Nikonbill's 2026 random photos

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Happy New year to all!
Thankful to all who take a peak at my adventures - CC is fine with me - this site has really helped me grow

I'll start with this years Wolf moon, hand held from the yard

 

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Here are some shots from today's walk at Middlecreek it was a beautiful day

 

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Made a visit to my local lake today - here is the finished tree carving. This was done in the fall, I just got some post-able shots of the final sculpture. It's more amazing in person, I seem to see more each time a view it.

 

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We have a visitor to the lake, a single Ross's Goose has been here for about two weeks hanging with the regular geese. Apparently they do not frequent the east coast much.

 

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We had brief wind/snow squall, it came and went while I was there then the sun came out. Our weather has been weird

 

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Widgeon's are common here but they had been pretty infrequent the past two years, there were several today

 

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Great moon shot, especially hand held.

 

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Great moon shot, especially hand held.

Thanks!

 

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I was finally on the best side of the lake for when one of our resident eagles did his before noon flyover

 

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Some shots I considered as possible challenge photos - Here is children's lake boiling springs, originally created around 1750 to power an iron works after that a popular getaway for relaxing and watching the ducks (still is today). They have recently rebuilt the dam for reportedly 4.3 million dollars (I wonder what the original cost was) this photos view is from the dam looking north. The lake stays about 55 degrees year round due to some geological rock formations under it, I have never seen ice on it. When really cold out the steamy mist is quite a site in the early morning hours.

 

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Outtakes at laurel

 

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After snow cleaning today I got a shot of one of our many Junco's

 

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some considers for "winter"

 

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This one make me laugh for some reason, if it had a caption it would be "What?"

 

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Well the extra cold snap seems behind us here in PA - I got a treat yesterday while birding a local creek this American Mink came out of the water and gave a good show