Alan’s Potpourri of Photography

Alan · Mar 27, 2014

Are You Looking At ME?

Alan · Apr 4, 2014

Horned Grebe. It was misty and rainy but I heard they were in town and didn't want to miss them. This is the 95th species of bird I have been able to photograph in the last year.

Alan · Apr 4, 2014

This guy flew over just as I was getting in the car. It was raining so these are not great shots. There has been an increase of Bald Eagles along the river in this area in the last couple of years.

Alan · Apr 4, 2014

The red head is a Eurasian Wigeon. I saw a local post that it was at this lake so I stopped on the way home. It was foggy, starting to rain, and he was about 300 yards out so this is cropped but it is the only time I have seen one so as they say "it is what it is".

piperbarb · Apr 4, 2014

Alan said:
This guy flew over just as I was getting in the car. It was raining so these are not great shots. There has been an increase of Bald Eagles along the river in this area in the last couple of years.

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200 miles north of you and we, too, have had an increase in bald eagle sightings.

Alan · Apr 4, 2014

piperbarb said:
200 miles north of you and we, too, have had an increase in bald eagle sightings.

They are really on the increase around here. I have seen more in the last two years than during any other time I can remember. Love it.

Don Kuykendall_RIP · Apr 4, 2014

Alan said:
This guy flew over just as I was getting in the car. It was raining so these are not great shots. There has been an increase of Bald Eagles along the river in this area in the last couple of years.

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We only have 77 pairs in the state so the chances of seeing one is pretty slim. But that is a big increase for us.

Alan · Apr 4, 2014

Don Kuykendall said:
We only have 77 pairs in the state so the chances of seeing one is pretty slim. But that is a big increase for us.

Last year the PA Game Commission reported 252 nesting pairs. In 1980 there were 3. Great to see them come back.

Alan · Apr 5, 2014

Wind and rain brings the ducks down to the lake. These were about 150 yards out so it's cropped hard and the rain didn't help the clarity but I was amazed by the variety that was there. I count 6 different species in this group.

wthorson · Apr 7, 2014

Alan said:
This guy flew over just as I was getting in the car. It was raining so these are not great shots. There has been an increase of Bald Eagles along the river in this area in the last couple of years.

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Very nice eagle shots. I am jealous. That is one of my goals this year. Good job.

Alan · Apr 7, 2014

wthorson said:
Very nice eagle shots. I am jealous. That is one of my goals this year. Good job.

Thanks for the kind words. I wish the weather had been better.

Scott Murray · Apr 7, 2014

Great shots Alan, I really like your grandsons take on the scene

Alan · Apr 7, 2014

Scott Murray said:
Great shots Alan, I really like your grandsons take on the scene

Thanks Scott. As a third generation photographer I think he will make his Mom and I look bad by the time he is 10 or so!

Alan · Apr 7, 2014

Had to make a trip on business to a town near this Bald Eagle nest. Even though it was raining I made a quick stop to check it out. You can see how hard it was raining (white dots). Hope to go back some sunny day if we ever get one again. I understand the eggs have started to hatch and there is at least one eaglet that has been seen. The nest is on the far side of a corn field so you can't get to close.

Alan · Apr 8, 2014

When back to the Bald Eagle nest this afternoon since it was not raining. You can see it in the in the middle of the pic. Look real close and you see the Eagle on the left side of the nest.