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What’s Up? The two new crane chicks continue to be amazingly accepting. They do, however, spend most of their time hanging out in ugly places. Coming tomorrow: Mother’s Day Miracle Crane Chick V-log. There have been a few folks who have not been happy that I have been talking and asking about freedom of […] What’s Up? When I poked my head out the door on Sunday morning at about 7:00am, it was raining pretty hard. By 8:00am, it was down to a drizzle, and still, so I got my 100-400/7r iv quasi-macro rig from the Sequoia and photographed some Firebush blossoms. By 8:15, the rain had stopped, so I […] My Mom with me, probably 1947. How old do I look there? Happy Mother’s Day I always greeted my late-Mom by saying, “Hello mudder.” She would always smile. I hope that all the mothers out there enjoyed a nice day. My Mom, Hazel Louise Morris at age 87 […] More on the Plandemic Video: Rebutting the Plandemic Rebbutters. And Disagreeing with a Dear Friend.What’s Up? Saturday dawned still and foggy so I started out photographing Coral Honeysuckle blossoms in our butterfly garden. I went down to the lake and did see some interesting behavior. And adult crane was sleeping, and I mean sleeping like a log. On my way back to the pier I noticed that he was […] What’s Up? With a northeast rather than a northwest wind on Friday morning, the expected dozens of Great Egrets did not fly over the pier as they had on the two previous mornings. It was a glorious, clear day with a brisk wind from the northeast, but there was not a lot to photograph. With […] What’s Up? I had the perfect plan in place for Thursday morning and the forecast was right on the button. My execution of the plan, however, was imperfect: I was late getting down to the lake and futzed around too much before getting into position. With clear skies and an east/northeast breeze forecast for this […] Images copyright and courtesy of Paul […] What’s Up? Wednesday morning dawned sunny with lots of large, puffy, white clouds. There was a huge hatch of mayflies but few birds partook of the potential feast. I created a few decent small-in-the-frame images of a Great Egret cloud-scape and a few more of the inch-deep pile of mayflies at the base of the […] What’s Up? I starting off Tuesday morning doing some tickseed blossoms with my SONY quasi-macro rig: the 100-400mm with the 1.4X TC and the a7r iv. Then I spent a good deal of quality time with Orangey Colt. It was the first time in two weeks that I saw this bird with both parents. And […] What’s Up? Sunday morning was gorgeous. Dead clear and super-still. Lake Walk-in-Water was like a polished blue mirror. I was desperate for a bird in the water, but that did not happen. And with no wind, there was no flight photography. I did some very nice Cattle Egrets, a ton of Black Vulture heads (I […] What’s Up? On Thursday afternoon past, I saw a large butterfly flitting around the Firebush and Coral Honeysuckle when I got out of the pool. I approached and saw that it was a male Tiger Swallowtail, a favorite during my youth as a butterfly collector. I dried off a bit, put my robe and something […] What’s Up? Not a lot. When the wind and sky conditions have been decent, I’ve been putting out salmon skins but the vultures and caracaras have not been responding. On my trip to town yesterday for a rare shopping outing, I grabbed about 20 pounds of snapper heads from Junior’s Fish Market so I would […] What’s Up? The forecast for Wednesday morning was spot-on, and though conditions were perfect, things got off to a slow start. I photographed a Solitary Sandpiper, an ILE-first for me. But it was so slow that I spent 30 minutes checking out wildflowers along the edge of the marsh in the southwestern corner of the […] What’s Up? Despite pretty-much perfect conditions, Tuesday morning was fair at best. I kept a very few frames of Orangey Colt foraging and Marsh Rabbit. It seems that Orangey Colt’s nest-mate, Gray Colt, my have perished as I have not seen that youngster in several days. It was strange also that Orangey Colt has been […] What’s Up The sun finally came out on Monday morning after a week of early clouds, fog, overcast, and rain. Aside from a few adult cranes (like the bird in today’s featured image) and some Turkey Vultures, there was not much to photograph. And with a fairly brisk wind from the west/southwest, flight photography was […] What’s Up? Yesterday morning down by the lake was more of the same: it was cloudy dark and still with rabbits, crane colts, a handsome Great Blue Heron in a canal, and some Black Vultures. By afternoon it was totally socked in overcast so I simply took a walk on the pier (without a lens)! […] What’s Up? Photography on Saturday morning down by the lake was fair at best. I did get a lovely, softly backlit image of Old Gnarly’s small colt, and then spent some time with the vultures still picking at the pretty-much desiccated turtle carcass three full days after I put it out. With a forecast for […] What’s Up? I spent two hours on Friday morning photographing a Great Blue Heron in the rain. I swam my 52 lengths (88 to a mile) in the rain on Friday afternoon. Then I went back down to the lake for another hour in the rain and photographed several totally soaked Sandhill Cranes. I had […] What’s Up Photography has been really good most mornings. On Thursday, I brought some smoked salmon skins, a steak bone, and a pork chop bone down to the lake. At the last moment, I decided to set up my road-kill feeder on the small rise to the right of the parking circle by the pier. […] What’s Up? On the way down to the lake on Wednesday morning I spotted a single Black Vulture on Park Drive. I went over to investigate and saw that the bird was on a fresh, road-killed Marsh Rabbit. I scooped it up and put it in a plastic bag and then into a cardboard box […] |
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