Merganser On The Banks Of Spring ...

“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 female common merganser soaks up the beauty of a mid-April afternoon on the banks of the Saucon Creek just off the Saucon Rail Trail, Hellertown, Pennsylvania.

The common merganser or goosander is a large seaduck of rivers and lakes in forested areas of Europe, Asia & North America. The common merganser eats fish and nests in holes in trees.

 

Americana ...

“Whither goest thou, America, in thy shiny car in the night?”

            ~ Jack Kerouac

               ~ 1922 ~ 1969

As if dropped into the spring landscape from a German Christmas putz, I captured this slice of Americana ~ with the American flag billowing in the breeze ~ on a late April afternoon along the Saucon Rail Trail in the Saucon Valley, Hellertown, Pennsylvania.

 

Train Of Winter Thoughts ...

“I felt like lying down by the side of the trail and remembering it all …”

                         ~ Jack Kerouac

                                ~ 1922-1969

A railroad signal from yesteryear adds a pop of color to the mid-winter landscape in this painterly, HDR image I shot on a February afternoon as sunset loomed along the Saucon Rail Trail, Hellertown, Pennsylvania, when my train of thought turned to the coming spring.