Red-tailed Hawk

I popped out to the grocery store to get one or two things this afternoon and on the way back I noticed Hawky sitting on the wires. There was a suitable place to pull in and as I had my camera on the back seat I took a few pictures of him. He was very cooperative, didn't flinch while I was across the road from him.

Red-tailed Hawk

Red-Tailed Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk

Chestnut-sided Warbler

The Chestnut-sided Warbler is one of my all time favorite Wood Warblers (along with Blackburnian, Black and White, Cerulean, etc, etc, etc). It's a regular spring visitor to the waterfall so I have taken quite a few shots of them over the years. The photo below is one of my better ones as the little bastards are rarely still!

Chestnut-sided Warbler

Sony RX100 II does Acadia

I found a load of photos I took last year in Acadia with the little Sony RX100. Nice neat little compact camera and not bad images even if I do say so myself.

Campobello (yeah I know it's not Acadia)

Acadia Coast

Acadia Coast

Flower

Flowers in the Rocks

Fungi

Harbour

Coastal Sedges

Sieur de Monts

Somesville

Somesville

Sunset

Twin Pines

Bass Harbor Lighthouse

White-tailed Deer

Boxcar Rocks

It was cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey when I left home this morning. The temperature registered 17 fahrenheit or -8.3 centigrade for all you Celsius types. I picked up Morris and went for breakfast at the Filling Station in Palmyra. A  very nice Bacon Omelette with a side of Sausage went down very well. After a quick side trip up to 2nd Mountain we left for Goldmine Road and Sharps Mountain. Boxcar Rocks is a Rocky Outcrop on the South side of Sharps Mountain. Not too far from the road, probably 1/3 mile uphill if that. I hope you can get a good impression of the height of the rocks from the pictures. I certainly wouldn't want to fall from the top. Lots of ferns between the rocks and lichen covering them. On the way back a short drive round Memorial Lake in Ft. Indian town Gap was nice, the lake is partially frozen already.

Google Earth view of Boxcar Rocks

Boxcar Rocks

Boxcar Rocks

Boxcar Rocks

Fern

Lichen

Memorial Lake

Boxcar Rocks

Warming her bum

Amber has taken to warming her old bones in front of the fire.

Amber

Bloodroot

Looking forward to Spring when the Sanguinaria canadensis or Bloodroot are among the first flowers to bloom in the backyard. 

Sanguinaria canadensis Bloodroot

Icy Tree

Winter is upon us. I've been predicting the onset of Winter for months, really I have. Well yesterday I saw my first snow of the season. A quick trip up to the mountain to fill up the feeders revealed a light covering of snow in places. I told you Winter was coming. It's not quite as bad as in the picture, it just feels like it. I have a nice log fire going which is surrounded by cats, they know the place to be.

Icy Tree

Amber Shadow

Heres one from last night of little Amber Shadow. She's called Amber Shadow from her colouring and her ability to be invisible even though she's in plain sight. It's uncanny, you can be looking for her and she is nowhere to be found; until you finally notice her just sitting there looking at you.

Amber Shadow