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The Deer Whisperer
My Monday & Wednesday evening softball team
clinched first place a couple of weeks ago.
Until Monday, we had won the last 13 games in a row.
On Monday that streak came to an end with a 7-1 loss
against a team we had previously beaten all 3 times we played them.
Our last regular season game is Monday against a team we beat last week.
We had a bye ( no game) tonight.
It was relatively sunny today.
So, after I did laundry and hung the clothes to dry on my backyard clothesline,
I took my camera, hopped in the car and went to 3 nature locations.
First on the list, believe it or not, was a town home complex.
They have 2 very large retention ponds, that not only contain lots of fish,
turtles, mallards and Canadian geese, but frequently there are also
a great blue heron (not today), a great egret (not today) and kingfisher (not today) and a couple of green herons.
I found one of the green herons today. He was near a connecting tube
between the 2 ponds where water passes into the larger pond from the
smaller pond. I looked over the top of the concrete enclosure
and saw him intently looking for small fish in the flow of water.
I wanted to take photos from his side rather than from the top of his head,
so i backed up before he saw me and took off my shoes and slowly went
wading into the pond, walking on top of soft greenery,
finally stepping on large stones.
But it was insufficient to see the heron, who was off to the side
near the wall on the sun side.
I waited for about 15 minutes, but he never moved.
So, with lens pointed where he would likely emerge,
I raised one leg and made a slight splashing sound with my big toe.
That worked somewhat, as he did stretch his neck to see what
the source of the noise was. I was about 15 feet from him.
He saw me, let out a disapproving grunt, and immediately flew
to a tall tree on the other side of the pond.
Well, I did get a couple of shots of him in flight,
but it did not work out as planned.
I was hoping to get shots of him grabbing fish with his beak.
I walked around the pond and found him later perched in a different tree.
But, he was intentionally avoiding me, hopping to different branches,
higher & more occluded from sight.
No big deal, I have LOTS of other green heron shots from FL & NJ.
So, I left the retention pond & town home complex to go to the MUCH larger
Carnegie Lake in Plainsboro/Princeton.
There I photographed swans, black cormorant, and barn swallows in flight (not easy), dragonflies and lots of turtles..
I also met a woman who has interest in photography.
I guess she's in her mid to late 40''s and in excellent shape.
She approached me while i was taking photos of a dark blue dragonfly
whose wings were glistening in the sunlight.
We talked for a long time and she gave me her email address,
so I can send her my photos webpage.
After I left the lake, I went to a large field, where I often see deer.
Several years ago, I also photographed 2 baby foxes (kits) there too.
I did see one of those foxes last year (now juvenile), resting on a fallen dead tree.
He scooted the instant he saw me, which was before I noticed him.
Sure enough, when I got there, one doe and her fawn were in the field about 200 yards
from where I parked my car.
So, I walked keeping a large tree between the deer and myself.
It didn't matter. She was on to me and after a few shots,
she let out a loud snort sending the fawn running away.
She followed, but they only ran about 60 yards and turned to watch me.
So, I walked slowly away from her on an angle, over to the edge of the woods.
From there I slowly walked up across from her and was taking
pictures of her and her fawn for about 20 minutes.
(continued below)
clinched first place a couple of weeks ago.
Until Monday, we had won the last 13 games in a row.
On Monday that streak came to an end with a 7-1 loss
against a team we had previously beaten all 3 times we played them.
Our last regular season game is Monday against a team we beat last week.
We had a bye ( no game) tonight.
It was relatively sunny today.
So, after I did laundry and hung the clothes to dry on my backyard clothesline,
I took my camera, hopped in the car and went to 3 nature locations.
First on the list, believe it or not, was a town home complex.
They have 2 very large retention ponds, that not only contain lots of fish,
turtles, mallards and Canadian geese, but frequently there are also
a great blue heron (not today), a great egret (not today) and kingfisher (not today) and a couple of green herons.
I found one of the green herons today. He was near a connecting tube
between the 2 ponds where water passes into the larger pond from the
smaller pond. I looked over the top of the concrete enclosure
and saw him intently looking for small fish in the flow of water.
I wanted to take photos from his side rather than from the top of his head,
so i backed up before he saw me and took off my shoes and slowly went
wading into the pond, walking on top of soft greenery,
finally stepping on large stones.
But it was insufficient to see the heron, who was off to the side
near the wall on the sun side.
I waited for about 15 minutes, but he never moved.
So, with lens pointed where he would likely emerge,
I raised one leg and made a slight splashing sound with my big toe.
That worked somewhat, as he did stretch his neck to see what
the source of the noise was. I was about 15 feet from him.
