31 Sunday Dec 2017
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The URL for this challenge is: https://dailypost.wordpress.com/photo-challenges/2017-favorites/
This is my third and final submission.
Great Blue Heron spearing a fish.
The following photo has not yet been published previously.
The eye of a wave near Barnegat Lighthouse.
30 Saturday Dec 2017
Posted in Photography
Not much snow fell, somewhat less than 2 in (5 cm), but the cold is staying with temperatures in the teens and twenties (-10 C to -5 C). Nothing is melting. Many birds came to our feeder, and I even saw a new one that was gray with black wings. It was too quick and only appears as a blur in a shot I took.
But Mr. Blue and Mr. Red were there of course and lingered long enough for me to photograph them leisurely.
Blue Jay.
Mr. Red especially took his time, even checking out the photographer several times.
Northern Cardinal.
Northern Cardinal.
Northern Cardinal.
A Tufted Titmouse patiently waited for its turn at the feeder.
Tufted Titmouse.
28 Thursday Dec 2017
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This Blue Jay put on this expression when told that more snow was coming this weekend.
Blue Jay: “Did you say more snow is coming?”
24 Sunday Dec 2017
Posted in Photography, Weekly Photo Challenge
The URL for this challenge is: https://dailypost.wordpress.com/photo-challenges/2017-favorites/
Mute Swans were the favorites of many this past October. As the swans preened during a foggy morning, they struck poses that were bold and beautiful.
Mute Swan.
You may also be ineterested in two posts with more photos of the swans:
https://neihtn.wordpress.com/2017/10/23/beauty-and-the-fog/
https://neihtn.wordpress.com/2017/10/24/the-conductor/
23 Saturday Dec 2017
Posted in Photography, Weekly Photo Challenge
The URL for this challenge is: https://dailypost.wordpress.com/photo-challenges/2017-favorites/
In early May 2017, I went to Barnegat Lighthouse Park and walked the short (0.2 mi) Maritime Forest Trail looking for birds to photograph. Suddenly a red bird, a male Northern Cardinal flew by with a seed in his bill. He went to a branch on which a female was already perched and began to feed her in a gesture of love and courtship, as you can see in the following shots.
Northern Cardinals.
Northern Cardinals. Her eyes say it all.
17 Sunday Dec 2017
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A female House Finch snatched a sunflower seed from the feeder and flew to join her younger ones on a branch of the magnolia tree. Curious as to why she would not eat it right away, I soon found out.
House Finches.
House Finches. Juvenile male demanding his food.
House Finches. She gave it to him.
All happy now.
16 Saturday Dec 2017
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The following three kinds of birds are regular visitors to our feeder, especially when it snows like it did yesterday. Not much fell, less than 2 inches (5 cm), but enough to double my commute time and to cover everything with a white coat that has already melted by a half today.
Dark-eyed Junco taking off near bird feeder.
Dark-eyed Junco posing.
Unlike the Juncos who only come in the winter, Carolina Chickadees live all year round in our area, and there may be more of them than of any other bird.
Carolina Chickadee.
Then Blue Jays, of course, with their piercing jeers as they call one another.
Blue Jay.
Blue Jay checking the photographer.
16 Saturday Dec 2017
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The first one if not red all over, but the House Finch is one of the more dominant birds in our neighborhood. They are also not native to our area, but over the years have migrated from the West Coast to the East Coast.
Male House Finch.
A Northern Cardinal, all red except for some black patches around its beak, stands out especially well amid the whiteness of yesterday’s snow.
Northern Cardinal.
10 Sunday Dec 2017
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blue jay, downy woodpecker, house finch, house sparrow, junco, northern cardinal, photography, postaday, tufted titmouse
Today skies are mostly sunny and snow is melting at a good pace. I took the opportunity to photograph the various birds that come to our feeder all day long.
Blue Jay, checking out the bird feeder. They rule the place and whenever they land, all other birds scatter away.
Blue Jay.
Junco about to jump.
Female Downy Woodpecker.
Female House Finch.
Male House Finch.
House Sparrow.
Tufted Titmouse, working on a sunflower seed.
Finally, the one and the only Northern Cardinal, resplendent in colors rivaling its human counterparts in Rome.
Northern Cardinal.
09 Saturday Dec 2017
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Snow fell today in our region for the first time this winter. We did not get much, maybe 4 inches (10 cm), but the sky was gray all day and although many birds came to our feeder I did not try to take their pictures. So here are a couple shots of a Northern Cardinal from last year, under similar weather. The banner shot is also from last year.
Northern Cardinal.
Northern Cardinal. Same guy, different pose.
03 Sunday Dec 2017
Posted in EBF Refuge, Photography
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Edwin B Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, fog, great egret, photography, postaday, snowy egret, spider web
A few weeks ago, the heavy morning fog led to some unusual monochrome shots.
Great Egret.
Snowy Egret.
Snowy Egret.
Spider Web.
03 Sunday Dec 2017
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A shot of a Painted Lady from this past summer, to not think about the cold outside at the moment.
Painted Lady butterfly.
02 Saturday Dec 2017
Posted in Photography, Weekly Photo Challenge
The link for this challenge is: https://dailypost.wordpress.com/photo-challenges/serene/
Here are my entries for it, a sunrise photo taken in Ocean City, MD and a sunset photo taken in Marina, CA.
Sunrise over Ocean City, MD.
Sunset over beach at Marina, CA.
02 Saturday Dec 2017
Posted in EBF Refuge, Photography
This Great Blue Heron was catching fish literally left and right. In the five minutes I spent photographing it, it managed to snatch five fishes out of the water. They were small but enough of them would be equal to a big catch. When I left, it was still looking for fish.
Great Blue Heron.
Great Blue Heron.
Great Blue Heron.
Great Blue Heron.
Great Blue Heron.
01 Friday Dec 2017
Posted in EBF Refuge, Photography
I am not sure about this bird’s name, which may be Cape May Warbler. If you know that it should have a different name, please let me know. Update: Jerry from https://quietsolopursuits.wordpress.com/ has been kind to identify it as a female Yellow-rumped Warbler.
Anyway, last Saturday morning I found her eating juniper berries. She did not fly away when I came near enough to photograph her.
Yellow-rumped Warbler eating breakfast.
She even turned around to look directly at me.
Yellow-rumped Warbler.
