Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Jackson Bottom Wetlands - June 7, 2014

Took a stroll around Jackson Bottom Wetlands last Saturday. Learned a valuable lesson for the gazillionth time. Always make sure your batteries are fully charged before headed out on a photo excursion! Yep, you would think I would remember that by now. However, it may not be what you are thinking! My camera batteries were just fine. This time it was the batteries in my flash unit that were nearly dead. And I was going to try out the new Better Beamer on the birdies, too! Ah well, the BB has a fine reputation and I'm sure it won't be long before I'll be back in the field trying it out.

So, here are some images that I made on the outing. I do hope you enjoy them!

This American Robin sure seemed rather scruffy. Not sure of how healthy it might be, or if it just didn't get the memo that it was picture day!

I'll be the first to admit that I have no idea when it comes to most flower/plant life what the common names are. But I do know when they look reeeel purty!

Another blossom that I don't know the name of. But I sure did like this little scene.

Thought the two little spots of blue added to this composition.

I really enjoyed how these flowers looked really wind blown. Truth is, the air was pretty still when I made this image.

I believe this is a wild rose. Either way, it's a pretty!

I wanna call this Lupine. I'm reasonably sure about that, but then...

OK, say it with me, "Awwwwww!" Found this cute little bunny out looking for something to munch on.

"Run away! Run away!" Yeah, even though I was talking to it the whole time, this little bunny was too skittish to hang out and chit chat with me. Off it went into the bushes.

Pretty yellow flowers.

There were lots of bull frogs in the water. I just couldn't get them to coordinate their croaking so I could make an image with their air sac filled.

Is it me, or does this guy look like he could take me?

A Mallard hen. The light was tricky without my flash, but I think this is a fair image.

Some kind of butterfly. I'm thinking it might be a cabbage butterfly, or something like that.

The bees were out in force. It a hard job, but they never slowed down one bit.

If you ask me, this is no place to set up house!

A cute little mallard family (minus Dad).

There were several Cinnamon Teal pairs on the water. And the males would make grandiose charges at each other - splashing, clucking, running on the water, etc.

After a successful charge, this guy was pretty pleased with himself and "crowed" about it for a while.

Of course, one must take a moment to preen after the chase.

A female Goldfinch seemed to be checking out the end of this blade of grass. Seriously, I hate it when they clean their teeth with blades of grass.

I'm thinking that this is a juvenile Tree Swallow. Not much color on this one.

A male Goldfinch hangs out under the tree canopy.

I think I recall that someone mentioned this crop is a radish of some kind. It sure is white and pretty!

The sun was beating down, but it wasn't that hot. The crops are growing strong.

As I stood there composing this shot, I suddenly realized that it sounded like I had my head stuck in a bee hive. The area was LOUD with the buzzing of bees hard at work.

I tried for over an hour to get this seagull to take the cracker from my hand. They sure are stubborn birds!


I hope you enjoy these images. As always, I would love to hear your feedback on these images. And who knows, maybe we'll run into each other while out there making magic!  :)

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