Category: beauty
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Memorial Day Picnic for Baby Bluebirds
This spring has been an incredible time for bluebirds in Fairfax County. After photographing and videotaping a family of bluebirds for the last several weeks, earlier this weekend the feeding of the fledglings on our back deck commenced. Today, Memorial Day, the fledglings’ feeding frenzy went full tilt. Thanks to some patience and some nice…
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Good Morning Mr. Blue Jay
Blue Jays have not been as plentiful at our feeders this spring as the nesting bluebirds appear to dive bomb the jays anytime they get close to their house. Occasionally one does perch on our shepherd’s and I was lucky to catch this shot one morning last week.
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Morning Mouthful for visiting Bluebirds
This morning after the rain stopped, our visiting bluebirds continued their work gathering food for their home, bringing back bugs, many in one helping. Yesterday, the beautiful birds chowed on our mealworm feeder, in great abundance, shown below. If. you would like to see some more bluebirds, I hope you can visit my video post…
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Seeing The Bluebirds of Happiness in These Troubled Times
In the current crazy COVID-19 world we all find ourselves in today, it’s nice to know that nature, beauty and grace continue to go about their day, blessing us all in the process. We are especially fortunate this spring to have an “abundance” of bluebirds in our yard. It’s so nice to be able to…
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Sunset at Glacier National Park, Montana
Glacier National Park in Montana is the most beautiful place I have ever photographed. This photo was taken early one summer evening before sunset. I have posted a black and white version below. Which one do you like most?
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A Hawaiian Cardinal
Cardinals are very common in Virginia. The Cardinal is even the state bird.
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Weekly Photo Challenge : Beginning
For the past few weeks I have been highlighting posts from 2013 that either were well viewed or in a couple of cases, my personal favorites. Today’s post which I also think is a perfect fit for the WordPress’ Weekly Challenge this week : Beginning is the last in that series, (I promise!) This post originally…
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2013 Year in Review : Chincoteague, Va.
Before the new year starts, I thought it would be fun to look back on the most viewed and most “liked” posts on this blog. For some of these Year in Review stories, I may add other photos or additional notes that have similar subject matter but did not run in the particular post the…
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Wordless Wednesday : Variations on a Leaf
New to ISBAA? Welcome! Want to see one of the most visited posts of the year? Please check out Weekly Photo Challenge : Masterpiece.
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Wordless Wednesday : Jet Trail and the Moon over Lake Tahoe
I See Beauty All Around, by Rob Paine 