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allium, Edwin B Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, osprey, photography, postaday, red-winged blackbird, stella d'oro daylily
For the past ten days or so, our region has been affected by smoke from hundreds of forest fires in Nova Scotia, Canada. Climate change was immediately blamed, but according to the Canadian Mounties the fires originated from arsons.
A few days ago I drove to the refuge for another visit. As I came closer to it, the sky got dirtier and darker, as if the refuge itself was on fire. Traffic was very slow as many roads were blocked. It took me three hours to get there, and my car GPS asked me whether I needed it to search for a rest area since I had been driving for a long time!
The birds at the refuge were sparse, sand flies were everywhere and a few even got into the car. I only got a few shots on an Osprey couple at their nest, and one Red-winged Blackbird.
On another subject, Canon had a sale of some of their mirrorless lenses. I bought the cheapest one, a RF 50mm/F1.8 lens, for $99. It is very small and would be very good for street photos. To test it out, I used it to photograph some flowers in our backyard, and the new lens did not disappoint.