When I stepped out on the deck yesterday morning to fill the feeders I was greeted.....
....by this Carolina Wren. There were actually two of them, but I didn't get a photo of them together.
I would like to say that it is "singing".....but it was making the noise that I best describe as a loud "squawk". I may be hard of hearing, but I doubt that I will ever miss hearing a Wren....they are so loud!
Later in the morning Mike spotted a group of 5 Canada Geese and a group of 5 Mallards on our pond.
We usually have at least one pair of each attempt a nest somewhere along the edge of the pond, or on the neighbor's pond, or along the ditch. Sometimes they are successful and we see babies, sometimes not.
The early morning light made for some interesting photos....not so good of the duck, but I love the water effects! Mike took most of these.
Another water "art" squiggle photo. I think it is "duck calligraphy" and we just don't know what it says :-)
I like the light ripples here, too.
Mike also has discovered where the mystery cat that we call "Shadow" hangs out. He has seen Shadow disappear into that pipe in the earth twice. Mike says it would be pretty warm in there over the winter. It runs under the road on the other side of our pond. We still don't know who owns Shadow, if anyone does. There are new people living in that house and Shadow has been around for 5 years or more.
A mid-day shot. We drove through Mouteau Park to see if we could hear any Meadowlarks yet. I know they will start singing soon in this lovely weather. We didn't find any yesterday, but there were Robins everywhere.
Just to show that hawks don't always cooperate for me :-) I had just clicked the button when it decided to vacate the branch. A Red-shouldered Hawk.
And what a gorgeous and perfect full moon last night! I'm always amazed that our cameras now are good enough to show the craters along the edges.
This photo is with the extender lens on the camera. I can see a bit more detail on the surface of the moon, but not really that much more than with my regular camera lens. I found a picture below that identifies what I was seeing. The Mare Crisium (Sea of Crisis) is at the top of my moon and the two "spidery" looking craters at the lower part are Copernicus and Tycho.
I found this picture on Wikipedia to identify what is in my photo. However, this is turned about 90 degrees from my photo.
I wish that I knew a way to photograph stars. This is Orion's Belt. LOL! I was surprised that I even got that much and played around with the color a bit to make it show better.
....by this Carolina Wren. There were actually two of them, but I didn't get a photo of them together.
I would like to say that it is "singing".....but it was making the noise that I best describe as a loud "squawk". I may be hard of hearing, but I doubt that I will ever miss hearing a Wren....they are so loud!
Later in the morning Mike spotted a group of 5 Canada Geese and a group of 5 Mallards on our pond.
We usually have at least one pair of each attempt a nest somewhere along the edge of the pond, or on the neighbor's pond, or along the ditch. Sometimes they are successful and we see babies, sometimes not.
The early morning light made for some interesting photos....not so good of the duck, but I love the water effects! Mike took most of these.
Another water "art" squiggle photo. I think it is "duck calligraphy" and we just don't know what it says :-)
I like the light ripples here, too.
Mike also has discovered where the mystery cat that we call "Shadow" hangs out. He has seen Shadow disappear into that pipe in the earth twice. Mike says it would be pretty warm in there over the winter. It runs under the road on the other side of our pond. We still don't know who owns Shadow, if anyone does. There are new people living in that house and Shadow has been around for 5 years or more.
A mid-day shot. We drove through Mouteau Park to see if we could hear any Meadowlarks yet. I know they will start singing soon in this lovely weather. We didn't find any yesterday, but there were Robins everywhere.
Just to show that hawks don't always cooperate for me :-) I had just clicked the button when it decided to vacate the branch. A Red-shouldered Hawk.
And what a gorgeous and perfect full moon last night! I'm always amazed that our cameras now are good enough to show the craters along the edges.
This photo is with the extender lens on the camera. I can see a bit more detail on the surface of the moon, but not really that much more than with my regular camera lens. I found a picture below that identifies what I was seeing. The Mare Crisium (Sea of Crisis) is at the top of my moon and the two "spidery" looking craters at the lower part are Copernicus and Tycho.
I found this picture on Wikipedia to identify what is in my photo. However, this is turned about 90 degrees from my photo.
I wish that I knew a way to photograph stars. This is Orion's Belt. LOL! I was surprised that I even got that much and played around with the color a bit to make it show better. 
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8 comments:
A great variety of photos...Love the wrens of course. and the moon...and that hawk picture almost makes me giggle as I have been treated the same way by them so many time...they just have no sense of cooperation at all!
Great post!! Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.
Great pictures, Mary! Love those loud, perky little Wrens! That's a great picture of the Robin! Also the one of the full moon! Fun stuff!
Hi Mary..varied and interesting post... Duck calligraphy has always been something I wanted to study , but haven't had the money to do it...hahahahaha!!! It is a very interesting pattern and I love it,especially like the colors.. something that definitly would have caught my eye!!
Hawk tails and "fly me to the moon...and let me play among the star"..remember that song lol !!
Great photo of the moon..I'm jealous, so fasinating!!
Thanks for sharing your day with us through the pictures. Your photos of the moon are wonderful, but I also enjoy the duck calligraphy you shared.
Great shots Mary. I also took some moon pictures, but had no idea what I was loking at. Thanks for your explanation and picture.
"My" Carolina Wren has moved on.
No Robins here either but that is a good thing because today is terrible. Horribly windy, snowing like crazy and 23ยบ! The past 2 days have been so beautiful and warm!
Love the new header!
B.
Lovely pictures.I love the water ripples and am drawn to that kind of photography.
Hope your day is filled with more singing birds.
love your photos. that robin looks so proud to be out and about in what i'm sure was warmer weather, :) hawks can definitely be a challenge to photograph. it took me many tries before i got any i was proud of. hope all is well. have a great day.
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