Category: wildlife

Pre-Pandemic Shenanigans

On By mvschulzeIn Annoying, Birds, Funny, Home, humor, Jersey Shore, New Jersey, Photography, wildlife6 Comments

A TALE OF TWO HOODED MERGANSER FRIENDS

ABOVE: “Well, what silly antics do you want to pull today?”
ABOVE: “Hmmm, let me think!”
ABOVE: “How’s THIS!”
ABOVE: “AND …THIS?”
ABOVE: “Thank you, thank you! You can hold the applause, …there’s MORE!”
ABOVE: “You put your left foot out…”
ABOVE: “You put your left foot down…, and spin all around…”
“I think you’re …just a bit weird!” 

 

Thanks for viewing. Zoom in for a closer look! M 🙂

 

Backyard: A Red-tailed Hawk Visits – TWICE

On By mvschulzeIn Birds, Home, New Jersey, Oakland N.J., Photography, wildlife6 Comments

This Afternoon, (12/20/19) – Our Backyard


Below, …a little over a week earlier, this impressive hawk (that had been perched on the same branch as above,) was spooked (by me!) into moving a bit deeper into the trees.DSC_0284 2 DSC_0282

Last image above: Probably about two years old, hawk-eye started acting silly, like any two year old, and in seconds, flew away.  Thirteen days later he returned, as captured  in the first two pictures at the top. 

Thanks to Disperser Tracks for catching my initial error in ID’s this as an Eagle. Live and learn! M 🙁

Thanks for viewing and you can zoom in for a closer look. Comments are always welcome.  M 🙂

Insulators

On By mvschulzeIn Photography, Pondering, wildlife3 Comments

          Some twenty-five years ago, my carrier often took me on the road, occasionally providing time and places to explore. In this case it was a few miles east of Wellsville, NY – Allegheny County, just a few miles north of the central Pennsylvania boarder. I walked along an old, rickety railroad track that had seen better days, and captured these images, and a souvenir hidden in the Brush with a long ago downed and forgotten telegraph pole.

Thanks for viewing, zoom in for a closer look, and comments are always welcome. M 🙂