A catching-up blog, containing photos from the last very busy week. I saw a lot of Oliver, who went birding with me on Saturday morning, saw him play in a steel band, and we saw "Dark Phoenix" together. Here's more.
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On a walk in Strier Conservancy I saw this fly hovering about 6 feet away. I some how managed to focus and
take the picture.
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| Eastern Towhee, a great show-off |
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A wonderful day at Plum Island. Oliver brought me significant luck as this Killdeer was
about 4 feet from the car.
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And immediately afterword, a unique find: a Wilson's Phalarope!
Only the third time I have ever seen one. It caused quite a sensation among the
many birders that morning.
This is the female, the more colorful of the two
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| Here is the male. |
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| And the female again. |
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| The Osprey |
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| Oliver on the lookout |
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| Baltimore Oriole as we left the sanctuary. |
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| At the Mitchell School at Alex's farewell march at he moves up to Grade 4 |
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Here is Belle, Heather and Cheney's daughter, all of whom I will be
visiting and staying with in Beijing
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| Oliver's Steel Band performance. |
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| Looking very intense, as he usually does. |
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Before I left Newburyport I took the opportunity to climb the steeple at the UUChurch, which was
a fund-raiser for Jackson's trip to Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, in S. Dakota
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You walk up through about four levels to reach the view from the steeple. Here is the church attic.
Some incredible 17th. century wood beams and flooring.
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| The church bell, made by Paul Revere's sons. |
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| The steeple is the highest point in Newburyport. |
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| Song Sparrow, from Massasoit State Park. |
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