On my walk outside the building where I work, I heard a bird chirping. See who I found. You can tell the adult bird is a male by his black head. We have these birds year-round.
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Arizona Birds
Who recognizes this little guy? Saw him at a rest area. White-crowned sparrow posed for me Mourning dove hiding Better shot of the mourning dove Mallards on Watson Lake Master of All He Surveys. Canada goose. Also on Watson Lake we saw a cormorant, but didn’t get the camera out in time!
The manifest benefits of Nature
A man dug a pond on his property to provide water and habitat to the local wildlife. Here is the result. https://twitter.com/robertefuller/status/1877748372557254916?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ
Yeah, it’s late, but it’s my blog and I can do whatever I want. Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #328: Winter
Next to Autumn, Winter is my favorite season. I like cold weather, and I'd rather have it too cold than too warm. You can always bundle up against the cold, but you can't get more naked than naked when it's too hot. And believe me, I experienced both situations during my two years in grad …
Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #326: This Made Me Smile
Smiles are one thing we need a lot more of these days. It's easy to be serious, with all the bad news out there, but I do try to keep my eyes open for fun things. On our trip to Colorado in 2022, we stopped in Rock Springs, Wyoming for dinner. We ate at a …
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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #314: Shorelines
Living in the Pacific Northwest, we have lots of shorelines within a few minutes, or hours drive. And we have lakes and rivers, which also have shorelines, along with the oceans. The shoreline closest to me is along Silver Lake. This was early in the morning on my way to work. About 50% of the …
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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #277: Empty Spaces
This is the time of year when emptiness can predominate. All the leaves have fallen off the deciduous trees, leaving their branches empty. But still beautiful. In the autumn, most beaches are empty of people, since the vacationers are gone. We were fortunate to visit Cape May, on the Jersey Shore, in October, when the …
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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #228: \\\ Diagonals ///
Sorry, I just couldn't resist the urge to put a couple of keyboard diagonals in the post title! Even the "number or hashtag" sign is made up of diagonals. Nature presents us with diagonals all the time. This shrub-steppe hillside in Eastern Oregon presents an obvious diagonal against the sky. For that matter, the clouds …
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Early snow in Western Washington
Today, just as forecasted, we got our first snowfall of the winter. It's really early for our area, and so far the snow isn't very heavy. Of course, the first thing I did this morning was get out my trusty iPhone and go out in the backyard to get some pictures. This is the east …
Tuesday Tweeters
And this has absolutely nothing to do with the anti-social network known as Twitter. Real birds dropped by our yard this morning. Over breakfast, these two Steller's Jays visited and had a drink from the birdbath. Next, our Red-shafted Flicker dropped in. Neither species "twitters", and both have calls that are very distinctive. I'm so …
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