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4-20-14: Today was absolutely gorgeous outside. The temperature was perfect, the sky was blue, and it was just lovely. This is how spring should be. After a long, cold, and dreary winter, it was great to see green things popping out. I was walking around outside and saw this honeysuckle...

4-19-14: Today, I stalked fungus instead of birds. Below are two photos of matchstick lichen. The first one is of some mature lichen. It is last year's crop. The second one are the newbie matchstick lichen for this year. When the totally mature, they are no more than 1/2" long, and usually...

4-18-14: I have been trying to get a small bird in flight other than the birds that flit around my bird feeder.. It has taken quite a while, but I did get this robin taking off this afternoon. It was totally a lucky shot, but I will take it anyway. :) Taking Off

4-17-14: I saw this female downy woodpecker making the rounds on a tulip maple. I ended up stalking this little guy and had fun watching her and taking this series of photos. This one is my personal favorite.

I just came across this. Very interesting. Enjoy! Color stereo photographs of San Francisco after '06 quake found - Photos

4-16-14: It seems that all sorts of weird gizmos have decided to bite the dust yesterday and today. First, my printer of 6 years decided it wasn't going to print anymore, talk to the network, and just generally roll over, die, with Xs in the eyeballs, so to speak. I went out and got another...

4-15-14: This is mid-April. Yesterday was in the high 60s. Today, the snow is starting to stick on the ground. This is just wrong... :( This is Just Wrong... What's Wrong With This Picture?

4-14-14: I spent a good portion of the day outside. It was windy but quite pleasant. Here are my results. This particular little guy kept coming back to the feeder, one seed at a time. Dead, decaying tree stumps always seem more decayed when presented in B&W.

4-13-14: Today was an absolutely beautiful day. I was able to get some photos today. I was trying to get a photo of this chickadee when it decided to fly right at me, then over my head. No, it is not a case of Alfred Hitchcock's, "The Birds." I just startled the poor thing. Free Flight...

4-12-14: It was a beautiful day yesterday so I thought I would take a drive up to Syracuse. I had not done that in a while. I knew there was a reason I always try to avoid going to Syracuse. I hate driving around Syracuse. It's a case of "you can't get there from here." In some areas, you...

4-11-14: After an insane week, and the beginning of the break, I took some photos but by the time I was going to post them, it was late and I was tired. Okay, so I am a few days late posting. :) Here goes.... Late in the day photos result in shallow depth of field and long shutter speeds...

I could not find the "Almosts BIF" thread that we had in this section. Oh, well. Anyway, I was hoping to get a photo of this chickadee taking off. I guess I did, but this was not what I was expecting. :) Fly At Me, Why Don't You! Some of the forsythia bushes are in focus. :)

4-10-14: I am always amazed at how fast birds flap their wings, as captured with this chickadee. Coming In For a Landing

4-9-14: Absolutely crazy, busy day, but I was able to snap this photo of a pair of Canada geese swimming in a pond. I wish I had had a longer lens, all I had was the 18-55 zoom. :( Oh, well.

4-8-14: We have had a ton of rain, warm weather, and still, there are a few lonely piles of snow around. Last Snow Standing Although I love nuthatches, they do seem to intimidate the chickadees. This poor chickadee was happily eating seeds, when the nuthatch came in for a landing. The...

4-7-14: Okay, it's raining, so I decided to take advantage of what rain does... leave water droplets on stuff. This is water droplets on a storm door window. I used my 90mm micro Nikkor lens. It had problems autofocusing on the droplets because there was not enough contrast in the droplets...

4-6-14: It was a beautiful, sunny day with temperatures in the 50s F. I snapped this photo of three ducks. I have no idea what type of duck they are. If someone knows, please tell me. TIA. Ducks in a Row

4-5-14: Today did not really feel much like spring: cold, damp, some snow spittles, and very windy at times. I did get out in spite of the icky weather but not too much was photographically inspiring. When all else fails, there are always birds.... We always try to get the sharpest photo of...

4-4-14: Nasty, windy, damp, and dreary day. At least someone thought there was something interesting outside to look at. I also like her reflection in the window. I did not notice that until I looked at the photo. I love reflections, anyway.

4-3-14: More bird photos. Over the past two days, we have been inundated with dark-eyed juncos, and of course, the perennial chickadees. I just love the behavior of chickadees. They are just cute. I have no idea what this junco is looking for. Out of the photo, is a robin out on a worm...