After an overall gray day the sun came out this evening for a brief moment. Luckily this happened when I checked the nest of the Great Horned Owl again today. Not much new to report. I saw the upper part of the head of one little owlet, but haven’t seen the face yet. My photography friend Linda from Dubuque sent me an email today, basically confirming the same observations. It looks like we have one young owl in the nest again, the same as during the last couple years. But what do we know? Since we can’t peek into the nest we may still have a surprise waiting for us...
Male Wood Duck
The second image was shot this morning during some light rain from my office window and has not much to do with decent photography. I made it mainly more for my own documentary. Every spring, and only in spring, we see and hear migrating Wood Ducks resting in the oak and hickory trees that surround us here on the bluffs above the Little Maquoketa River Valley. There was actually a female duck sitting not far from this male, but as you can see by the blurry parts in the foreground, lots of branches obstructed a clear view. The bird is further away as it seems. I have cropped the picture a little bit. Nothing for the purists among you today, but since my blog has always been about both, photography and nature, I still like to share today’s observations with you...