"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


Saturday, May 3, 2014

Feast or Famine

This week has provided some photography opportunities, including this female Whitetail Deer, wearing a collar and radio transmitter in Shenandoah National Park...



Also, in the park, was this chipmunk eating lichen from a boulder...



 
There were some Canada Goose goslings at the Lilypons this week...
 
 
This one seems to be wondering if that flower would be good to eat...

 
Yes, that's what it was thinking...
 

An identification for this Chipping Sparrow had me stumped  because I had never seen one with so much grey coloration...


I have been watching this nest for a while and I finally found a Red-tailed Hawk on it...




A Scarlet Tanager added a splash of color to the landscape...

 
 
The next two photos are of the first Wood Thrush I have encountered this year...

 


Almost as soon as the thrush, left this female Hairy Woodpecker came into view...




I hope you had a great week observing nature, too.
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  1. Lindsjö taxarMay 7, 2014 at 3:55 AM

    Lovely Pictures. We live in the nature and have birds,hares, hogs, foxes, roes and moose aroung us.
    But not Always we see them.
    M/

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