May 10th, 2024

Ya'll in the mood for another Photo Safari Report?  Well ok then!  I am calling this one the Two Eagles Hike because, obviously, we saw two eagles.  But more on them later.  I think I'll begin with my one and only black and white photo this time 'round.  It looks so dramatic in black and white!  Just a tree and some clouds in colour, but remove the colour and pow!  Drama!

It wasn't a very long hike but we did see some very cool, far less dramatic things as we covered our miles.  I think I'll start with the birdies.  There was a very nice variety so instead of giving you multiple photos of one sort of bird (yawn, boring) instead it will be  multiple bird photos each of a different sort.  Except the eagles.  Maybe I ought to start with them. 

Ok the Eagles Story.  This particular preserve Joy and I have hiked a few times before.  The first time we also came across two eagles that were, surprisingly, perched high in a tree that we walked directly under. So these massive, totally silent birds were right above us. It was a wow!    We were hoping for a similar experience this time around.  But sadly when we walked under those trees there were no eagles.  Awwww :(    Then we walked a little further and in the distance spied the nest, but it had clearly been abandoned and was kind of beginning to fall apart.  Dang.  We thought maybe the eagles had moved on to another area.  Ratz.  So we continued to hike.  Further down the trail as we went merrily along, Joy suddenly came to an abrupt stop.  She peered into the distance and so I looked too but i saw nothing special.  She brought up her camera and said, "Yes!" with such glee that I did the same.  And there is was.  Well one of them was

Well, we figured, where there is one, there must be the other, so we kept looking and of course, once again, it was Joy who found it.  The other Eagle!

And a few minutes later, we found the new nest

Yay!  We were so very pleased to learn that they hadn't decamped to another, unknown, spot!  We can watch the progress now and perhaps eventually see baby eagles !!  And then watch them grow :)  Very fun!

The rest of the birds were absolutly wonderful but not nearly as exciting.  No insult to the birds intended of course:

Otherwise let's see, we saw some interesting trees:

We did see a lot of rabbits but I only got a picture of one so he will serve as the representative of them all which is a terrible responsibility!  Sorry Bunny

I spied some Spanish Moss hanging from a vine looking for all the world like laundry drying on a line:

A few pretty wildflowers and interesting silver greenery:

Then two shots of the same butterfly on a flower because I couldn't decide which picture I liked the best:

It was only a 3 miles hike so not a really long one but it was long enough to enjoy being outside and hanging out together and taking lots of photos.  It'll do.  

I will leave you with one of my accidental photos. I wonder what I was trying to take a picture of when this happened?

HAHAHA!  Oh well, stuff happens.

However you spend this weekend, be happy, be healthy and have fun!