Sunday, April 27, 2014

Big Birds at Lake Wilhelm, near Greenville, PA

No matter where you go on this lake, you see big birds - Heron, Osprey, Eagles.  I had a guide today, and our group got some really incredible shots.



Theres some Bald Eagles.....  Was never able to get them in flight like this, even though they were a bit far, I was able to crop and still get decent detail.




A few Osprey.

I'll finish off today with a couple of heron.  These were a good distance, so not a lot of fine detail, but theyre so cool looking in flight....



Thursday, April 24, 2014

Blue Heron

I imaged a Blue Heron today at the Mill Creek Park Lily Pond.  Was with a group of other photographers imaging wildlife when one of them spotted this heron.  I have photographed heron before at this location, but I haven't seen one there in awhile.  Here are the pictures.

Heron Close Up
I was probably 10 feet away from the heron when I took this picture.  This fellow sure wasn't shy.

Landing on a Turtle Covered Log
He kicked the turtles off the log....

On the Floating Log
He flew out to this log in the center of the pond after being chased off the shore by some overzealous photographer.  (I wont mention WHO that photographer was).....



Wildflowers

Imaged some spring wildflowers today.  I should actually start a separate blog just on wildflowers.  They're fun to take pictures of, as many are quite small.  Because of that, and the fact that I'm out of practice taking macro shots, some are better than others.  I'm going to post an image of each variety that I imaged today....This is going to be a long post.

Halbred Leaf Violet

Harbinger of Spring
Marsh Marigold
Periwinkle
Round Lobed Hepatica
Spring Beauty
Trout Lily
Virginia Bluebells
So I imaged eight varieties of wildflower today.  These are quite remarkable.  Most are quite small, and are easily missed by most when they walk in the woods, but if one were to examine them closer, you will see that there is some real beauty on the forest floor.



Sunday, February 9, 2014

Hairy Woodpecker

At first I thought this was a Downy Woodpecker, but according to the Audobon Society, this fellow is larger.  The Downy Woodpecker is "sparrow sized", whereas this fellow is "Robin sized".  This is definitely the larger variety.  Photos include 2 birds, a male and a female.  The male has the red splotch on its head, the female does not.




Oh Deer!

I know, I havent posted in a long time.  I hope to change that as I've been shooting some pictures down at the park lately.  Being the middle of winter, the birds are relatively few, but there is other wildlife worthy of good photography.

Take these deer for example.