The first couple photos are of an early morning at the Lilypons Water Gardens. Next a female Baltimore Oriole tending her fledglings. I did see the male but was unable to photograph him. A Great White Egret hunted in a small pond. Female Snapping Turtles will travel a long distance in order to lay their eggs. I was able to capture two. One traveling and one nesting. A pair of Mourning Doves take pause.
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| Canadian Geese grazing in the morning fog... |
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| Sun fog and Geese... |
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| Baltimore Oriole (fm)... |
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| I caught her entering the nest... |
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| A Great White Egret... |
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| Snapping turtle... |
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| Female Snapping Turtle looking for a place to lay her eggs... |
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| Laying her eggs... |
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| Leaving the nest... |
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| Her head covered with the soft sand... |
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| Silhouetted... Two Mourning Doves... |
3 comments:
loved the peaceful opening scenes! the great egret shots are wonderful, too. the orioles have such a cool nest. and i just relocated a mama snapping turtle i caught on land - down the back road to another pond. they snap legs on our ducks and take ducklings! eek! i know they've got to eat, too...
Always love seeing the Orioles.
I truly enjoyed scrolling through this marvelous post filled with stellar photographs, Larry! The foggy scenic shots had me oohing and ahhing. How lucky you were to capture the female oriole feeding her young. They really do have interesting nests. We have orioles nesting on our property but their nests are located in densely leaved trees. I've never seen a Snapping Turtle up close, so I really liked viewing your terrific images. Lovely elegant egrets too. Excellent post!
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