Sunny, mild. Dry and
calm breeze
Finally, a wonderful dry,
warm, calm day in the southeast.
We are in the Oxford area of Connecticut at a small park known
as Southford Falls. We expect to
find Dragonfiles in the shallow ponds of water associated with the falls as well as butterflies and birds taking advantage of the flowers and other insects found here.
The dragonflies are plentiful
although difficult to capture on film as they refuse to stay still for more
than 3 seconds. The butterflies,
mostly Cabbage whites, are not much more cooperative and flit from blossom to
blossom as I try to get the camera on them, focus, and then fire before they
take flight once again.
The bird I expected to find here is indeed on site and is actively pursuing his prey at the prescribed site…..a waterfall. Constantly bobbing his tail and then flitting out into the area around the falls in search of the little airborne insects he feeds upon, he is always in view but always a challenge to capture on the camera. Occasionally, he will stop long enough to give me the chance to click the shutter release and maybe, just maybe, seize the moment and freeze the bird in motion.
Sadly, it is time to move on once again. The thing about trying to capture an image a day and visiting these wonderful places is that you still have a normal life to lead. All these things still obviously matter a great deal and you have to balance the "project" with other factors in our lives that are in fact more important than capturing the image. But, it certainly is enjoyable getting to visit all these places and seeing all that Mother Nature has to offer wherever we go. So we are off until tomorrow....
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