Sunday, December 14, 2008

Birdwatching on a Cold Day

Last Sunday, I joined Judy and Larry (and a few Museum members) to birdwatch at Headlands. What a fantastic day. Yes, the wind chill was -20, but we were a hardy bunch. We all enjoyed seeing two Purple Sandpipers frolicking on the rocks. They'd run down to the edge of the barrier, get splashed by a wave, eat some algae and run back up the rock. It was fun to watch. After Headlands, we went to Burke to see the Snowy Owl. The numbers of gulls were incredible. All photos by Judy Semroc. It was too cold for me to take my mittens off my hands! Kudos to Judy for such great shots.


Purple Sandpipers


Snowy Owl


6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Great to look at fantastic pictures taking advantage of winter beauty; but I'm glad I wasn't live in the negative temps!

Renee said...

That's because you're a Steeler fan. Browns fans can handle the cold temps...We play REAL football here.

Anonymous said...

Yes, last I looked at your standings - you are right, you guys really know football out there in Cleveland, sista!

Renee said...

There's always next year...

Tom Arbour said...

Hi Renee- Cool blog. It matches your camera.

Tom

Anonymous said...

News. Where's the snowy owl? Is this one of those optic illusions, where you have to stare at it to actually see it?