This small boldly marked bird is a black-and-white warbler – my first ever sighting of one.
If my friend had not shown it to me I would have missed it – even with it’s bright markings.
It is a busy bird and likes to stay in the shadows.
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Authortotal lunar eclipse October 8, 2014, 3 photos
Full lunar eclipse, full moon, October 8, 2014. I struggled trying to get my camera right and give to all of you decent photos. There were several photographers, videographers and binocular users at the site on the lake and there was sharing of how-tos. The maximum coverage occurred after the moon entered the horizon haze, got outmatched by the rising sun and was lost to our view. There was a collective sigh.
06:32:43 AM October 8, 2014
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impossibly fast
Merlins can accelerate in flight at tremendous speeds.
I watched this one leave its perch in a tree and impossibly quick it was past me and down the canal line.
poised merlin
The sharply swept back, long tapered wings say “falcon”. This is the falcon known as a merlin.
They sometimes visit Mattamuskeet Refuge for the winter.
sun ghost, sun rise
Sometimes, with my face to the camera, I don’t see the surprises that are waiting for me when I get home and upload the day’s work –
like this subtle ghost of the sun watching itself rise so brilliantly a few degrees to the east.
shared interest
The fawn was as interested in me as I was in it
we both breathed quietly.
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