I pulled off the road to take this picture just before sunrise on the way to work. I was able to get to work a bit early and with daylight savings time ending soon I will have to get up an hour earlier to get this shot again.
It has been a while since I've been able to post a new picture. New baby and all, time is short. No, this is not Ryen. This is a particularly aggressive goose who wouldn't mind eating out of your hands and getting a finger or two if you aren't careful. Interesting angle using the camera to keep him from getting too friendly.
One of the flowers that was sent to Mommy and Ryen.
Had lunch and took a quick walk around Old Town Alexandria with a friend this weekend. I liked the Red door and the sailboat on an otherwise largely brick road.
After the sun sets, the construction equipment gets a bit spooky.
We stopped by great falls recently to see if we could catch some nice colors in the setting sun. Unfortunately the best clouds were to the left, but we ended up with something reasonably nice anyway.
While walking around the pond with the family the sun was getting low and really lighting up the moon. I liked the blue sky and clouds with moon shining brightly through it. Nothing like an unusually cool summer evening.
We went to a picnic at Turkey Run. We took a walk up to the Claude Moore Colonial Farm to show Brenden the animals. He enjoyed seeing turkeys, geese, and the pigs. This is one of the pigs who came over to say hello.
This one was eye-balling the food on the other side of the gate. His trunk was just about long enough to get at it.
I don't do a lot of macro work, but it was this or another shot of the great blue heron. This wild daisy had a beetle visitor on Saturday morning. It is kind of amazing what goes on around us that we are usually unaware of. Now only if the darn ants would be as inconspicuous....
This Kori Bustard was more than happy to pose for me on our trip to the National Zoo.
This was the first time I saw this type of heron. Quite unusual compared to the egrets and great blues I'm used to.
I'm not looking forward to the day when my eyesight starts to go. I'm pretty sure it will as both my parents started with great vision and worked their way into a variety of types of glasses. No one and nothing, it seems, is immune to the aging process.
This great blue heron is my neighbor. He's lived here for quite a while. He was out fishing as I took Candy for a walk. He hung around long enough for me to get a nice shot even with the dog sitting next to me. Meanwhile a pair of great blue heron's were flying back and forth and another set of three flew overhead. I never would have figured that this is heron country.
More from the Alligator Farm. These two great egret chicks were enjoying the morning light waiting for their breakfast. They were very active and interesting to watch.
Apparently these wood storks bring babies to Mommies and Daddies. Well.... Anyway here is a wood stork mommy and her babies. Happy Mother's Day
I've always liked this plane. Apparently it can fly so fast that the heat from the friction of the air causes the engines to expand by 12 feet. Really a remarkable plane. We went to the Udvar-Hazy center with my parents, wife, and son. He liked watching the airplanes fly in.
This portrait was taken at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm. It is a private zoo that was referred to me by Scott Bourne. I like his blog PhotoFocus. The tip was much appreciated and I came away with a whole lot of keepers. This Snowy Egret was preening himself. You can see some of the down stuck on his bill.
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This is one of many shots taken at the St. Agustine Alligator farm. It really is amazing the number of birds and how close they are. Thanks to Scott Bourne for the tip.
