Monday, September 27, 2010

stop 42: Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Park



Although it was not the perfect day for taking pictures (it was a cloudy day), i managed to snap 
some for my blog.  I would have loved to have seen more varieties of
birds but my lens proved to be inadequate for the purpose.  I did, however, 
witness a glorious sunrise - something i have not done in many years.

sunrise at the Edwin Forsythe National Wildlife Park

glorious sunrise

"waking up"

"golden moment"

Great Blue Heron

the Great blue snags breakfast

marsh wilds

the Great Egret in flight

they must have crossed real early that day....

signs of fall

colors among grass

"fallen"

"together forever"

more like "no fish"

the Great Egret strikes a pose

American Black Ducks

"taking off"

the Great Egret 

a juvenile Black-Crowned Night Heron

"timing is everything"





Thursday, September 9, 2010

stop 39: of mountains not molehills



Bring me men to match my mountains: Bring me men to match my plains: Men with empires in their purpose and new eras in their brains.
Sam Walter Foss 
































Wednesday, September 8, 2010

stop 38: beneath the California open skies



a serene spot by a stream with a view of the mountains

lone tree atop a rock mountain at Tioga pass

perched on a rock

balance
underneath a giant tree

"How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!"  John Muir

a chapel of wood and rocks

a man & his bestfriend

bowed down