Autumn Leftovers
January 20th, 2014
It's gotten to that part of winter where I'm just tired of it. Tired of the cold, the snow, the fogged-up lenses, and the, shall we say, glacial pace of my winterlisting. So since I don't have many new pictures or stories of late, I'll fill in the gap with some leftover photos that I didn't get around to posting before.
In other news, husband and I are doing a fifteenth-anniversary vacation to Costa Rica this coming March! I'm beyond thrilled, since this will be the first chance I've ever had to bird the tropics, or indeed, anywhere outside of North America. You can expect a flurry of posts on here somewhere around late March when we get back.
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A spring leftover, actually. Lesser Black-Backed Gull photographed at Cape Hatteras.
A weird wildflower called buttonbush. I found it in the Carp Ridge area.
This odd goose caused a lot of discussion when he showed up at Andrew Haydon Park. Some theorized that he was some sort of domestic hybrid, others that he was just a leucistic (partial albino) Canada Goose. The final verdict was that he was probably a hybrid of a Canada Goose and a Snow Goose.
A very young (judging by the beak) Eastern Phoebe at Mud Lake. Phoebes are flycatchers that are quite adapted to human settlement and often nest on or near our buildings. They're named after their call.
January 20th, 2014
It's gotten to that part of winter where I'm just tired of it. Tired of the cold, the snow, the fogged-up lenses, and the, shall we say, glacial pace of my winterlisting. So since I don't have many new pictures or stories of late, I'll fill in the gap with some leftover photos that I didn't get around to posting before.
In other news, husband and I are doing a fifteenth-anniversary vacation to Costa Rica this coming March! I'm beyond thrilled, since this will be the first chance I've ever had to bird the tropics, or indeed, anywhere outside of North America. You can expect a flurry of posts on here somewhere around late March when we get back.
1680x1050 wallpaper
A spring leftover, actually. Lesser Black-Backed Gull photographed at Cape Hatteras.
A weird wildflower called buttonbush. I found it in the Carp Ridge area.
This odd goose caused a lot of discussion when he showed up at Andrew Haydon Park. Some theorized that he was some sort of domestic hybrid, others that he was just a leucistic (partial albino) Canada Goose. The final verdict was that he was probably a hybrid of a Canada Goose and a Snow Goose.
A very young (judging by the beak) Eastern Phoebe at Mud Lake. Phoebes are flycatchers that are quite adapted to human settlement and often nest on or near our buildings. They're named after their call.
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Mike
January 20th, 2014 at 12:33 pm
The other shots are neat... the LBBG shot is really excellent!