am not sure which one. As I type this I am adding the Merlin bird finding app to my phone. So now it should be easier to identify all these birds.
Someone was showing me the app and it will actually tell you the bird by listening to its call as well. Technology is amazing. So much better then having to get an encyclopedia out like the old days. 🙂
Eyes of Blue
In the Arms of an Angel, this photo reminded me of this song by Sarah Mclachian.
In the arms of an Angel, fly away from here, From this dark, cold hotel room, and the endlessness that you fear You are pulled from the wreckage of your silent reverie You’re in the arms of an Angel; may you find some comfort here
I have shared some poems in the past, written by a very talented writer named Daryl Madden. He has a blog page here on word press where he writes the most beautiful poems inspired by other folks post. I treasure the words he writes when he chooses one of my post to create a poem with. https://wordpress.com/read/feeds/23196989
I then like to add his words to one of my videos. The result is below or click this link here; IF I
In the Arms of an Angel
Through the Forest of Trees
You can’t see the forest for the trees! It’s a widely known saying that is accepted by many as truth whether they are talking about issues in the workplace or about life in general. You-can’t-see-the-forest-for-the-trees means that we sometimes cannot see situations as they really are while we are in the midst of them.
The forest hold so many hidden gems. Tiny creatures to unusual leaves and trees.
I was walking past this tree that has all these gorgeous green leaves shinning in the morning light. So I stopped to take a photo as the green color was very eye catching.
I did not even see all these spots on the leaves until I looked at the photo later. They are not bugs, my guess is they are seeds for new life of some kind.
Through the Forest of Trees
Nature Provides plenty of food for all species. Birds have a wonderful diet that includes some very healthy options
Fruit being at the top of the list, or at the top of the tree if you will. This Cedar Wax wing is enjoying some fresh mulberry’s to replenish its system after a long migration flight.
This beautiful Summer Tanager is eating some sort of bug, which I am happy about. There are always plenty of bugs that provide a great source of protein.
Along with some nuts and seeds for fiber, they are a great food source to keep the system running smoothly. This Brown Thrasher is enjoying his fill of these today.
Of course we cannot leave out the best choice of food for a lot of species, its fish. I have seen a lot of birds doing pretty good at fishing the last few weeks.
This Belted King Fisher is an expert fishermen when it comes to diving into the water to catch a tiny little fish like this one.
This gull picked up a fish floating on top of the water after a fishermen through it back in.
The Great Blue Heron loves fish. They can eat up to a pound of fish a day. We have helped them get their fill this month. When we catch small fish we will sometimes throw them to the herons who are always hanging about looking for a good meal.
Nature Provides
Color of Springtime is the morning light. Clouds at sunrise filter the suns light to a golden hue. A warm color after a long winter to warm our minds and spirits.
Have a Beautiful Weekend 🙂
Color of Springtime
The Sun
It radiates light and heat, which makes it possible for life to exist on Earth. Plants need sunlight to grow. Animals, including humans, need plants for food and the oxygen they produce. Without heat from the sun, Earth would freeze. A true metaphor to life. 🙂
The Sun
Coastal Birds, from the Osprey in flight to the Brown Pelican and Terns. There are always a variety of birds to be seen along the coast.
Coastal Birds
New Home Weather Vane – Is it real? Yes, this is a Great Blue Heron perched on top of a roof. He just looks like a weather vane.
This is a regular weather vane that spins around to tell you what direction the wind is blowing.
Technically this one will work, you could go by his crown feathers if they are blowing in the wind.
The only problem with a real bird for a weather vane is, when another one shows up that wants to sit on the same roof.
There goes the weather vanes. Good thing one did not have to buy them.
New Home Weather Vane
Walking on Long Legs can be a bit tricky at times. Looks like he is going to fall over or he decided to turn quick to go the other way around me.
Walking on Long Legs
The Laughing Gulls, a very befitting name for these boisterous birds. They really do sound like they are laughing. They banded one of these gulls and it lived to be 22 years old. There is a video of these birds laughing away below or link here; Laughing Gulls
The Laughing Gulls
The Last Piece, bird is looking intently at the other bird with a piece of food. Just willing it to drop so he can grab it.
This Jay looks like he is jumping off of a diving board into a pool to me. There is a small bowl of water on the ground I put out for the birds. That would have made a better picture if I showed that as well 🙂
The Last Piece
Birds Eye View, birds and fishing go hand in hand. Husband fishes and I photograph the birds coming around for a free meal. This blue heron was looking right at me as I took this photo. It is such a fun photo to have a bird look directly at the camera I think.
Birds Eye View
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Sunset a time to Reflect, a wonderful way to end the month of March and start fresh for April showers that will bring May flowers.
Sunset a time to Reflect
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The Magnificent Great Blue Heron, The great blue heron grows to 4 feet tall with a 6 to 7 foot wingspan. Despite its large size, its hollow bones allow it to weigh only 5 to 6 pounds.
