May 17
I’ve written before about the joy of discovery right in your own backyard, and there is no better time to do so than spring. After months of cold weather, it seems both man and beast are equally delighted to be outside. Here are a few of my feathered friends who visited my little corner of the world this week. Hope you enjoy…
May 8
Nothing terribly deep this time…. just a little lighthearted musing now that spring is in full swing. It is such a delight to welcome all the new neighbors, furred and feathered, as they appear once again now that the spring temperatures are so inviting. Say hello to this little guy, who was nice enough to stop for a moment and let me take his portrait. Welcome spring! Hope you enjoy…
May 3
Well, hello there, Big Ears! This mother bunny has been a resident in our yard for a couple of years now, and I have photographed her many times. (She has a little notch in her far ear that makes her distinctive.) But the story that unfolded the day I shot this image was something I’d never seen before. If she looks like she is on high alert–pink ears standing at attention–it’s because she is. Paraphrasing the veteran radio broadcaster Paul Harvey, stay tuned to the next post for “the rest of the story.” Hope you enjoy…
Mar 10
Not sure what all this was about. A couple of morning ago, we watched as this busy critter worked furiously to dig out a burrow underneath a shrub next to our back patio. Having previously watched this little guy (girl?) around our home…she is a permanent fixture scurrying around nearly every day, nibbling on grass, napping under the shrubs, hopping gaily to and fro, I was fascinated to watch her work on this burrow for nearly three hours. Dig, dig, dig, rest, dig, dig, dig, rest. Two hours passed and I thought she’d found a new route to China. Then, she changed her tactic, and began collecting nearby leaves, twigs, and dry grass to fill in the hole. As she busied herself with this industrious task, I set up the tripod within about 10 feet of the action. She worked; I waited, exposing a dozen or so shots as she struck various resting poses. I tried out several apertures, playing with variations on stop action and bokeh. Finally this moment arrived. Click. About an hour later, the hole was filled and she never returned. We’ll see what she does with her new real estate as spring progresses. More later…
f/5.6, 1/1500 sec., ISO 400, 150 mm
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