Suddenly I have the urge to turn every landscape photo into a stark black and white image. It must mean something.
This is a large rusted pipe that sits just off the Western Dyke Trail at Reifel Bird Sanctuary. I’d love to know how it got there, as it’s nowhere close to the shore. The photo was taken on February 11, 2023.
The day was gray, and the sun only poked out a few times, but it was nice as always to get out among the birds. While the light was not always great, the birds often gave good pose to make up for it.
Here are a few of the photos I took.
And for now, I leave you with two blackbird photos, each weird in its own way.
Birds.
At Reifel Bird Sanctuary, November 12, 2022.
A female mallard got up on the railing on one of the viewing platforms when we were at Reifel Bird Sanctuary on Saturday, and it was too close to shoot with my telephoto lens. So I took a bunch of photos of it with my iPhone. They turned out pretty good. The duck was very photogenic.
I’ll post more pics from the birding shenanigans soon™.
A few photos from both locations. Reifel was sunny but in the morning was cool, hinting at the eventual fall weather to come. By midday, it was back to feeling summer-like, though.
Specifically, a male mallard at Reifel Bird Sanctuary. More photos soon™.
The smoke haze of yesterday was still present, but eased up a bit, affording us decent light for our bird outing. Here are a few shots.
Mama barn swallow feeding the kids at Reifel Bird Sanctuary.
In which the weather, which called for light showers, turned out to remain dry and the sun even came out for a bit. Nice!
Here are a few pics from the day.
This sandhill crane was maybe getting territorial when some geese got too close, and started freaking out a bit and doing a funky dance.
Baby duck being adorably cute.
A rare turtle sighting. It then had the clever idea to climb over the log and promptly flipped itself upside down. Nic turned it right side up, and it made it safely into the water.
My first shot of an American goldfinch.
My first shot of the elusive marsh wren.
It was rather chilly at the Reifel Bird Sanctuary today (only a few degrees above freezing), but there were birds a-plenty. Here’s a blackbird looking uncharacteristically adorable.
The showers arrived hours early, roughly starting at the same time we arrived. For the most part it wasn’t too bad and I was able to use my non-water resistant camera, but by the end it was pretty much a steady rain–the first in months!
