unfurling eastern redbud tree leaf this spring
photography
Categoryosprey fishing
Still wet from a dive that missed the fish, the osprey is hunting again.
osprey dive
osprey at the start of his fishing dive
turkey vulture
Is not the look of the turkey vulture sad and haunting? She who helps clean our world?
true mother goose
This Canada goose is patiently brooding her eggs. Note the soft nesting materials where they spill out from under her mid-section.
killdeer
Bright orange-red eyering marks the killdeer / Charadrius vociferus.
Vociferus in the scientific name can be defined as “crying out noisily” and this bird does so with its loud frequent killdeee, kildeee call.
doc ellen's journey 