Throughout the past seven years approximately a pair of redtailed hawks have been living in the immediate area where I live. For the first time I've been able to witness the offspring of their pairing. They apparently nested near my apartment and gave birth to a baby. I've listened to it calling out to it's parents for meals, etc. At first I didn't realise it was the baby of the hawk pair, although it's call is both distinct and louder than the other birds in this area. It wasn't until two days ago when it came flying past my balcony that I realized it was the baby hawk I had been listening to. It was very cool to see this large baby hawk flying close enough to my balcony that I could see the 'baby down' while listening to it calling out to it's parents while flying. It's flight appeared a bit unsteady but strong. Soon enough it will be on it's way to find it's own home and life partner.
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I'm still smiling each time I hear the baby hawk outside.
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Watching the dance of fireflies in the night.
Life is amazing.
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It is that my friend! I have the car (woohoo!) - not had it in a while with Martin going home pretty much every weekend. The sun is shining at last and I feel a need to get out and about in nature....bringing the camera with me of course
Here are some shots I managed to get today
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Very cool photos Kiram.
Love the strawberry.
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Saw my first Firefly of the season this evening... Too cool.
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The cicadas are beginning to sing. And a thunderstorm is rolling by helping to cool the night.
I love nature.
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Bumble Bees & Dragonflies.... Too cool.
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Butterflies, Dragonflies, Worms, and Snakes; all hanging out in the veggie Garden in recent days ...
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Lion Spirit Walker / September 17, 1963 - Dec 30, 2014.
... All with Purpose ...
We live in New Jersey on the 27th floor of a tall building, facing the George Washington Bridge and the Hudson River, which is about one mile wide in our location. About two weeks ago an unusual double rainbow appeared during a sun shower. The nearest arc originated near the foot of our building, stretched over the river, and ended above the upper Manhattan skyline. As we admired the splendor, two deer emerged from the wooded area adjoining our grounds.
What a coincidence!
Ludwik Kowalski, author of a free ON-LINE book entitled “Diary of a Former Communist: Thoughts, Feelings, Reality.” Google will provide the clickable link. Or see below.
h*ttp:*//csam.montclair.edu/~kowalski/life/intro.h*tml (but remove * after pasting)
It is a testimony based on a diary kept between 1946 and 2004 (in the USSR, Poland, France and the USA)
Ludwik, that certainly sounds like a wonderful sight to see. Thank you for sharing it.
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Yesterday I was out in the yard attending to some much needed yard work ....
And as I was walking past our side-porch, where we kept our grill and the grill's table set-up ... my eye was caught by a couple of Yellow Jackets surveying the grill's table for places to land .... I was curious as to why they were so interested in the table, so I stopped to watch them. They both finally alighted and settled on its topside, and immediately processed to cut/clip away the tiny wood fibers sticking up. They moved in a backwards motion as they collected the wood fibers (apparently for the construction of their hive) and made itsy-bitsy balls about an 1/8" in size .... once they were satisfied with their collected material ... they took flight and zoomed off somewhere into the neighbouring woods!!
It was absolutely fascinating watching them ... I got my face as close as I could to them without putting them in 'alarm/sting' mode ...
I'll never forget that ... they were so proficient and diligent as they made the tiny little itsy-bitsy balls of wood fibers!!
In Loving Memory.
Lion Spirit Walker / September 17, 1963 - Dec 30, 2014.
... All with Purpose ...
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