Oct 09 2008
Yesterday afternoon, I was out in downtown Lewes along the canal and photographed some Laughing Gulls in the parking lot of the public boat launch. Below, I’ve assembled a short series of photos into a flash video. Watch it once or twice to see if you can spot anything strange. A tip: click the “play” [...]
Oct 07 2008
How can we possibly explain the scorn heaped upon grackles? They are so big and beautiful and spectacular–just look at that handsome buck above. He’s splendid, if just a little bit sandy. How can you not be impressed? Grackles do, it’s true, have some annoying behaviors–they’re abundant, gregarious, and noisy; moreover, they steal a percentage of our [...]
Oct 05 2008
If I were to say the words, “Fall Color,” what would you picture? Sugar maples in Vermont? An aspen grove in Colorado? Probably not, I would guess, a saltmarsh in Delaware. Well, here’s a shot I took on Friday (03 October): A pleasant little scene of autumn golds, but nothing that would draw busloads of [...]
Oct 05 2008
After Monday’s 1048 raptors counted at the Cape Henlopen hawk watch, the news spread over DE-BIRD (as the news of every day does) and through an article by Molly Murray in the News-Journal (featuring an Osprey photo by yours truly). Thursday, October 2nd, a sizable crowd assembled for what looked to be the next big flight [...]
