Monthly Archives: August 2010 A Great Egret hangs onto a tree with a somewhat precarious footing. From my 7-6-2009 trip to Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge outside of Smyrna, Delaware. For more information on the Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, visit their web site atwww.fws.gov/northeast/bombayhook/. For more information on Great Egrets, visit the Cornelll Lab Of Ornithology.  I’ve been seeing more and more of these Silver Spotted Skipper Butterflies around the pond in the the past few weeks. They have been driving the frogs crazy. One frog ended up in the butterfly bush after leaping up out of the waterfall and missing his intended butterfly target. I haven’t seen a frog have...  Located at the intersection of Emmitsburg Road and West Confederate Avenue. Confederate forces of Hood’s division marched past this house and across the surrounding land during their attack on July 2, 1863.  A Mourning Dove flies back into his tree with building material for nest fortification. Shot in the backyard on 8-20-2010. Double bonus points to you if you know where the Route 2 in Weekapaug reference comes from :–) For more information on Mourning Doves, visit the Cornell Lab Of Ornithology.  Found this fellow in the back yard today while photographing birds. At first I thought it was just a really big Bumble Bee but after taking a closer look and observing the way it hovered in front of the flowers and not landing on them, I realized this is a Snowberry clearwing Hummingbird Moth. They...  A Bald Eagle reaches out while approaching a fish floating on the surface of the Susquehanna River in Maryland back on 11-7-2009. This is a pretty heavy crop in bad light but I still like the action aspect of it. For more information on Bald Eagles, visit the Cornelll Lab Of Ornithology. Original |
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