Pictures from Ecuador (and the Galapagos Islands)

 

Hummingbirds caught in the moment.

 

 A bird considering its next move.

 A bird in motion.

 Camouflage is the name of the game.

 

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 Poison trees seen from a distance.

 

 A house on one of the Galapagos Islands.  It has a story, but I fear to tell it.

 A cove created by the surf (because that's what a surf does),

 

and here's a closer view.

 A lost salamander.

 

A salamander going its own way.

 

A iguana experiments with camouflage

 

but gives up on camouflage

 

Dinner: 

 

February at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden

 I just went to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden and took these pictures.  

 

The geese are returning to Brooklyn.  They were really loud about it.

 

 

 

 Did I mention that they were really loud?  They were really loud.

From Norway

I took this picture on a ferry ride amongst the fjords.

 

Pictures from Eastern Shore

 I like spiderwebs on trees, it reminds us that bugs are EVERYWHERE, not just in corners of our homes.

Sometimes it's just art.

A bird's nest on the VERY top of a tree.

Some squash has overgrown at the Delaware  Botanic Garden.

Richard smelling burnt posies.

A possible floral background.

A flower angling for something more.

 A bee working on a sunflower

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I caught a deer during her snack break.

And here's a bunny caught in the sunlight

A butterfly on a log

The ocean:

One of the wild horses at Assateague

Swans at Assateague

Horses at Assateague Island Seashore

Geese on the East River

The geese at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden are MIA.  While I was out on my After Lunch Constitutional by the East River I heard some honking.

Sure, you can say they weren't talking to me, but you can't prove they weren't!

Those pictures were taken in June, 2024.  Ten days into 2025 the geese are gone but I've got ducks hanging out on the docks.