Sunday Stroll Around the Neighborhood – 20140824

Summer is good. The weather is not to hot. The birds are enjoying the warmth. The summer colors are warm and vibrant. Plus a Turtle.

Duck in Flight

A pair of golden finches feeding

Gull and Turtles

Sunday Stroll – 20140817

Like I said, you find a few Song Birds like the American Gold Finch …
Song bird

Sunday Strolls – 20140810

Sunday Strolls … it’s a habit to take … just walk around/drive around and see what you’ll find.  You never know sometimes you find odd things.  Like a turtle in a sea of green.

The Turtle at Sunnyside

Twilight at Hanover Pond – 20140809

As you can see, it’s nice to have a pond in a suburban setting things start slowing down. The heron and the ducks are already here.

Heron at Twilight with duck

The geese are arriving in patches to take a rest in the relative safety.

Geese in the Pond at Twilight

As you can see, it’s nice to have a pond in a suburban setting things start slowing down. You have time to see things … like the h

Coming in ...overhead
Coming in for the landing
The beginning of the ablution

Out and About – 20140808

So it was a summer’s day and I was out and about snapping a few pictures …

The cows were turned out to feed at the BARC

Cows at the BARC

The birds at twilight resting.

A sparrow in the bushes at night

The Mallard at Twilight

Outstretched wings

A swallow at twilight

The Belted Kingfisher

School House Pond – 20140803

Sometimes I travel around Prince George’s County.  This summer’s weekend I went to the county seat.  In front of one of the administration building is a pond.  There were Canada Geese doing their ablutions and a white heron in the pond also.

White Heron

Wading in the Pond

I could get really close to the Canada Geese and I could here them. They made a low rumble as the clean their feathers. They look peaceful.

Preening as Zen

Preening

Hanover Parkway Pond – 20140802

Summer arrives at the pond with all of its heat and beauty.  Small birds are having a good time.
A Natural Arrangement

The flowers that bloom
The Kingfisher in the Mist
The little fellas

The National Shrine

This was taken during the Christmas Season.

Nightfall – End of July 2014.

I’ve been practicing low-light photography.  So occasionally I’ll be taking some twilight photos.
Geese at Twilight

The geese were doing their evening ablutions at the pond.

And things start to slow down.

Nightfall 2

Around the Neighborhood – 20140727

Flora

It was a lazy Sunday afternoon when I decided to drive around to get some picture.  It was a warm, hot day. And the geese where taking in some shade.

Made in the Shade

The nearly by farm were rolling the hay.

Hay Roll

The turtles were enjoying the sun on a rock.

Three turtles on a rock

And plants were ready to pop!

Bursting