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| Mallard drake |
A mixture of sun and
clouds, cooler, but calm
Today was a bit of blitz
birding. My plan was to get out
earlier this morning and get in a little birding and hopefully a few blog shots
prior to heading over to my grandson’s double-header. It’s always great to watch him develop as a player over the
years and now that he is almost 15, his games are of a high quality and well
worth watching. Nonetheless, I
failed to get out early enough, and so had to work at getting a few shots in
the waning light of the day. One
place you can always count on for a few subject is the Newburgh
waterfront. I’m not saying you’ll
get what we birders like to call “quality birds”, but there will be something
to fill the frame.
As I expected, it was
mallards and pigeons that we had to view and to photograph. In reality, the iridescent plumage of
both of these birds makes them pretty nice to look at. We become jaded by seeing these birds
so often that they are too often tossed aside as “trash birds”. Well, one man’s trash is another’s
treasure, and as the only game in town, today they became my most valued
subjects.
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| Great blue heron |
Eventually, to my surprise, I
was also given one last subject to add to today’s entry…. a Great blue heron
which decided to drop in to see what was transpiring along the waterfront. After a brief stop, the bird took to
the air, but not before I captured a few images of this grand bird. I should learn never to write off a
place because of what I usually see
there. You just never know.
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