You wouldn’t think this small bird would have wings this beautiful. They always take my breath away, especially when you hear them fly by.
Have a wonderful weekend.
The Magnificent Great Blue
Fun Colors in the Forest, a little extra color this spring from hand painted bird houses to beautiful blue flowers. The bright colors of springtime.
Fun Colors in the Forest
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Picnic Lunch in the Woods, everyday is a good day for a picnic in spring weather.
Picnic Lunch in the Woods
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Wildlife’s Picnic Table, This blue jay is stretching way up there to see what is on the table. Checking to see if maybe there is a better morsel of food than the one he already has.
Wildlife’s Picnic Table
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Symmetry in Nature involves parts that are similar or balanced in some way.
When you look closely at a birds wings, one would be in awe as I am to see the symmetrical design of each feather and how it all fits together. It is truly a piece of art created with a purpose, each and every feather.
Perfection by the hand of our Creator
Symmetry in Nature
Coolest Cat at the Campground, most campgrounds we go to have stray cats running around and kind folks feed them. I saw this one and had to take his picture, what a face. So cute.
Come to find out this particular cat is not a stray, he belongs to a gentlemen that works at the park. So I asked him if I could take his photo and make a painting for him. He said he would love one.
The first two are the photo I took and then the paintings below. This cat is 3 years old and so fluffy. His body fur is brownish but that face is quite something.
Plus Bird video below or click this Link; Birds at the picnic table
So now I am taking photos of all the stray cats when I can like this one below. This campground does catch each one and takes them to the vet to be spade or neutered. Which is a good thing.
Have a great weekend.
Coolest Cat at the Campground
Spring Has Sprung in some parts of the world. Down south we had a couple of good rains with warmer temperatures and that is all it took for the wild flowers to emerge from the earth.
Purple being my favorite color is the first thing I saw this week with these dainty little flowers here. Don’t forget to print some of your own photos if you take them to hang on your walls to enjoy every day. I do, I change my photos in my frames every month.
Spring Has Sprung
Head and Feet, We are all Unique and Beautiful, including our wonderful birds.
Head and Feet
Wings of the Night – Poetry in Motion. Video below or click Here; The Pelican
Wings of the Night
Wings and Water, my goal this year is to photograph birds flying over water with their wings as close to the water as possible.
I love seeing photos where the wing tips just graze the water, this one was a little to high off the water but I do love the calmness and the texture of the water below the bird.
Wings and Water
New Pet Portraits, I have been busy creating some fun custom pet portraits the last couple of weeks and I always have to do a couple of my own cat and dogs as well.
My cat and her crazy eyes I like to call them. She is a tuff one to photograph because she usually doesn’t want to sit still.
This ones name is Kit Kit
This is Chloee
This one is my little dog Deohgee or DOG for short, remember her name is not the word dog, you say each letter and that is her name. 🙂 She is 15 years old this year.
This one is a dog called Good Boy Chevy from a You Tube channel that I know
This is a cute little dog named Max, with some bottom teeth that stick out like that all the time. But he is still cute.
This is a stray cat at the campground.
Well, these are not pets of course. But I made them for my web site under the wildlife category.
New Pet Portraits
Make Flower Photos Bloom with the right camera settings. The wild flowers are in full bloom after the last couple of rains we have had. I do love photographing flowers. Creating a beautiful depth of field makes the photos more interesting, meaning a nice blurred background with the right camera settings.
Flower photography is all about sharp details, bright colors, and finding the right depth of field. Here’s how to get it right:
Since aperture is the most important camera setting for flower photography, I always shoot in aperture priority. This way, I can quickly adjust the aperture to find the perfect depth of field without worrying about ISO or shutter speed.
Make Flower Photos Bloom
This was a nice surprise as I was doing my morning walk along the shore line. I had no idea what it was until I got home and looked into my bird book.
Oystercatchers A boldly patterned shorebird with red-yellow eyes and a vivid red-orange bill, American Oystercatchers survive almost exclusively on shellfish—clams, oysters, and other saltwater mollusks. Because of this specialized diet, oystercatchers live only in a narrow ecological zone of saltmarshes and barrier beaches.
Oystercatchers
William Bartram Trail, another park we stopped at not far from Savannah GA, a wonderful place to walk and see all the cool trees and some historical areas though out the forest. Old homestead grounds. We like visiting places like this. I enjoy reading all about the history of places now, never cared for it much back in school.
The trees are a piece of art even when they are blown over laying on the ground like this one.
William Bartram Trail
Ocean Vessels
I like this first photo painting, it was pretty far away so I had to crop a lot of the photo out so you could see the ship closer. It looks like I am standing right in front of it. But there is a curve in the river and eventually it goes right by us.
This ship below I could not find much information about it except they call it a general cargo ship. It was coming up behind the container ship.
And this guy was behind all of them. Making head way as it caught up to the other two as we were leaving.
Ocean Vessels
