The Sparrow and the Hummingbird

Found these two at my in-laws Sunday afternoon. A House Sparrow and a Ruby-throated Hummingbird. Both males.

Grapes

You know what? I think instead of boring you this summer every time I post a flower picture I'll just just show you the posey and leave you with a couple lines from some random song. Lets try...

Home is where the heart is.

That's what somebody once said.

I think your heart is where your love is;

All the rest, baby, the rest is all in your head.

Sick and Tired, Cross Canadian Ragweed, 2004

Apple Blossoms

The future looks bright in Adams County. The spring trees are full of blossoms which will lead to the fall trees full of fruit.

Green Heron

Several hours after spotting the Osprey along the Big Spring, while passing back through, I saw this Green Heron standing on the cress. He actually let me get fairly close before relocating. I included the second picture even though it was a bit blurry to give you a look at this guy's escape.

Magenta Rising

Sometimes a photo opportunity doesn't knock for long. Saturday was a cool and breezy day. Overcast and blah. Except for about 20 minute just after 6 AM. It was that window of time from the sun peeking over the South Mountain and it retreating behind the overcast skies. This is what you miss when you sleep in.

Osprey

This is someone you don't see often in these parts. This osprey was enjoying the fishing along the Big Spring on the outskirts of Newville, Pa. I've seen them at the beach before but never this far inland. 

Year 9, Day 1

That's right another year gone. That would be 8 years now that I have been boring you with the same old stuff. And last year was a big-un. I said I had really big plans. And those plans took me to Alaska for a week and a half. Awesome. Blog-Year 8 also took me to Toronto for a baseball game and Niagara Falls. Summer Sky Fest in Greencastle, Colorado on an elk hunt, and Conowingo Dam for the eagles. There was plenty of birds, bushels of flowers and butterflies and more firehouses than I had weekends to post them. Again this past year I had 295 posts, same as last year for a total of 2624 posts. And I had 28,479 page views this past 12 months, a little more than the year before. An all-time total of 133,4789 views. And the World of Pigeons is still my #2 all-time viewed page.

 Auke Bay, Alaska

 Glacier Bay, Alaska

 Alaska Railroad, Anchorage to Denali

Mount McKinley, Denali National Park

 Haines, Alaska

 Ketchikan, Alaska

Point Atkinson Lighthouse, Vancouver, British Columbia

 Council of the Clans, Ketchikan, Alaska

Alaska State Fallen Firefighters Memorial

 Bleeding Hearts

 Blue Jay

 Mountain Bluet

 Lesser Fritillary

 Monarch

Northern Flicker vs. Red-Bellied Woodpecker

Blue Jays vs. Orioles

Rogers Centre, Toronto, Ontario

Horseshoe Falls, Niagara Falls, Ontario

 American Falls, Niagara Falls, New York

Niagara Falls, Ontario

Kill Buck, New York

 Blue Grouse, Flat Tops Wilderness Area, Colorado

 Sheep Mountain Camp, Colorado

 Flat Tops Wilderness Area, Colorado

Indian Cliffs Camp, Colorado

 Summer Sky Fest, Greencastle, Pa

Summer Sky Fest, Greencastle, Pa

Gettysburg, Pa

Conowingo Dam, Maryland

Cody Canada and the Departed

Def Leppard, Mannheim, West Germany, 1986

Franklin Engine House 10, Allentown, Pa.