It being the perfect Spring day, I took the scenic route to the library and the grocery store.
There were a bunch of Common Grackles on a lawn across Old Beach Rd. from Easton's Pond. This handsome fella was the most photogenic of the bunch.
This one gave me some serious chuckles. While walking along the moat around Easton's Pond looking for the huge, ancient Snapping Turtle who lives there (a friend of mine calls it the Primordial Beast), I noticed some disturbance on the muddy bottom just ahead of me. Heh, heh! It was this baby Snapping Turtle digging in and thinking I couldn't see it because it couldn't see me.
A Song Sparrow singing away in the not-yet-budding bramble along the Cliff Walk; the closer to the ocean the later things bloom because of the effect the cold ocean water has. Oh, and that blue in the background is the ocean.© 2010 by A. Roy Hilbinger
Roy, your photos are magnificent.......thanks for this wonderful close up.........really thrilling.
ReplyDeleteGo Turtle Go! Brilliant as Usual Roy.
ReplyDeleteRegards From Blighty!
...love that turtle hiding his head! ...and beautiful capture of the song sparrow.
ReplyDeleteShoot. There's a great Meyer story about grackles, but I can't remember which McGee it's in. Darker than Amber, maybe? Now I have to go see if I can find it...
ReplyDeleteThe grackle has achieved pest status in Texas! They are everywhere, and no one likes them. I suppose they must do some good.
ReplyDeleteYour sparrow is stupendous.
ReplyDeleteWhat beautiful colours on that grackle. He's far from common!
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ReplyDeleteMan, this is life as it ought to be lived - with a tender heart, a keen eye, and a poetic soul!
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