29 Thursday Dec 2016
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hummingbird, miniature horse, photography, postaday, song sparrow, tufted titmouse, turkey vulture
More photos so far unpublished on this blog.
Song Sparrow, doing what else?
Frozen pond in February of this year.
Turkey Vulture at Año Nuevo State Park in California.
Miniature horses in South Jersey.
Hummingbird.
Pear flowers.
Sunrise over Ocean City, MD.
Tufted Titmouse.
26 Thursday May 2016
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bonaparte gull, long-bille curlew, loon, marbled godwit, Marina beach, photography, postaday, song sparrow, surf scoter
The area between the Pacific Ocean and Jetty Road at Moss Landing is small, just a sliver of land in comparison to other wildlife refuges, but it contained a good variety of birds, some I had never seen. I kept going back there, three times in all on different days, and there was always some new animal or bird to photograph.
A colorful duck was a Surf Scoter swimming near the human surfers.
Surf Scoter at Moss Landing beach.
Surf Scoter flapping its wings at Moss Landing beach.
Not to be outdone, a Loon was doing the same thing.
Loon flapping wings at Moss Landing beach.
A young bird counter helpfully pointed out to me a juvenile Bonaparte Gull strolling near the Sea Otters.
Young Bonaparte Gull on a bank of Elkhorn Slough at Moss Landing.
Nearby a Song Sparrow was in full singing mode.
Song Sparrow at Moss Landing.
A Brown Pelican occasionally flew by the surfers, checking them out and making sure they knew what they were doing.
Brown Pelican at Moss Landing beach.
Only a couple miles from Moss Landing beach, Cliff Swallows had built their nests under the overhang of a building.
Cliff Swallow in nest.
On the beach, many Long-billed Curlews and Marbled Godwits were strolling on the sand, looking for food morsels.
Long-billed Curlew on Moss Landing beach.
Marbled Godwit at Moss Landing Beach.
17 Sunday Apr 2016
Posted in Ocean City Welcome Center, Photography
This morning, I saw a Song Sparrow perched on the top branch of a bush near the Ocean City Welcome Center.
“You want me to sing?”
“Oh what a beautiful morning,
Oh what a beautiful day,
I’ve got a wonderful feeling,
Everything’s going my way.”
“So how do you like it?”
28 Wednesday May 2014
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Two weekends ago, the song sparrow below was singing lustily at the Edwin B. Forsythe Wildlife Refuge, perched on a sign that said Endangered Species Area. Itself not endangered, it was just singing happily, celebrating spring perhaps and its free life amid the wide open marshes.
Song sparrow
