Monthly Archives: June 2010

The chorus

I visited Huntley Meadows today with my brother-in-law, Paul, and my nephew, Matt.  We had a good time getting some photographs of a variety of wildlife including these barn swallows. This group above was a chorus providing their rendition of World Cup vuvuzela. Butterflies, dragonflies, frogs and turtles were also in abundance. The first creature...

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The unexpected

My goal today was to photograph the new fawns which have been born over the last few weeks at Shenandoah National Park. However, I didn’t see any.  Instead I saw a few things that were unexpected, like the guy above strapped to a large fan, gliding over the park.  But most unexpected was my first...

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Winged things

This Barn Swallow was conducting a little self-cleaning and wing stretching this morning before taking off to do some insect hunting.  I was at Huntley Meadows once again and the park was buzzing with Dragonflies of various varieties.  Below are photos of three different types often found here. On the way out of the park,...

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After the storm

A hot day led to a powerful thunderstorm rolling through the area this evening and as the clouds started to break up, I thought there might be a nice sunset to photograph.  I headed to Huntley Meadows and indeed the sky was spectacular (and the temperature was also pleasantly cooler).  The scene above shows off...

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