Tag: newport
group name: mybirdmacro
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February 06, 2008 03:12 PM EST --
Let's go walk on First Beach on a foggy Winter's morning.
Now it's time to go back home for lunch and a nice hot cup of tea.
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May 05, 2008 06:16 PM EDT --
I went down to Big Pond today to see if I could find that Snapper again, but still no luck. But I got a lot of other interesting shots there, as well as on the Cliff Walk a little later.
While walking . . . more
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January 31, 2008 06:46 PM EST --
Ah, yes! Today was another duck day. It started out on Gooseneck Cove with the usual Mallards, and ended up on the Cliff Walk once again.
The guy from AAA was taking a break in his truck on Hazard . . . more
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January 08, 2008 07:15 PM EST --
I was all set to do laundry today until I heard the weather forecast - mostly sunny and warm, with the high temps approaching 60. so naturally I heard the call of the wild and decided the laundry could . . . more
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January 18, 2008 04:43 PM EST --
Yesterday I went down to Ballard Park and Gooseneck Cove, but there wasn't really anything new to shoot. But down on Hazard Rd. by the Cove one of my fellow birders, a kid who drives a truck for AAA, . . . more
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February 28, 2008 06:39 PM EST --
I had another outing with the Raynox telephoto lens today. You know what? I think I'm getting the hang of this thing! Even though it was a bright, sunny day, I still got great, detailed shots with . . . more
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January 08, 2008 06:38 PM EST --
On today's hike I bumped into some fellow birders down on Hazard Rd. by Gooseneck Cove. One of them regularly comes to feed the ducks cracked corn in the winter, so when they see his car they come . . . more
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January 23, 2008 05:52 PM EST --
I figured today would be Cliff Walk day. I wanted to see if I could find those Harlequins again, but no such luck. But there were things to see, so lets go look.
Just off First Beach in Easton's . . . more
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March 13, 2008 07:12 PM EDT --
I came out of the tunnel under the Chinese Tea House and up the hill a little way and what did I see in the water but a group of Red-Fronted Mergansers. After watching them for a little while I saw the . . . more
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February 12, 2008 03:29 PM EST --
On my way to the library today I decided to take the scenic route down a section of the Cliff Walk. There were a lot of Canadian Geese along the way, and while I was down there one lawn full of them decided . . . more
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May 25, 2008 11:06 PM EDT --
My usual Sunday jaunt down to Ballard Park and Gooseneck Cove. The foliage is now full and there's lots of shade. There was a nice cooling breeze out of the NW but it was still a warm day.
In . . . more
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June 01, 2008 04:57 PM EDT --
I went down to Ballard Park as usual on a Sunday morning. The day started off very foggy and gradually cleared up, so you'll actually notice a brightening in the pictures. I didn't take many today . . . more
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April 24, 2008 04:25 PM EDT --
It was a gorgeous Spring day and I was out walking. I took most of my pictures in Ballard Park. Here's what I saw.
We start off with a male Eastern Towhee who I'd been hearing long before . . . more
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April 12, 2008 03:40 PM EDT --
I never got around to creating a photo essay last Thursday after my hike; I just published some individual photos. Well, I fooled around with some shots I originally didn't think worked and came up . . . more
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March 13, 2008 06:46 PM EDT --
On the Cliff Walk section of my hike today I saw a sure sign of Spring - the Common Loons are starting to transition into their Summer plumage. There are still many in Winter plumage still, but you can . . . more
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May 11, 2008 10:41 PM EDT --
I went on a loooooong hike today, and it has produced two, count 'em, two, photo essays. I've taken up geocaching recently, and that was the main purpose of today's hike. But I already found . . . more
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April 20, 2008 05:17 PM EDT --
This week's Sunday stroll took me back down to Ballard Park and Gooseneck Cove. Spring is a little more evident this week, as you'll see. There's more green, the birds are more active, and . . . more
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February 20, 2008 04:52 PM EST --
I went down to my usual spots to do another test drive with my new Raynox DCR-2020, a 2.2x teleconverter lens. I had taken some shots before that really didn't work out very well because that was when . . . more
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May 19, 2008 12:07 PM EDT --
Spring is busting out all over Newport. I went down to Ballard Park and Gooseneck Cove, naturally, and then headed over to the Cliff Walk at Ruggles Ave. The surf sounded loud, so I had gome over to Ruggles . . . more
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July 11, 2008 07:15 PM EDT --
I went walking down to Ballard Park and Gooseneck Cove today. Our extreme humidity dried up some (well, as dry as it can get when you're surrounded by ocean and a bay), so hiking yesterday and today . . . more
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