Showing posts with label bird photography. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bird photography. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 19, 2023

Wings Of Faith ...

 “The reason birds can fly and we can’t is simply because they have perfect faith, for to have faith is to have wings.”

              ~ J.M. Barrie

                  ~ 1860 ~ 1937

           ~  from “The Little White Bird”

                  ~ 1902

    ~ Barrie is the creator of Peter Pan, who first appeared in “The Little White Bird”

A female mallard duck takes flight over Monocacy Falls on a beautiful November afternoon at Monocacy Park, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.


 

Tuesday, June 28, 2022

Mother Goose & Her Golden Eggs ...

“Rock-a-bye baby, thy cradle is green;

Father’s a nobleman, Mother’s a queen …”

          ~ “Mother Goose”

 ~ The figure of Mother Goose is the imaginary author of a collection of French fairy tales & later of English nursey rhymes

  ~ In 1697, Charles Perrault published a collection of folktales with the subtitle “Contes de ma mère l'oye” (Tales from my Mother Goose), which became beloved throughout France and was translated into English in 1729

Talk about the wonder of nature in action! A Canada Goose looms over her eggs just before sitting on them as the gander stands guard in the spring waters of the Monocacy Creek on a late April afternoon at Monocacy Park, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Soon precious goslings will hatch from these eggs.

Once nesting has begun, the male and female will both defend the nest. The female lays eggs about every 1.5 days. Once all the eggs are laid, incubation begins.

Between one and ten, but normally five to six eggs are laid in the nest in March, April or May. Eggs are incubated by the goose (female) while the gander (male) stands guard nearby. The female leaves the nest only briefly each day to feed. Eggs hatch after 25 to 30 days.


 

Monday, February 28, 2022

Grackle On Green Waters ...

“In order to see birds it is necessary to become part of the silence.”

           ~ Robert Wilson Lynd

            ~ 1879 ~ 1949

        ~ Irish writer, editor of poetry, urbane literary essayist & strong Irish nationalist

A common grackle soaks up the beauty of late spring perched in the waters of the Jordan Creek, which reflects the green trees of early June, on a beautiful evening at Trexler Nature Preserve, Schnecksville, Pennsylvania. Grackles are members of the blackbird family.