Sunday, June 9, 2019

Sandy Ridge Reservation Redux

The weather held out for a trip today. I didn't want to venture too far with the broken glasses of doom so I went to Sandy Ridge as it gets a lot of foot traffic.

This Sandhill Crane was fearless. People were walking a foot away from it and it didn't care. One guy joked about trying to pet it, but while I was close enough that I could have, one look at the huge beak and I was not tempted. I took a lot of photos of the crane.

I can totally see the birds as living dinosaurs thing here.

I cannot get over those eyes!


The crane was so big, it was actually hard to get it all into the picture. 

I saw quite a few turtles. They always make me think of my sister.



I saw a few white egrets too. 


This is a female red-winged blackbird. They look nothing like the males. 


This butterfly has seen better days. 

This is actually a second butterfly.


And finally a decent dragonfly picture this season!



And finally this is what happens when you catch a warbler in flight at just the wrong time. 

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