Pileated Woodpecker

All I got is this damn bird right now.

Room With a View

Sad Snowman

Ice Storm

Near Catoctin Furnace, Maryland (just a short drive south of Gettysburg--about halfway to the Potomac). Nestled in the high wilderness up behind this farm lies Camp David, an estate currently at the use of the Barack Obama family.

See Your West: Yosemite in Winter

Dutch Mountain Homestead

Here's to the winter that never was. It's going to hit 80 degrees here tomorrow.

Hooded Mergansers

This shot is from last winter. This year's weather is so mild we haven't had much lake ice -- or many wintering birds.

Common Mallards

Sticking with winter bird shots here. It's snowing out, the lake remains frozen over and we're getting 6-10" more snow tomorrow. %#^&! On the bright side, two Common Loons stopped by yesterday and a pair of Wood Ducks came by this morning. They know something the weatherman does not.

Twilight Geese

Menagerie

Three Hooded Mergansers and a Ring-necked Duck. Large here.

Miss American Robin 2011

Nude Sunbathing Competition

Red Apple Falls

Update: Insensitive of me to post this on a morning when there is such terrible suffering in the Pacific. Our thoughts here on PaaE are, of course, with the afflicted.

Canada Geese

They're baaa-aaack!

Bald Eagle

Exit Suitor, Stage Right

Prior to this scene the suitor has been actively voguing for the mated female, as seen below the fold:

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Central Park

Do the Funky Chicken

Three Hooded Merganser drakes, crests fully raised, rock and roll their stuff for some off-camera females. And maybe kind of for themselves too.

Rue de Bearn

At the Place des Vosges, Paris

Cover Art

My peeps and I are putting together a rectangular album release.

Hooded Merganser Drake

Straight out of the camera. Large view here.