Thanks, Rich. I was really pleased that it came out as I saw it.

Yes! I’ve taken so many cloud photos here. Living in the mountains is great, but there’s something about feeling the full expression of the sky.

Why am I thinking that looks like a Georgia O'Keeffe sky? Beautiful shot!

Pied-billed grebes are really tiny birds, as far as waterfowl go. Pretty near-sighted too, I think. He probably couldn’t read the sign way above his head, even if he could read in the first place. They should probably place some warnings at ground level.

Completely disregarding the No Swimming signs, I see. Scofflaw.

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I haven’t, but I have some ideas and might try biking out there to test them out. Why don’t you email me at scoandpdx gmail.

Thanks for the work around by the VA. Tough zone last year when we were there and a section we just worked through. 29 days and counting.

Have you ever ridden to the airport? Recommendations? At some point we will need to get there for a rental.

When we've camped at Catalina SP during the winter, we always enjoyed putting out our feeders for all of the different birds, including goldfinches.

I see bluebirds fairly often here in Maryland, but not at this time of year. There are a few places on the golf course I play most often where sightings are quite common.

Last spring I was visiting Antietam National Battlefield Historic Park and ran across a couple checking the bluebird houses in the park. In the four-plus decades they've been monitoring the local population they have counted over 11,000 birds.

Well, not exactly mean because I sure didn't mean it. A weak attempt at humor is all. Well I guess I was channeling Mr. Grumby/Suchanek.

Clearly she is telling him off about something.

I rarely see them. Usually late fall, early winter. Was unusually warm that day but not as warm as a few years ago when it was about 10 degrees warmer. I think they just adjust as the temperatures change.

Interesting. It looks like you’re north of its range map outside of breeding season. I wonder if they’re being pushed north by climate change.

Love this shot!