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A few blocks away is a baseball field just outside the entrance to the beach. I never thought of going there to watch birds. But to my pleasant surprise I saw dozens of Robins eating worms on the ball field!
This male was courting several females and was quite chatty ;D
Onward we go...please be well!!
Martha, this one is for you:)
Horse workout time in the roundabout. Lila comes around Freestyle while keeping an eye on the photographer.
In honor of spring training and longing for warmer weather.
Major League Baseball holds is its spring training from mid-February until opening day of the regular season in April. The teams go to either Florida or Arizona for spring training. It’s called the Cactus League in Arizona and the Grapefruit league in Florida. My photograph this week is of a baseball and two grapefruits in reference to the Florida Grapefruit League. (The background between the baseball and front grapefruit is also a grapefruit.) The baseball I used is one that was fouled into the stadium over the net at a Rome Braves Minor League game in Rome, GA. We were driving to Florida from Ohio on vacation a few years ago and stopped in Rome overnight. We were sitting behind home plate and the ball was fouled into the section next to us. There was no one in that section and my nephew ran over to get the ball and gave it to my son.
Lit with two 30W bulbs. One to camera left behind the baseball and the other front to camera right aimed toward the baseball. HMM!
The date - March 19, The place - The Lehigh Gorge Rail Trail. The temp. 74 degrees!!!!!!!!!!!!! A month earlier than normal. Off we went!!
Unfortunately, the path wasn't refurbished. So we had a "washboard ride" . Our "glutes" were hurting, but it soooo nice to get to it again. We did 12 of the 26 mile run!!!
Goodyear, AZ
Another panorama....this time a leftover from Spring Training in Goodyear, AZ. Can't wait to head back for fall ball in just a couple of weeks!
Easter egg coloring trying for soft pastels.
I learned you can color regular eggs they do not need to be hard boiled.
The weather here lately, though quite changeable, has seemed more like late April than mid-March. It has 'felt' like spring, and as though there should be more wildlife around. Actually that won't happen for weeks yet.
I've always been envious of the shooters who get such marvelous warbler migration photos; I've never managed to get many satisfactory ones myself. Two factors apply.
First, some serious birders shoot from blinds, with tripods, aimed at fixed perching locations. I don't do that, so don't expect to be able to match those images.
Second, many of the same serious shooters use huge prime lenses...some of which cost enough to buy a very nice late model car. I cannot match that either. However, this year I have the best gear I've ever had for trying to capture the migrating birds up in the trees. I have the longest prime focal length I've ever owned, and a camera which seems to be excellent at capturing stationary subjects.
It is surprisingly different from all of the gear I've used over the last decade and a half, so the limiting feature right now is located behind the viewfinder. I'm using these early warm days to become familiar, and comfortable with the unfamiliar functioning of the new camera.
Going into the woods yesterday, I spent time stalking and trying to photograph such small birds as were in the area. Now that the Robins have returned, they give good opportunities, as they are not particularly skittish, are willing to perch in low branches, and have a very familiar call.
I want to satisfy myself that when / if I get opportunities during the late April / early May small bird migration, I can use the camera competently, and perhaps manage to get some decent portrait shots,.
(Last year, for whatever reason, I missed the migration completely. Those small birds...mostly warblers...are here for only a short time. If the weather in bad, or if one doesn't go into the woods on the right day, all is over for that season. I'll make every effort to be there this year, well-geared up and hopeful.
My son Jason and I at spring training at the Padres/Mariners Peoria, Az. stadium. The Rangers were playing the Padres. 33 hits and 22 runs in this game, what a game. Unfortunately the Ranges lost.
With the return of the Red Winged Blackbird's song,Canadian Pacific's tech train makes it's journey over the terrain in preparation for this seasons trackwork on the Watertown sub.
Enjoying Third Beach before the sun goes down and the tide comes in
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