"A Sand County Almanac"

"THERE ARE SOME WHO CAN LIVE WITHOUT WILD THINGS AND SOME WHO CANNOT."
"FOR US IN THE MINORITY THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE GEESE IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN TELEVISION.".....Aldo Leopold



"LOOK DEEP INTO NATURE, AND THEN YOU WILL UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING BETTER".....Albert Einstein


“Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves”.....John Muir


Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Great Horned Owl and Black Vulture...

This is the first Great Horned Owl that I have been able to photograph in the wild. I was very happy to find him this morning...


“A wise old owl sat on an oak; The more he saw the less he spoke; The less he spoke the more he heard; Why aren't we like that wise old bird?”

First quoted by John D. Rockefeller in 1915, but believed to be from a much older proverb.



The new "Catoctin Creek Nature Center and Park" provided the opportunity to photograph this Black Vulture perching on the chimney of an ancient stone building...




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  1. folksnakeJune 24, 2011 at 1:04 PM

    I rode my bike out there last week and one was perched on the very same spot--with its wings outstretched. Spooky way to enter the park! :)

    Nice photo!

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