April bird watching walk. April 24,2021

It was so nice to get away from work and walk

around the bird refuge.  This blue heron 

looks like it's being made to walk the plank.

They have little heron babies up there.

We forgot the binoculars so we didn't get

a close up view.

I'm assuming one parent stays with the babies

and the other gets food. Then the one that gets the 

food feeds the other one.

Do you see the babies?

I think this is a family of pelicans. 

The big one was getting really clean.

I think the others might be young birds.

So this is how far away I really am from the birds.

This is zooming in.

We have had some cloudy cool days.

It was perfect for walking and watching the birds.

This is an American Coot.

This is a yellow headed black bird.

I love listening to all the noisy birds as we walk along the path.

This is how far away the bird is from me.

A red winged black bird.

It was a bit closer to us. 

A glossy Ibis.  It's hard to get a photo with it's head out of the water.

A double crested cormorant.  It did not 

want to stay still for a nice photo.

A black crowned night heron.

Pied-billed grebe.

A muskrat.  

Do you have a favorite thing to do that gets you out of the house.

We had a wonderful day walking and watching all the birds.

G.G.

 

Organizing my flower photos, what flowers are these? April 24,2021

 

It's a cloudy April day and I am taking a break from 

anything related to numbers and work for the moment.

I should most likely be balancing my bank account,

but that requires looking at numbers and in a few hours I 

will be going to work and doing some training for my 

new job and it is all balancing the stores bank records.

So I am sitting at my computer looking through my old

photos.  One of my goals this year is to organize my flower photos

by flower type. 

Some flowers I know what they are, and

other flowers I have no clue.

I know the flower in the background of this photo

is a lily, but I'm not sure what the flowers that are

purple and green are.

I always love to see these little flowers.

I often think, "if I was a bee, would I crawl in there?"

How does the bee know that it is safe to crawl into

the flower?  There are flowers that eat bugs. How

does it know?

I think this might be a clover flower. 

I like how it has these little yellow flowers at the edge.

I remember when I took this photo, I watched

the bees open the middle part of the flower

and go into the flower.

I love going to the garden and

just noticing all the different flowers,

their shapes, their colors.

As I go through my photos I am

thinking about what types of photos

I want to do this year.  I have so  many that

I want to be more artistic with my

photography this year. 

I would like to have a camera that

allows for a more close up and 

crisp photo.

 

Here is the bee heading towards the flower. 

Do you have a favorite flower?

Do you know the names of these flowers?

If you do let me know.

G.G.

April Garden Walking, Tulips, Daffodils, and Ranunculus . April 2021

 

This tulip is from my garden.  I have to say I am so happy that 

I planted some tulips in my own garden this year. 

With the pandemic still going last fall I did not know if 

the public gardens that I like to walk would be open, and I wanted

to see some tulips of my own.

My daughter and I walked at the Thanksgiving Point 

gardens twice last week.  I told her I would take less photos.

I have so many photos I think I need to take less.

Most of the photos I am sharing with you were taken with my cell phone camera.

I like some of the different settings on the camera.

I'm going towards a more artistic look to my flower photos this year.

I like to have the flower illuminated and the rest of

the photo black like this.

One of my friends really liked this photo, so she got a copy.

Do you see the duck?

I really liked the coloring of this tulip.

 

I'm always amazed at the different shapes and colors of 

the flowers.

I like the fuzzy texture of this flower.

I liked this little plant too.

I really like the yellow flower in this group. 

I'm sure it was supposed to look like the others, but something went wrong.

As I walk through the gardens I try to photograph

the flowers I don't think I have a photo of.  I

want to do a book about flowers and their meanings. 

I got a new phone app that is supposed to tell you

what the flower is that you post to it.

Most of these flowers I don't know what their 

names are so I am photographing them to put in the app.

I love the Ranunculus flowers.  They are

just so beautiful.

I also have spots in the garden that I want to

photograph each week just to show the  changes as 

the garden goes from spring, to summer, to fall.

Another plant that I think is pretty but don't

know the name.

Do you know what flower this is?

Pansies.  As my daughter and I walked the gardens

she noted that I know the names of most of the flowers.

She said I just see pretty flowers, and have

no clue what their names are. 

Speaking of flower names, they have a

section in the garden where they tell 

you the different names of the tulips.

some day I want to make a book

A to Z Tulip flowers by their name.

I never knew they all had a special name.

I like the Silver Parrot tulip.

Do you have a favorite tulip color?

Here is a pretty Hyacinth.

I like how they have little signs that

teach you about the plants in the gardens.

This is another spot I hope to photograph each week.

Did you know there were so many different colored tulips,

and each has it's own name?

The first week is probably not the best week

to visit if you can only go once to the tulip festival.

Most of the garden looked like this.

Tulips that have not yet bloomed.

This is from my own garden.

I like this photo of a daffodil.

My daughter and I are planning to do a picnic some day soon.

I love all the decorations they put around the gardens.

Hope you are all enjoying spring.  It's time to get out in my own garden.

G.G.