So many Great Meadows' visitors stop to ask me this question. Of course, most want to hear that there's a rare bird up ahead. Many are baffled when I mention the small caterpillar adorned in flower petals, the prismatic light reflecting off of river ice, or a perfect collection of snowballs adorning one of the refuge benches.
Rarely a moment passes when Great Meadows doesn't offer something interesting. So in honor of all those questions, here are some of my most memorable encounters in 2011!
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| Snowballs relaxing |
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| New Year's Day pilgrim |
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| Ice etching |
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| River reflections |
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| Ice out, eagle in |
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| Great blue heron |
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| Water magic |
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| Wavy-lined emerald caterpillar adorned in fleabane petals |
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| Bedazzled by lotus |
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| Spider weaving over evening primrose |
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| Primrose rosette revealed |
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| Wooly aphids dining on alder |
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| A Sunday stroll with the kids - always interesting! |
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| Yesterday's sunset |
HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYONE!!!
May 2012 bring you many happy and interesting returns
Happy New Year to you, Cherrie.
ReplyDeleteBeen asked that question loads. Like you, all too often the response when I list what I've seen or am photographing is a tolerating look and exit. They don't know what they're missing. :-)
This is a nice collection from your year.
Thanks, Steve! Hopefully, through our photography and encouraging words we can help folks widen their gaze and loosen expectations to let the wonder flow through.
ReplyDeleteThese are gorgeous. Thank you for posting!
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