Monday View - 6 April 2020 Edition

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Continuing with my shots from the park yesterday I would like to share another bird for today's view. But this is no robin. Kim spotted this guy along one of the wooded trails. I think he was stalking fish in the creek just below this area.

And this second shot is the edge of the creek. The swirling foam made this look like a Van Gough painting to me.

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Tuesday View - 21 May 2019 Edition

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After work today I was able to spend a little time in the Cafe with my camera. The weather was really nice and we had a lot of patrons. All of a sudden though it seemed that everyone just left. Not a squirrel and barely any birds except for a few bluejays. Then looking up I saw the reason for the abrupt departure. Way up at the top of our weeping willow sat a large hawk. And he was there for a while surveying the ground below, even as some blackbirds and grackles squawked at him. There was some catbirds too. But he wasn't leaving. In fact after shooting a lot of frames I finally went inside. I really don't know when he left. I just hope he didn't dine on any of our wildlife.

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Sunday View - 29 April 2018 Edition

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Today's photo is four things.  Quick because we are going out soon, black and white for various reasons, beautiful and at the same time dangerous.

This hawk was hanging out in one of our trees while it stalked birds on the ground. Just on the other side of the tree was one of the young squirrels. The squirrel was staying perfectly still so I guess he knew the hawk was there. Also of note is the fact that there was about a half dozen bluejays that actually taunted the hawk until he left. If you read up on bluejays you will learn that they aren't particularly scared of hawks.

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Here is the EXIF data.

And here is Yesterday's View...

Saturday April 28, 2018

And now I must go but I'll be back real soon. Thanks for stopping by!

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Exploration Photography Daily View - October 3, 2016

Hi and welcome to the Daily View!

Today I would like to share another photo from our trip to the zoo yesterday. Let's get up close and personal with this fearless bird of prey.

And now...

Yesterday's View...

Sunday October 2, 2016

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Exploration Photography Daily View - December 7, 2015

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I was home from work today and spent most of it getting things cleaned up around the house and also tackling some holiday stuff. I did have to run out to the store briefly and after returning home realized I forgot something in my car. So I headed out to grab it and saw this.

A beautiful bird but I'm afraid he's preying on the smaller birds that dine at the Cafe. But I suppose it's all part of nature. I did a little reading on the subject and learned a few things. Firstly a hawk such as this one has a 10% success rate in catching it's prey. That gives the smaller birds a good chance of survival. And second he only eats an average of two birds a day and not just from one site. And third that me having feeders that attract the hawk's prey does not mean I am putting the small birds in danger. It just makes everything visible to me. It would happen anyway.

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April 26, 2015 - Photo Of The Day

Hi again! Today's post is a sampling of two parts of our weekend trip to north central Pennsylvania. As I told you yesterday we went to Knoebels Amusement Resort in Elysburg. Today I have a photo and a short video from that trip.

This is the Big Wheel which of course is their Ferris Wheel.

And here is the video. It's 45 seconds of our ride.


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On our drive home today we discovered The Lehigh Valley Zoo. It's a small zoo located within a game preserve and I must say that I was very impressed. And I got lots of pictures. Today though I am sharing two. It's been a long day of driving and I just don't have time to go through all of them. But I will be sharing them over the next few days. Along with some more from Knoebels and other stuff from our trip.

This first one is one of their hawks. I kind of felt bad for him because he could see the sky and wanted to fly. Here he is trying to fly.

And here is one of my favorites. A prairie dog. There are several but this guy was cool. I shot a lot of photos of him and the other prairie dogs.

And that's it for today. Please be sure to come back because there is a lot more where these came from.

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