After several of days of wet, foggy, overcast weather, the sun finally popped out today and so did the wind, gusting up to 40 mph. With this much wind I wanted to experiment using long exposures on large bodies of water. I headed to Mason Neck state park along Belmont Bay to see if I...
This morning I drove up to the Conowingo Dam site located on the Susquehanna River in northeastern Maryland. It was my first visit to this site which is known for its large population of Bald Eagles. The dam is part of an electricity generation plant and when the turbines are in operation, fish are sucked...
A number of Rails continue to prowl the wetlands at Huntley Meadows park. I saw several two weeks ago here and the one above was in the same area today. It looks like a King Rail but I thought the one I photographed during my last visit was a Virginia Rail. Take a look at...
I can’t remember the last time when the fall leaves have been as colorful or as long lasting as this year, at least here in northern Virginia. Even though most trees have dropped their leaves, there still remains a few trees that are holding on to their color and the leaves on the ground are...
A bright, cloudless morning today provided a good opportunity to photograph birds, so I drove over to Huntley Meadows park. I found the usual inhabitants, like the male Red-winged blackbird above and the male Cardinal below. Also seen today was a less frequent visitor, in the image below. It appears to be an immature Virginia Rail...
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