Thursday, August 14, 2008

Unexpected beauty

PhotoStory Friday
Hosted by Cecily and MamaGeek


A few weeks ago, I went with hubby to work. For those of you who don’t know, he travels a lot and spends most of his time on the road. He had to make a quick trip to Marshfield and I tagged along. During our trip he got an unexpected conference call that lasted almost two hours, but he managed to pull into a park and I got out and walked the trails with my camera.


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The sky wasn’t really good for bird photos that day but I tried anyway. I think this is a female red-winged blackbird, but don’t hold me to that.


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Her mate?


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There were tons of little goldfinch.


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Even a curious one.


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This little fly/gnatcatcher was quiet but I spy!


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Too bad the branch was in front of her, or him.


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The colors of this one were so much brighter in person, kinda a reddish brown. I just love the pattern on it’s body.


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Not sure what this lady is but I should be able to look her up.


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She didn’t stick around long. But maybe our clue to learning to fly lays with the way she’s holding her feet.


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We see you; you’re not as hidden as you think.


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I think this is some sort of wren. There were several and they were noisy. Their sounds reminded me of a snake warning my away, but they stayed hopping around deep in the bushes and clicking away.


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I took some time to smell some flowers.


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Sometimes, you don’t have to be prepared for beauty, it just lands in your lap via a missed turn or a husband on his cell phone.


This was the same day I was serenaded by the bobolink for the first (only) time.

22 comments:

  1. They are such pretty pictures! I really like how the birds AND the flowers were yellow. :)

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  2. Lisa, you find beauty where ever you go. And I can't believe the great shots you capture on a whim. Wonderful!!

    I thought of you when I was posting my bird pics today. :)

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  3. Lisa, thank you for sharing. yeah, beauty is everywhere waiting for you to catch it. :D

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  4. I'm glad he missed the turn. Look what we got from you! Gorgeous, Lisa.

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  5. Great bird pictures, Lisa. I love the way red-winged blackbirds post themselves as sentinels on branches or posts.

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  6. I love the one of the bird taking flight...what a beautiful wing span!

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  7. What a great set of images! Wonderful!
    Cheers, Klaus

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  8. I lov ethat BIG yellow flower!!!!!

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  9. Beautiful photos. I especially like the bright colors of the goldfinches.

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  10. A two-hour call would be annoying, but how wonderful that you had this opportunity! Very nice post.

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  11. that is a lot of great photos. Not too bad tagging along when it turns out like this :-)
    I love the black bird. It's not one I have seen before.

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  12. OOHh that one with the wing out..spectacular!!! I can't get over how beautiful those flowers are when you photo graph them!!

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  13. Wow! Fabulous photos! What beautiful birds!

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  14. What great shots of the birds. I like them..
    I came over to check out Fun Monday but silly me I won't be able to play this week cuz we're driving from Seattle to LA and it renders me brain dead for at least 2 days..
    Have fun this weekend and on Fun Monday!

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  15. Wonderful photos, as always! I love all the bird shots, since "birding" is very popular on the island I live on. One of the tourists who stayed at my parents inn went out on a little day trip and identified, listed, and photographed 25 + different types of birds. I can't remember the total # he saw that entire weekend.

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  16. Love the Sunny yellow ones. Beautiful,especially the Goldfinches. Can you imagine how bright they would be, if there was a mass gathering of them!?

    have a great weekend, Lisa!

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  17. awesome pics lisa! a good day out!

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  18. Wow...you made excellent use of your time. The photos are wonderful. Altough I don't think that surprises anyone!

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  19. Beautiful shots. You got some amazing photos there.

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  20. Wow these are beautiful. how neat to be able to find all these beautiful birds

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