There is a small pond near the river where I walk where the ducks like to congregate. There are fly fishing rings in the pond that they like to perch on. This is one of the ducks from early morning walk last week. Maralee
Hawk Flight Sequence
Wednesday evening, while waiting for the moon to rise, I wandered around listening to the sounds of nature around me. I heard a hawk "talking" to another hawk in the distance. A short time later, one of the hawks flew over and landed in a tree nearby. I located it among the branches and then waited …
Moonrise
Wednesday night the skies were clear and I thought it would be the perfect night to photograph the full moonrise. The previous nights the eastern sky had been a beautiful palette of pastel purples and pinks at around sunset and I hoped it would be the same for the moonrise. It was. It was a …
Fire Danger
Summer in central Oregon is generally very warm and very dry. We haven't had any precipitation in several weeks, and as you can see, we don't anticipate any precipitation for the next two weeks. This makes the fire danger very high. We've been very fortunate so far this summer and haven't had very much fire …
Barn Swallow
I believe this bird is a barn swallow. I saw it at the river where I normally see a lot of tree swallows. But the forked tail and orange breast are more indicative of a barn swallow. Maybe someone can verify it for me. Maralee
Through My Lens 