[updated] During our recent visit to the Connecticut coast, we found no herons, egrets, or ospreys. The coastal bays only had mergansers, ducks, and geese. We lucked out with this fine common red-breasted merganser enjoying a snack.
Crab for lunch
photography
Barry is looking at you
We ventured into the back woods last Saturday and interrupted a barred owl as we approached the bog. He flew away right in front of us but we could not follow him due to the snow cover.
The next day, we went back to the area and kept an eye out in the tree tops, hoping to see the owl again.
Then, he was there, twenty feet up. We have heard and seen barred owls for years around here. It is much rarer to be in a spot where I can get a picture. About ten years ago when I first got an image of one, I named him “Barry.”
Sitting on the pond on a sunny day
Snow steps
The leaning tower of Belfast
The Albert Memorial Clock Tower in Belfast, Northern Ireland
Departing Invergordon
The Titanic at Belfast
Along the harbor in Belfast, Northern Ireland, is this dramatic structure looming over the former shipyard where the H.M.S. Titanic was built. On the inside it is a museum, a tourist attraction complete with a roller coaster ride, and movie theatre.
Crossing the river Seine
On the Normandy Bridge over the mouth of the Seine river on a foggy day last May [some of the fuzziness IS fog and apologies for the bus window reflections!]
Along the Cromarty Firth
Near Dingwall, Scotland, May 2019
Dublin Harbor
The Poolbeg lighthouse at the entrance to Dublin harbor on the east coast of Ireland. The Irish Sea in the background and the entrance to the River Liffey and the sprawling port of Dublin is behind us.
john's f-stop 