Game Land Weeds

Wild thing, You make my heart sing,

You make everything groovy, Wild thing,

Wild thing, I think I love you,

But I wanna know for sure,

Come on and hold me tight,

I love you.

Wild Thing, The Troggs, 1966

Red-Tailed Hawk,part 2

Part 2 of the Red-Tailed Hawk along the creek. In the first two pictures you can see he's surrounded by the neighborhood watch. At one point the male Oriole delivered a little ass-whooping. So he moved off. The first picture shows the hawk, two Baltimore (Northern) Orioles and a Red-winged Blackbird. the second picture includes an Eastern Kingbird and it's nest.

Red-tailed Hawk

I found this young Red-tailed Hawk sitting along the gravel road overlooking this tributary to Three Square Hollow Run. He tired of me and relocated. More on that move later...

Antietam Fire Company No. 2, old station

Community Rescue Service, former Antietam Fire Company No. 2, Hagerstown Fire Department, 113 Summit Avenue, Hagerstown, Maryland, Washington County. Antietam Fire Company began in 1808 as the Lafayette Company, they incorporated in 1834 as Antietam. That same year they had a station next to the courthouse. This station dates back to 1895, it burned in October 1914 and was rebuilt in 1915. At this time the Pioneer Company also shared the building. It burned again in 1920. Rebuilt again it remained the Antietam's home until a new station was built on the north side of the city in October 2012. While AFC still owns the building it is occupied by Community Rescue Squad, an ALS provider, who prior moving here shared space in Hagerstown Station 4.

Can't See Me

If I don't move he'll never know I'm here. You didn't see a thing. These aren't the droids your looking for.

Marjorie Glacier Calving

While we spent most of the day in Glacier Bay we spent most of 3 hours parked in front of the Marjorie Glacier. We saw quite a few calvings. A calving is when a piece of the glacier breaks off and tumbles into the water. The breaking off sounds like a gunshot. You would hear the crack and start looking for the falling ice. Sometime it would hit the water with a roar. I didn't get any on video but I did get one in a 20 picture series.

Big Spring Birds 5/10/2015

Lesser Yellowlegs

 Gray Catbird

 Red-winged Blackbird - female

 House Wren

 Mallard - male

Mallard - female