Monthly Archives: December 2009

2009 Favorites

I’ve taken a lot of photographs over this past year and have spent a lot of time with photography, including attending seminars, workshops, lectures and field trips.  It’s been a ton of fun and there is still much for me to learn about nature photography.  I’ve been fortunate to have received some incredible instruction this...

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After the storm

Today the snow had stopped and the sun was shining, but the storm that passed through yesterday left some new scenery, like the snowy drifts above reflecting the light from a setting sun. Before the sun had set, the backyard was once again a center of local bird activity in search of food.  Another day...

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Record setting

A history-making snow storm hit the Mid-Atlantic states today dumping between 15″-20″ of snow in my area of Virginia.  The snowfall made my backyard feeders very popular with the local bird community.  I spent several hours watching and photographing these hungry visitors.  There was a good variety of birds, from Blue Jays (above) to Cardinals,...

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Cone close-up

A wet and rainy day provided me the chance to catch up on post-processing some photographs and updating some photography web sites I belong to.  It also gave me the chance to play around with a White Pine cone I brought inside from the backyard.  I spent  quite a bit of time and utilized a...

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Good birding

Today was sunny with cloudless skies and a trip to Huntley Meadows park offered some good birding.  Among the large number of Canada Geese were several pairs of Hooded Mergansers (one of the males is shown above).  Also seen were Mallards, Blue-winged Teals and several female Northern Shovelers (photo below). There were plenty of other...

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First snow

The first snow of this winter season arrived here today so I made sure the bird feeders had something available.  When the snow covers the ground, the birds seem to hit the feeders first.  Sure enough, the suet feeder brought some woodpeckers into the yard including the Downy above and the Red-bellied below who is...

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