Thoughts From The Road

Sunday Stills: Natures Frames

Ed — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 04:01:43 +0000

Its been a busy week with the birds so I’ll give ya’ll one shot from Cades Cove with the animals I know most of you will love..:-)

Last day for the Birds

Ed — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 09:14:38 +0000

So, are ya’ll tired of birds yet? I have way too many bird pics and not enough time to post them all so here are 15 more birs shots from around the country. Since doing bird week it has got me craving to get more new bird pics this spring. I hope ya’ll have enjoyed bird week and I’m thinking of doing an all Mammals or an all Reptiles week or maybe an all insect week, which would you prefer…let me know.. Have a great weekend..:-)
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Skywatch Friday: In the Air

Ed — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 04:05:33 +0000

For todays bird bonanza we have birds in flight, These pics are from 2006 to present and I took them from all over the states from Northern California to South Texas to Florida lots of birds out there. The Reffuginoius hawk is from the MODOC wildlife refuge in California and the Rosate Spoonbill pics are from Texas near Port Arthur. Hope ya’ll enjoy the slideshow..:-)
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Headshots

Ed — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:32:20 +0000

Here are some headshots of various birdies for today…

Woodpecker Wednesday

Ed — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 04:10:04 +0000

For todays bird entry we have two neat woodpeckers, first will be Red Bellied Woodpeckers followed by some Downey woodpeckers, the female does not have the red stripe on her head..:-)

Teatime Tuesday with a touch of Blue and Red

Ed — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 04:31:39 +0000

Well this week is well under way and after a long weekend in Columbus and no trip to the zoo it was kinda boring with lots of sleep and catching up on my shows on HULU, including a new show on FOX called Alcatraz which is proving to be a pretty cool show after two episodes. I got in here Saturday morning after a long nights drive in an ice storm in which after it was all done made my truck look like a glazed donut, I had about a half inch of ice covering my truck. But its all gone now yesterday it got up to 50 degrees and lots of wind, so more sleep.
Well on to todays tea, I found a Twinnings brand called “Prince of Wales” its a simple Black tea from China and has a simple taste that worked well with milk, not to heavy and not to light, its pretty decent and works well as a morning or afternoon tea. I enjoyed it with one of my favorite breakfasts from the Waffle House, cheese eggs,rasin toast and grits..mmmmmmmm.

To keep up with my bird week today we have Blue Jays and Cardinals both Male and Females. While the females are more subdued in color the males are big on color as you can see..
A female bluejay with some nest building supplies..

And a male in all his bright blue color.

Here we have a big ‘ol male Cardinal, we will call him Big Red..

And last we have one of my favorite pics, a poor water logged female who is having a bad hair day..:-)

Macro Monday

Ed — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 04:04:18 +0000

Or to be more precise extreme closeups of some foul pics..:-)

And now for some headshots…

Sunday Stills: Birds

Ed — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 04:01:42 +0000

This challenge I love even though I have to go to the archives, its been nasty weather and there are not alot of birds about this week. This spring I plan on concentrating on my bird pics more. So for this challenge I’m going with “Birds of Prey” and then since I have hundreds of bird pics I’ll do a bird week with different themes for the next week..:-)

First we have a Belted Kingfisher that I took in Illinois.

This is a Barn Owl, I got this one at the bird show at the Knoxville zoo.

And this handsome fella is a Great Horned owl also from the bird show at the Knoxville zoo.

Next we are off to south Texas for the Cara Cara, this is one of my favorite exotic birds.

Back to Illinois for a pair of young hawks, the first one was only 15 feet away in a tree and seened interested in the camera.

This is a special pic for me because it was my first Osprey pic, I took this in Florida.

Also in the special catagory is this pic of an American Kestral I also took in Florida.

And last but not least we head to Arizona for the North American Roadrunner..Beep..Beep..:-)
I hope ya’ll enjoyed my birds of prey and I’ll look for some macro shots of birds eyes for tomorrow.
Hava great day….Ed

Wordless Wednesday

Ed — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 04:22:41 +0000

Teatime Tuesday

Ed — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:19:01 +0000

What to write about when there is really nothing going on. I’m in North Carolina and stuck in a photographer rut, I snapped a quick sunrise pic yesterday in Virginia with my G12 and it was pretty good but I have not used my D80 since I was home last week, I need a zoo day or something fun to shoot but alas I’m trying to get miles and there is nothing interesting with winter in full swing. I can’t wait for spring and get some color back into my pics.
Anyway I did manage to find a nice Twinnings tea for this week, Premuim Blackcurrent berry tea and unlike previous blackcurrent teas this has an intense berry flavor which was very nice so cuddos to Twinnings.
Also on a positive note the folks found a great home for Buddy the wayward hound who found sanctuary at my folks house last week. I’m totally relieved he has a good place to live…:-)

Yesterdays Sunrise in Ft. Chiswell Virginia taken with my Canon G12 freehand in Aperature mode..not to shabby..:-)