Yesterday we broke out the cameras for the first time in months and headed to the Onondaga Creek Walk behind Destiny USA to look for Eagles. It was a cloudy overcast day. As we drove in to the parking area we could not spot any Eagles in the trees.
We decided to walk the creek walk in the brisk cold anyways. It had been warmer in the morning. A few ducks and swans swam about in the distance, too far away to photograph. We spotted two juvenile Eagles flying above. They sparred briefly and headed to the trees far away. The light was not good and they literally just looked like dark blobs in the sky. We waited in the cold just a few more minutes but no wildlife came nearer. Preferring to be warm we headed to the car but stopped when I saw a lone Great Blue Heron standing on the ice on the other side of the creek. I raised the camera, my hands freezing and took a few shots. My son had left his gloves in the car so rather than go back earlier I had just given him mine. We walked ahead a little bit more for different perspective and I took a few more shots. I walked about ten more paces and photographed the Great Blue Heron for the last time as it spread its wings and flew up the creek out of sight. That my friends is the end of the adventure. Pretty anti-climatic I know, but sometimes that is just how things go. Don't forget I have some photos available as prints or you can even get some unique photographic gifts like shower curtains, puzzles or even Yoga Mats! To the person who ordered four prints the other day I send a big Thank You! |
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