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Bird Among Bleachers

bird sitting among the bleachers — Birds were taking refuge from the rain in a quiet section

I took this at Jack’s graduation, which was held at a covered pavilion during a nor’easter.

A portion of the seating was on the windy side, so people were sitting away from it to avoid spray. That gave a small number of birds a chance to come in and wait out the storm.

Walk-About on a Foggy Christmas Night

Playscape and trees at the shore of Silver Lake, backlit by a street lamp, on a foggy night — I thought the street lamp was a nuisance, casting too much glow on everything else, until I realized that it was backlighting the playscape and trees in a peculiar, almost spooky way

Bird-watching at Wildwood Cemetery

Our local library sponsored a guided bird-watching walk through the cemetery across the street. Most people brought binoculars. I brought my camera and a zoom lens. Here are the highlights:

robin in the grass — This robin was bouncing between tree and grass

red-tailed hawk preening — Red-tailed hawk preening in a precarious situation

unbalanced red-tailed hawk with wings spread — A red-tailed hawk finding it’s balance in a precarious situation. A moment before, it was preening it’s feathers.

Walking Through Goldsmith Woodland

Alpha child and I took our cameras on a walk through the Goldsmith Woodlands.

I have a new camera, an Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark IV. (Their new naming scheme is kind of terrible, but the cameras are still good.) The last camera I owned was an Olympus OM-4, so using a digital camera is taking some getting used to.

Over time, Alpha has adopted my old OM-4, a Canon EOS DSLR from 2005, and a small number of truly vintage cameras. Today was a Canon kind of a day.

All of these photos were taken by me on my OM-D.

tree truck with insect and woodpecker holes — One of a number of dead tree trunks in the Goldsmith Woodlands. The grounds are carefully managed, and that includes leaving dead trees in place when possible.

Filtered winter sun through tree branches

lone cattail with pond in background — The remains of last year’s cattails, also known as typha

bald eagle in flight — We watched a bald eagle parent taking off; it’s juvenile offspring was still standing on the ice

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Autumn at Silver Lake

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Bird Among Bleachers

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Silver Lake in Autumn

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Walk-About on a Foggy Christmas Night

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Bird-watching at Wildwood Cemetery

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Walking Through Goldsmith Woodland

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