Apr
17
Harbor of Refuge
Filed Under Fall 2007, Scenics, Spring
I went to one of my favorite sunset spots tonight, Cape Henlopen. I wasn’t disappointed.
Apr
14
The Coast Is Open For The Summer
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.
Apr
13
Skunk Cabbage
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.
Apr
6
Night Shift
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.
Mar
31
Plover Encounter
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.
Mar
30
Cedar Waxwing
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.
Mar
28
Spring Seeding
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.
Mar
24
Cape Henlopen State Park
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.
