Archive for March, 2008
Filed Under Piping Plover, Spring
On Sunday morning I stood in a very cold north wind as several Piping Plovers worked over low tide sand flats seeking marine worms. These birds are threatened with extinction and, while they are frequent visitors to Delaware, they are seldom seen close up. I was fortunate to have a very close encounter with these distinctly colored tiny birds. I have posted 6 photographs of the 300+ I took that morning because of the uniqueness of the encounter.
Filed Under Cedar Waxwings, Deer, Spring
This Cedar Waxwing found a Holly tree this morning full of berries for breakfast. Waxwings and robbins were feasting with no fighting. There were berries enough for all. Earlier a deer peaked out of cover to see if I was a threat.
Filed Under Scenics, Spring
We think about planting seeds in our gardens as the days grow longer and warmer, but in the natural world plants rely on the whims of gravity and wind to propagate. This detail photograph of a Kent County wetland shows a variety of seeds waiting for the right conditons to revegate the pond.
Filed Under Winter 2008
I went to Cape Henlopen State park tonight thinking I might find a nice sunset at low tide on Delaware Bay. I passed the piebald deer that many people have seen near the Park nature Center. Sunset wasn’t too bad either.
Filed Under Deer, Spring
Filed Under Scenics, Spring
Filed Under Spring
The near-shore ocean was apparently a good place to feed and rest tonight, judging by the number of ducks and gulls present. I even saw a seal swim by but he never lifted his head high enough for a good photograph. The gulls put on a wonderful flying display and the mergansers were not happy when I turned my lens in their direction. Their burst of flight off of the ocean surface was beautiful to see and photograph.
