An Evening with the Neighbors

Three Great Blues were out and about this evening.

Great Blue Heron in the Shadows - Laurel, MD

Great Blue Heron in Flight - Laurel, MD

Great Blue Heron Hunting for Dinner - Laurel, MD

My Neighbors

I will miss some of them. Said hello to a few this morning on my walk around the lake.

A Pair of Black-crowned Night Herons - Laurel, MD

Hawk - Laurel, MD

Song Sparrow - Laurel, MD

Great Blue Heron in Silhouette - Laurel, MD

Snow and Ice

Went out around the lake after last night's snow and ice...took a lot of photos but a couple were just fortuitous.

I was taking the below photo of a Black-crowned Night Heron that frequents the lake, when I must have startled the Great Blue Heron that also frequents that area. The Great Blue flew right up in front and away from me and I fired off a few shots, two that came out pretty good.

Black-crowned Night Heron - Laurel, MD

Great Blue Heron in Flight - Laurel, MD

Great Blue Heron in Flight - Laurel, MD Night Heron in upper right background

Along the Little Patuxent

Yes, I am still here. I expect to be blogging more in another couple months...

In the meantime, a few weeks back I wandered up the Savage Mill Trail. So short and flat it hardly qualifies as a hike, but I did take a few photos.

Bollman Iron Truss Bridge - Savage Mill, MD The Last of Its Kind

Brown - Savage Mill Trail, MD

Rocks & River - Savage Mill Trail, MD

River & Rocks - Savage Mill Trail, MD