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May 2nd<br /> <br /> Conifers are 'blooming'
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May 2nd

Conifers are 'blooming'

  • May 5th<br /> <br /> Hooded Merganser<br /> <br /> FINALLY! Seen these guys from a distance, a blur as they flew by. Just wait'em out eventually it will happen.<br /> <br /> Need to tidy up the BG a bit,didn't quite have the patients for it yesterday. Better yet if I'm lucky might get a do-over shot today.
  • May 4th..<br /> <br /> Hey you said you wanted to see more:-) You can see from the older needles on the tree the tree is green, new growth is what you see here. Cool huh? Taken at Dawes Arboretum, Picea glauca, Mac Gold (white spruce). Yes we have one, finally, 2nd year graft, so isn't quite a showy as the one at Dawes. The new growth will slowly fade to green over the summer.
  • May 3rd<br /> <br /> Sq day<br /> <br /> Ginger loves lounging sqs so this one is for her.
  • May 2nd<br /> <br /> Conifers are 'blooming'
  • May 1st<br /> <br /> Saying G'day to the big wide world.
  • April 30th<br /> <br /> It IS spring!<br /> <br /> Crabapple Prairie Fire
  • April 29th<br /> <br /> <br /> Red-wing BB
  • April 28th<br /> <br /> EBS being nice. They have been laying low with the not so nice weather. Plus they aren't quite old enough yet to really be going at it.
  • April 27th<br /> <br /> Not the best shot, excuse? Never have seen one of these, Common Tern, about dropped the camera:-)<br /> Looks at my bird ID book again and this could also be a Forster's Tern, they be right close in looks.<br /> Andrea, EBS are not cooperating.
  • April 26th<br /> <br /> More 'branching out'.
  • April 25th<br /> <br /> Not my usual,but a shot I've wanted to try.<br /> <br /> Ginger has been admitted to the hospital with pneumonia. Please keep her in your thoughts/prayers she is a pretty sick lady.
  • April 24th<br /> <br /> Sq Tuesday<br /> <br /> Just call me Mom<br /> <br /> Andrea EBS coming up later in the week.
  • April 23rd<br /> <br /> I'm thinking a Lesser Yellowlegs, a migrant (just passing though). I heard there could be one at the Dawes Wetlands, there is.
  • April 22nd<br /> <br /> A Cootie for George
  • April 21st<br /> <br /> Aha if bird would have been stepping over the branch, but no.<br /> <br /> Shouting directions doesn't work, I keep trying.
  • April 20th<br /> <br /> This is a Horned Grebe<br /> <a href="http://Thusie.smugmug.com/photos/145246478-L.jpg">http://Thusie.smugmug.com/photos/145246478-L.jpg</a><br /> <br /> This shot is where 3 Grebes use to be..Whoopsie<br /> <br /> I finally found some Grebes, I could sit in the car and not spook the little darlings. They where in a small channel that goes under a bridge, I was tracking and checking exposure..This was my BIG chance all I had to do was wait them out till they came closer to my side and better light..See the grass? They were close, almost, I was ready, a truck went over the bridge..Grebes went bye, bye real quick..Nothin but air and water.
  • April 19th<br /> <br /> Make it Sq Thursday
  • April 18th<br /> <br /> Every time I get a shot of this guy I keep trying to get more color into him. A bit of brain weirdness that lasted until until super critic Don pointed out you can't get more color into a RT when they don't have it..First year bird, no red tail and a borderline light morph.Doh:-)
  • April 17th<br /> <br /> Look out below!<br /> <br /> Coot showing best in form in the platform diving contest.
  • April 16th<br /> <br /> Playing with DOF and my favorite early spring flower

  • Susan

    on May 3, 2007

    Just gorgeous! No wonder Don's is so taken with them. Shooting with the 35, eh? Nice!!! :) (More,more....we want more!)

  • LS

    on May 3, 2007

    very nice. stunning bokeh. great purple- can be a challenging hue. LS

  • Thusie

    on May 3, 2007

    Glad you enjoy and guess what? more to come of the others as they put on their spring display..If you don't mind?

  • The Curious Camel aka gail

    on May 2, 2007

    I want one of these trees:)

  • irishmurr

    on May 2, 2007

    Incredible shot -- and I learn something new here everyday!

  • Andrea Kaus (ChaosGraphics)

    on May 2, 2007

    Do you get to call this a pinecone or do you have to call it a conifer cone? This should be part of a conifer calendar or garden book. Just plain gorgeous, I'd say.

  • KurtPreston

    on May 2, 2007

    Beautiful! No wonder Don loves conifers :) I especially like the Van Gogh bokeh. Sort of a 'Confiers at Cordeville' look.

  • Thusie

    on May 2, 2007

    Not all do. The light green is the 'flush' of new growth and the pink is a new cone.

  • TomL

    on May 2, 2007

    i didn't know they had pink blooms...

  • TUeltzen

    on May 2, 2007

    This is really cool. I really like the colors.

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