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Monday, October 17, 2022

Point Lookout Visit

Dog Beach

We visited Point Lookout State Park on a gorgeous sunny day when the sky matched the water, due to a light haze, creating a fantasy look.  The tankers in the bay appeared to be floating in the sky.   We visited several locations, the fishing pier, the Point, the causeway, and the dog beach.  The dog beach was deserted when I arrived and a Great blue heron had taken up residence.

Great Blue Heron


Goldenrod

Floating Tanker by Fishing Pier


Causeway



Monday, October 18, 2021

Monday, October 4, 2021

Great Blue Heron Visit This Week

Great Blue Herons can stay remarkably still till they go in for the kill.  They are very skittish around people, making them difficult to photograph if they see you.  They have amazingly curved necks and only weigh 5-6 pounds.  They have excellent night vision and don’t mate for life.  I love how fast and smoothly they glide through the air.


My favorite




Posing


Dinner



Monday, September 20, 2021

The Great Blue Heron, our September Visitor 2021

Since the osprey left, another feathered visitor, the Great Blue Heron,  takes turns with the bald eagle.  They don’t seem to mind sharing the same lookout spot and each sometimes visits several times a day, just not at the same time.











Tuesday, March 5, 2019

Tuesday, April 17, 2018

Yucatan Mexico Celestun Birds February 7, 2018

We also photographed many large birds on the river by the small fishing village of Celestun (see the colorful flamingos in my previous post).  The birds were incredible there.


 Great Blue Heron in Flight
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 Brown Pelican

 Cormorant



 Tricolored Heron

 Roseate Spoonbill

 Great Blue Heron at rest

 Something we saw in the jungle among the mangroves.  I wondered if it was an ant hill or something.  Any ideas?

 Tunnel through the mangroves


 Great Egret hiding in the shade


Sunset

Saturday, June 10, 2017

Westmoreland State Park

We recently spent a few hours in the Northern Neck of Virginia to pick up some special wood.  We stopped to enjoy lunch and the view on a beautiful day at Westmoreland.  I loved the crescent shaped beaches facing the cliffs.  I spotted a great blue heron close to the cliffs.




      Great Blue Heron


Tuesday, October 6, 2015

The eagles are back!

It doesn't take very long for the bald eagles and great blue herons to visit after the osprey fly south.

This pair of eagles was sharing a meal. They tend to mate for life, just like swans, turtle doves, gibbons, black vultures and wolves, to name a few.





     Great blue heron



Tuesday, January 21, 2014

January!  After being inside a little too much lately, I decided to use the  ”Birding in Southern Maryland” brochure by the Southern Maryland Audubon Society to get out of the house and check out some local birds.  I got a copy of the brochure from the St. Mary’s County Department of Tourism and I also included the online link.  I armed myself with my new Sigma 150-500 mm lens and my Nikon D600.  The brochure turned out to be accurate.  The information in the brochure took me to a nearby swampy farming area not far from the water.  I quickly saw a bald eagle before I could pull out my camera.  I later spotted a great blue heron in a field, lots of bluebirds sitting on a wire and three European Starlings sharing some branches.

If you want to try birding, I can recommend the brochure.