Filed Under Fall 2007, Hawks, Spring
I watched this hawk this afternoon as he sat on a wire patiently watching for mice in the wheat field below him. A lunge, a catch and then time to enjoy. It doesn’t get much better than that if you’re a hawk. I watched him get three mice in about 15 minutes.
I found two nice wetlands scenes today. The top photo includes duck-weed and red maple seeds floating on a very slow moving stream. At the bottom, a frog takes in some warm afternoon sun, resting his chin on a lily pad.
Filed Under Shorebirds, Spring
Black-necked Stilts have returned to the coast of Delaware recently. They are yet another bird species to return to the coast over the past few weeks. The move-in has been stunning and welcome.
The Wisteria is in bloom and its strong sweet aroma attracted bumble bees from far on this bright sunny afternoon.
These two Great Egrets were settling into a fish filled pond a few days ago. We have not had much sun here in coastal Delaware for a while so I am digging into the archives to post something new.
Filed Under Fall 2007, Scenics, Spring
I went to one of my favorite sunset spots tonight, Cape Henlopen. I wasn’t disappointed.
Filed Under Egrets, Spring, yellow legs
The marshes have sprung to life over the past couple of weeks. The summer residents are moving in and staking claim to feeding and breeding areas. Tonight there was a spectacular dispaly put on by Yellow Legs and a variety of egrets as they fished for dinner, muscled out the competition and courted the opposite sex.
The low, wet areas around Delaware are full of new Skunk Cabbage. The broad green leaves are a site as late afternoon sun spotlights them.
Filed Under Fall 2007, Spring, Squirrels
We have bird feeders behind our house that attract (surprise, surprise) Eastern Gray Squirrels during the day. Here one stops between mouthfuls to scratch at an incredible speed. What may be a real surprise is that after the sun goes down and the Gray Squirrels bed down for the night, Southern Flying Squirrels visit the same feeders. They are quick and very difficult to photograph in action, but I caught one last night as he prepared to leap from the tree to the feeder. I’ll work on photgraphing one flying and will post it as soon as I succeed.
