Nature – Page 2 – Glimpses of Gold

Playing at Sunset

Watching the sunset while exploring the rocks with a friend is a great way to end the day.

While at Camp Patmos, we walked down to see how they did the bird count on the island. The gentleman who banded the birds was super friendly and answered many questions from all of us. He taught us how to identify birds and how to tell if the bird was a yearling. After teaching visitors how to properly hold a bird, we released the birds that they had banded. We went back a few times and enjoyed the chance to see many different birds.

Good Morning!

Trees

A great place to day dream.

Leaf

Mark left this really neat leaf on my car’s dashboard for me to discover today.

Potato Creek

Mark and Allan both had a few days off while the older girls were gone. We enjoyed spending the day at Potato Creek.

We took a picnic lunch and then went exploring in the woods, looking for bald eagles and, for the first time ever, let the kids play on the beach. It was a fun, and very tiring afternoon!

Monarchs

After releasing Audrey’s last batch of butterflies, we enjoyed following them around to see were they would land. Most flew into the sunny field, but some flew to the trees over the water.

Hummingbird

Daddy loaned me his 75-300 mm lens this week. It has been fun trying to get pictures of our hummingbird. Hopefully, he will come back and pose for me again soon.