A Towhee

This is an Eastern Towhee. The App I use to identify birds calls this bird a ‘large sparrow’. It has much more color than most sparrows, especially this male. They have the black head and contrasting white breast.

We attempted to capture a better photo, but with the position of the sun, and our location on the trail, made this a difficult shot. Teresa took one of these, and I took the other two. I played with the edit to try and enhance it, but I may have made it worse.

A very cool bird.

~ Rick

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Hiking, Sanity And Nature

Other than my morning workouts, hiking while photographing nature is my passion and my sanity. I get a great deal of satisfaction from this time with nature while shooting photos of wildlife and landscapes. It can be very raw, drawing me closer to the earth. It is accompanied with this inter-peace that is better a drug. Even more ... its mostly free.

Perhaps there will come a day in the distant future when I cannot take long hikes. I hope that is many years from now. In fact, I hope that never comes. If it does, I will not stop hiking or taking photos. In that reality I see myself pulling out some future version of an iPad and walking through my 85,000+ photo library while I experience the same emotions that I do today when I hike with Teresa as we surround ourself in nature. This is how life should be ..

~ Rick

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Cool Dude

This is a Robin that I phoitographed near the Stillwater River. We had just finished hiking and as I was about to get into the car, I saw this guy in a nearby tree.

This photo is funny. At this angle, and with the lighting, the Robin appears to have a ‘cool’ haircut. Then again, maybe its just me and all the issues with haircuts and lockdowns. Stay safe!

~ Rick

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Return Of The Waxwings

I saw about 3 or 4 Cedar Waxwings last week while we were out hiking at Garbry Big Woods. These are not great photos, but it was the best shots I was able to get on this day.

I love how the colors of the Cedar Waxwing the crown is especially cool. I am sure I will get another opportunity to photograph one before it gets hot ,.. or cold. Have a great day.

~ Rick

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Black, Red and Yellow

I wish I captured a better photo. I was setting in the car watching this Red-winged Blackbird. He was so beautiful. The problem with this shot is that twig ... it’s right in the middle of the photo. 🤓

The color is interesting. The lighting washed out the red, leaving a orange hue, but it was so beautiful. I see a lot of these birds, but this one had the best color I have seen this spring.

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