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Icy Kent Narrows Opened by Cutter

My posts on the Kent Narrows and ice-overs we’ve been experiencing received a lot of interest so I thought I’d share an update from what I’ve seen. Back on the morning of February 25, one of four of...

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This Morning’s Sunrise & Moonset

We awoke to 5.5 inches of fresh snow.  Had I known, I’d have gotten up earlier this morning.  When I opened my verticals, I saw the full moon setting over Kent Island.  It was already losing it’s...

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Hooded Mergansers

Yesterday morning, I spotted a pair of Hooded Mergansers at the base of our Osprey nest platform.  I’ve photographed the Common Merganser and Red-breasted Merganser, but never got the opportunity with...

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Geese – Snow and Blue

This past busy Saturday, I still opted to carry my cameras and was treated to two quick photo ops.  In the morning, on the farm at the corner of Rolling Bridge Road and Rt. 301 in the Centreville area,...

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Osprey Sighting at Grasonville/Kent Narrows!

WOOHOO!  Let the trumpets sound!  It is official!!  :-) For the last week, I have had my eye to the sky and at least a dozen Osprey nesting locations in my local area, searching for a first sighting on...

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Tundra Swans Down on the Farm

This post was intended to follow the Snow Geese post as my second unexpected photo op on Saturday.  Sorry, had to slide in a “WOOHOO post” for the return of our Osprey!  :-) So heading home Saturday...

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She Came Back to Him

Who? What?  :-) Updating my previous post on our returning Osprey, yesterday, both in the morning & late afternoon, our Mr. Osprey was still perched on his highway sign along Rt 50/301 in...

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Oyster Cove Osprey Update

(So sorry for the long absence, it’s been a struggle to get my groove back since my Mom’s passing…..I promise I am trying.) So what has been going on with the return of our area’s Osprey and our...

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Dropping In For A Visit

No matter your disposition, you’re never disappointed when a friend drops in for a visit.  :-) It sure puts a smile on my face!  :-) Although I’ve been absent, I have been missing your friendships and...

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Osprey Around Kent Narrows Area

I had last updated that it appeared there was a loss on the Osprey chick(s) over across Marshy Creek at the CBEC nest platform.  Unfortunately, something did happen as the Osprey couple are no longer...

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My Five-Minute Bragging Rights…..

I mentioned couple posts back that I had just entered five framed/matted photos in the Kent Island Federation Of Arts 19th Annual Photography Show presently displayed in Stevensville, Maryland....

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A Family of Black-crowned Night-Herons

A few weeks ago I had an exciting surprise discovering a family of Black-crowned Night Herons within our community’s premises.  Very exciting because they were also a new lifer for me.  :-) Not one of...

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Forever in My Heart……And The Great Blue Heron

A few weeks ago it was a year since Mom’s passing, and yesterday was her birthday.  It’s been a struggle to carry on, and I miss her more than ever.  During a low time weeks ago, I randomly came across...

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American Bald Eagle Activity

It occurs every fall/winter.  Once the Osprey depart in August/September to migrate south, resident Eagles become more noticeable around the Chesapeake Bay.  The nearby channel markers, buoys, and...

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Red-breasted Mergansers

Although we’ve been experiencing warmer temps, our winter birds continue to arrive into the Chesapeake Bay area.  It was a thrill to sight two female Red-breasted Mergansers meandering around the rock...

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Happy 75th Anniversary Mount Rushmore

Located in the Black Hills of South Dakota and carved into a 5,725 foot high mountain of granite, Mount Rushmore National Memorial features the faces of our U.S. Presidents George Washington, Thomas...

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Baby Robins and A Budding Photographer

I thought I’d share a little story before the Robins…. Several weeks ago we took our grandson camping for a few days down to the coastal Ocean City, Maryland, area.  What an awesome time we had...

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