While I am couped up inside for the winter, a search of the archives found this unusually crisp image of a barn swallow (typically my swallows come out fuzzy due to slow shutter speeds trying to catch up to these high speed birds)
Barn swallow time
Maryland
Power line monitor
Enhanced sunset
A sunset from a few years ago while traveling through Maryland; the image is enhanced and softened at the same time
Nuthatch at the feeder
The nuthatch usually is found poking around for insects on tree trunks, usually upside down. They will frequent bird feeders in winter, for obvious reasons, but this one we found at the feeder in June. A lazy boy.
The lady is a cardinal
This female northern cardinal not only hung around the bird feeder every day, she was a common sight in the yard during our visit to northern Maryland
A Maryland chipping sparrow
This one was found in Maryland last month but they are a common north American species.
The Baltimore Light
House. On the Chesapeake Bay marking the Patapsco River and the entrance to Baltimore harbor. It was curious to me that there were no birds hanging around the structure. At the top, by the right side railing, one can see inanimate figure of a bird on a post.
Who you lookin’ at?
Underneath the Bay Bridge
Sandy Point lighthouse
Marking the Sandy Point shoal on the Chesapeake Bay.
john's f-stop 