Cormorant Battle

The sun shines brightly and the weather is ripe for a nature walk. The Conowingo Dam beckons my husband and me. So, off we go hoping to catch another adventure of God's creatures.


When we got there, the shoreline is full with fishermen trying to get their catch. The thing that surprised me, was how the cormorant were swimming right there beside them. They were waiting for the men to throw a free meal out to them, just like the one pictured above.


We took our walk down the path and back without much excitement. When we made our way back to fishermen, I stood there and kept an eye on the many cormorants. Not one seems to be able to bring up a fish. Just as we were ready to call it a day, up popped one with a big fish in his mouth followed by another who was intent on getting it for himself. The cormorant battle was on.


The bigger fellow overtook the smaller one and managed to get the fish. The younger cormorant put up a good fight and the battled raged on for some time. At one point, they both had a hold of the fish at the same time.


The older cormorant held on tight. The younger one was persistent and kept moving in, only to come up short.


One last try, but the larger one was just too strong and soon had the fish in his throat.


Within minutes the fish was gone. The cormorant battle was over and the younger one left defeated. But, not to worry. There were many more fishes jumping in and out of the water.

Rainbow Promise

Whenever I see a rainbow, I see the beauty that can only come from God. There is a place I like to go at certain times of the day, because I know that I can see a rainbow. It is a place that I visit every Sunday after church.

The industrial ponds always has something for me to see. Many times, I get some of my best shots of the many birds that visit these ponds. This time there seemed to be no birds. As I turned my car around, my eye caught one of the fountain in full splendor with a bright rainbow. When I got out of the car the fountain went down and the rainbow disappeared.

Before long the water was spraying again and the rainbow was back. I watched this go on several times. This made me think about God's promises to us when He made the rainbow. When we reach for the sky towards our Creator, we can see His promises clearly.


When we stop reaching, we start to see His rainbow fade away.


Pretty soon there is only a small piece left and that soon disappears, God's promises are still there shining brightly. we just can not see them when we are not reaching for the rainbows.


It is only when we turn back to God and reach for the sky again, that we see His rainbow splendor and the promise that goes with Him.

Double Fawns

After a long day at work, I needed to do some down time before heading home. Since, I would pass Harford Glen on my way, I decided to take a walk around there. The next hour went by fast with seeing birds, butterflies and bugs, I knew the gate would soon close, so I got in my car and headed out.

It was after six and the deers were coming out of the woods. The picture of this precious fawn was taken just outside the gate. But, it was the first sighting of the family of deer that excited me. When I saw the doe with her baby, I had to go as very slowly. I did not want to scare them away.

When I got with in a few yards of the two, I notice some movements in the tall grass. I stopped my car and waited. More movement could be seen. A pair of ears popped up. I got my camera ready. To my surprise, it was a second fawn. Twin fawns. They played around and enjoyed the grass.

 
Today was complete with the double fawns. My nerves were put to the test at work. Seeing the deer, especially the double fawns put them to rest.

Sometimes In Awe

I am sometime in awe at the way God does provide all that we need. Just like this squirrel, God has many forms of food that this squirrel enjoys through out the park. When there are no peanuts left, he just gathers the different vegetation's and feast on the provisions of God.

Today, when I was looking over the papers on my desk, I discover that this Sunday there is a registry's event. I do not often work on Sunday. So I was not prepared. The supplies that I needed for the event has been used up the past several weeks.

I sent up a quick prayer. With in an hour a representative of one our vendors came by and ask if I need anything. It turns out that she had several free items she needed to get rid of. The products was just what I needed. God had the answer to my prayers in the works before I even knew I would even need His help.

I love how God takes care of all his creations. He provides all that this squirrel needs. He also provides all that I need. Praise God.

What A Catch

I sometime go by the marsh on my way to work hoping to catch something exciting. This time, I was not disappointed. There sat a great blue heron getting ready to catch his morning meal. With in a split second, out came this foot long catfish. What a catch.


Like all herons do, he played with the catfish by stabbing it several times. He walked a way, took a drink to coat his throat and worked some more on the fish. I could not stay to watch him finish the job. I am sure it would have been a sight to see.

I left for work praising God. What a catch for me and the heron.

Connowingo Warbler

My husband and I have been committed to walking each Sunday. It is kind of our date night. This time we decided to go to the Connowingo Dam. There is a path that is just over two mile, so we decided to walk it.

About a mile in we came across two adorable warbles. Now, I am not an expert on these little birds. My search of my bird books make me think what we saw were Prothonotary warblers. This will be a first for me.


They were busy looking for insects among the falling tree full of moss. One of them hit it mark and pulled out a juicy caterpillar. He played with for a while. than swallowed it in one shot.

Connowingo Dam is known for the many eagles that passes through. While we did catch a few catching fish. It was this tiny little bird that made my day. Everyone else can have their thrill with the eagles.

I will get my thrill with the little birds, like this Connowingo Warble.

I Hear You

The past several weeks that I have been walking around the Mariner Point Park, I have been watching the many osprey flying around. There has been awesome battles, fishing lessons and entertaining play times. Trying to catch them on camera has been a daunting task.

Every once in a while one lands on a tree to rest. I just happened upon this one by accident. As I slowly made my way into the trees to get a better shot, he could hear me. Each time that he would look for me, I would stay very still.

As I got into position and started snapping away, he seems to be saying, "I hear you." With my next step closer, he flew away.


There is a nest just as you enter the park. I love to watch the family of osprey that has made this their home. In this picture an adult has delivered a fish. After eating her share, she trades places with the juvenile and he finishes the rest.

When I try to get too close to the nest,  they signaled that they hear me by sounding the alarm and giving off a frenzies of sharp whistles.

Soon they will be leaving to migrate. I will miss hearing and watching them. While they are still around, I will look for every opportunities to catch them. I will do my best to get close to them and not have them say, "I hear you."