Mallard Hen circles in front of me while I sat on a park bench at Fleetwood Park on Saturday, 1-31-2009. I wish there had been opportunity for some better composition on this one but I just about got the camera up in time before she was past me.
Monthly Archives: January 2009 “Distlefink” sculpture by sculptor Ramon Lago. The Distlefink is the good luck bird of the Pennsylvania Germans. It actually is a stylized version of the goldfinch. The goldfinch eats thistle seed and uses thistle down for its nest and was called a thistlefinch from which comes the Pennsylvania Dutch “Distlefink”. Distlefink is often seen on...  American Flamingo preening at the National Aviary in Pittsburgh, PA. I created this image on my 1-17-2009 trip to the Aviary. For more information on the National Aviary and how you can help support this great oasis for birds please visit www.aviary.org  Black Swan from the Lehigh Valley Zoo in Schnecksville, PA. Taken on my very foggy trip to the zoo on Saturday 12-27-2008. Black Swans are from 44 to 55 inches with a wing span of 6 feet . The plumage is black, the tips of the wings are white. Immature Black Swans are light grayish...  I started going back through my photos from my trip to the National Zoo in Washington D.C. back on 8-3-2008 and picking some of the shots that I had not yet posted. This is an adult Black-Crowned Night Heron moving through it’s habitat. For more information on the National Zoo, please visit: http://nationalzoo.si.edu/.  Adult Bald Eagle spots a fish near the surface of the water and swoops down to position itself for the catch. Shot over the Susquehanna River in Maryland on 11-29-2008.  This is Wert’z Bridge which, at 204 feet in length, is the longest existing single span covered bridge in Pennsylvania. The bridge was built in 1867 and crosses the Tulpehocken Creek. It sits within the Grings Mill recreation area not far from Reading Airport. The bridge is closed to vehicular traffic. I took this on... |
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