Filed Under Scenics, Winter 2010
I took this photograph of these kids playing on the beach as the sun set on a hot August day last summer. That was exactly 6 months ago. At that time the days were getting noticeably shorter, the waning days of summer. Let’s be optimists as the winter wanes and dream of 6 months from now when this scene will be repeated again.
Filed Under Songbirds, Winter 2010
House Finches are native to the southwestern United States and Mexico. They have expanded welll beyond their original range, sometimes with a little help from people. The eastern population is a result of them being released from cages in New York. They are found in almost all human altered habitat.
Filed Under Songbirds, Winter 2010
This Blue Jay was taking advantage of a nice sunny day this afternoon to eat what it could find before the next bad weather.
Filed Under Songbirds, Winter 2010
We think of American Goldfinches as those bright yellow birds we see at our feeders in the spring and summer. In the winter, and especially during a snowstorm, they are far more drab. Here is a male in nonbreeding (winter) plumage.
Filed Under Songbirds, Winter 2010
This lucky American Goldfinch shows off its big find to a friend who is still looking.
Filed Under Songbirds, Winter 2010
I found some American Goldfinches feeding in the snowstorm this afternoon. They were all puffed up to keep the heat in under their feathers. It’s a tough day to find a meal here on the Delmarva peninsula if you are a bird because we are having a blizzard, the second in three days. This Goldfinch was getting through pretty well.
Filed Under Ducks, Winter 2010
Grooming is an important part of a bird’s day. This hen and drake Northern Pintail know it pays to look your best.
Filed Under Scenics, Winter 2010
Late yesterday I found this snow covered field with interesting patterns around plant stalks that formed snow cones.
Filed Under Scenics, Winter 2010
The report from here in Lewes, DE was that the blizzard dropped 20.6 inches of snow. Rain mixed in with the snow for several hours, then it turned colder and the snow mounted up. Looking in the woods today I found icicles hanging from cedar trees. The late day sun shining through them made a unique and beautiful woods scene.
Filed Under Scenics, Winter 2010
The coast of Delware is under a blizzard warning for tonight and tomorrow. The storm has started. This is the very beginning on Friday night at 7:40 p.m. (about 10 minutes ago).
