Not So Bald

I am sure i will not do this justice, but I'll try. We were driving home on a back road when I saw this large bird in a tree. We were not far from it so I slowed down. The tree hung over the road. I coiuld tell by this time that it was an adult Bald Eagle. I slowly pulled the car toward the location, stopping just under the beautiful Eagle. All I had was my iPhone. I had already opened the window so I held the phone out the window and startred snapping photos. You can't tell it by the photo because I roated the image but I was parked below her in the middle of the road.

I text a good friend and shared a couple photos. After describing the situation, he responded: "... A wise man once told me, “don’t look up while directly under a bird, especially a big one!” Good advise .. we did not encounter any 💩.

~ Rick

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More Early Butterflies

Teresa and I both captured photos of Eastern Comma Butterflies this week. I shot the top photo on one hike, and Teresa photographed the other one on a different day, and at a different location.

For more information see the photos at Butterflies At Home. The markings are really interesting so follow the link to understand how to recognize the difference between the 'comma' and 'question mark' butterfly.

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That Didn’t Take Long

It didn't take many sunny days before the turtles showed up to soak up the sun. Gotta love it.

The last few hikes have really felt wonderful. The birds are singing, we have seen a few butterflies, and nature is alive. It is wonderful and refreshing. It truly feels like spring has arrived.

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A Different Deer

Another sign of spring .. Killdeer. It was much later in the year when I saw my first one last year. Here we are in early March and we safe several. The weather just needs to get better:).

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Spring Date?

The Canada Goose .. such an interesting creature. The make a mess on the bike trails, and they can be very loud, but I think they are beautiful. We saw a lot of them this week while hiking. For the most part they were couples. I mean there must have been 20 to 30 of them on the pond, but in almost every case they were two close together (see the 1st two photos). They were making music as they were on an early spring date.

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