He saw me, let out a disapproving grunt, and immediately flew
to a tall tree on the other side of the pond.
Well, I did get a couple of shots of him in flight,
but it did not work out as planned.
I was hoping to get shots of him grabbing fish with his beak.
I walked around the pond and found him later perched in a different tree.
But, he was intentionally avoiding me, hopping to different branches,
higher & more occluded from sight.
No big deal, I have LOTS of other green heron shots from FL & NJ.
So, I left the retention pond & town home complex to go to the MUCH larger
Carnegie Lake in Plainsboro/Princeton.
There I photographed swans, black cormorant, and barn swallows in flight (not easy), dragonflies and lots of turtles..
I also met a woman who has interest in photography.
I guess she's in her mid to late 40''s and in excellent shape.
She approached me while i was taking photos of a dark blue dragonfly
whose wings were glistening in the sunlight.
We talked for a long time and she gave me her email address,
so I can send her my photos webpage.
After I left the lake, I went to a large field, where I often see deer.
Several years ago, I also photographed 2 baby foxes (kits) there too.
I did see one of those foxes last year (now juvenile), resting on a fallen dead tree.
He scooted the instant he saw me, which was before I noticed him.
Sure enough, when I got there, one doe and her fawn were in the field about 200 yards
from where I parked my car.
So, I walked keeping a large tree between the deer and myself.
It didn't matter. She was on to me and after a few shots,
she let out a loud snort sending the fawn running away.
She followed, but they only ran about 60 yards and turned to watch me.
So, I walked slowly away from her on an angle, over to the edge of the woods.
From there I slowly walked up across from her and was taking
pictures of her and her fawn for about 20 minutes.
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oh my goodness
what have i missed? i went 3 weeks without internet and though i survived it, i felt myself touching on insanity until i could pay the bill.
in case i get disconnected again, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
love ya's
in case i get disconnected again, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
love ya's
The breaking of a heart !
It must be quite hard to be one of those people of whom when in their presence fell the need to make you feel small, Perhaps just to flesh out their own deflated and hidden nature. Like cats in a bird cage they would have your wings clipped to play with you on the ground while watching the dying of your light because they cannot comprehend the freedom of your flight.
He's baaaack
Long time readers will recall that last winter and through this fall I had something killing and eating deer in my forest.
Although I had suspicions I never did find out for sure what it was. It all stopped around the time human hunting season began and I put it out my mind. The only clue I ever had beyond the fact of the kills and the devoured carcasses left behind was this strange paw print.
Today, early this AM I let one of the Toms out. We still have a lot of snow on the ground so he wandered down the driveway, sat there awhile then came back in. Late this afternoon I went out to check my mail box. Down at the bottom of the driveway I observed strange tracks coming out of the forest and very clearly exactly following (as in right alongside of) the paw prints of my cat. Right up to the doorway of the house, then it turned and meandered around the house and disappeared into the woods in back.
Again I have photographed the prints and present them here. I am puzzled by them. I have spent several hours on line attempting to match them to the tracks of known species with no success. I present the imagery to you below. I am open to reasonable suggestions (no, it is not a midget bigfoot). These are, as you can see about twice the size of the paw print of a large domestic cat. No (supposedly) predator species in North America has both 3 pads on the foot and 3 prominent claws. There should be 4 or 5 pads. Just like the thing in the woods, there are 3. Herbivores have two. Anyone have a sane idea what I am dealing with?
A different track
It does not appear to be wolf or coyote and is the wrong shape for a big cat.
Although I had suspicions I never did find out for sure what it was. It all stopped around the time human hunting season began and I put it out my mind. The only clue I ever had beyond the fact of the kills and the devoured carcasses left behind was this strange paw print.
Today, early this AM I let one of the Toms out. We still have a lot of snow on the ground so he wandered down the driveway, sat there awhile then came back in. Late this afternoon I went out to check my mail box. Down at the bottom of the driveway I observed strange tracks coming out of the forest and very clearly exactly following (as in right alongside of) the paw prints of my cat. Right up to the doorway of the house, then it turned and meandered around the house and disappeared into the woods in back.
Again I have photographed the prints and present them here. I am puzzled by them. I have spent several hours on line attempting to match them to the tracks of known species with no success. I present the imagery to you below. I am open to reasonable suggestions (no, it is not a midget bigfoot). These are, as you can see about twice the size of the paw print of a large domestic cat. No (supposedly) predator species in North America has both 3 pads on the foot and 3 prominent claws. There should be 4 or 5 pads. Just like the thing in the woods, there are 3. Herbivores have two. Anyone have a sane idea what I am dealing with?
A different track
It does not appear to be wolf or coyote and is the wrong shape for a big cat.
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