Photographs From the Hermitage

[AirDancer]

State bird: Cardinal

 

[Hermit]

Ha ha ha, That reminds my of an AA saying, "Don't get my wrong, I might be a mad alky but I am no Al Capone."

 

[Hermit]

State bird: Cardinal

What a beautiful bird! It looks like a finch.

 

[AirDancer]

What a beautiful bird! It looks like a finch.

You should see a male Cardinal during the snowy winters around here. They really stand out amongst the white. Quite stunning.

 

[Hermit]

Just looked up the Cardinal on Wiki. I did not realize that they were that big, and a common species, a state bird to seven states. But you are right, they are quite stunning.

 

[AirDancer]

They are very common in the US Midwest (and beyond) .... in fact, the St Louis Cardinals baseball team uses the bird as their emblem.

 

[Hermit]

This bird is quite common here. It is awesome watching these large birds, in a flock, catch a thermal and slowly spiral upwards.
This one is watching, from a telegraph pole, the waters next to a bridge.

 

[AirDancer]

There are a lot of red-tail hawks in my area .......... I love watching them catch thermals & float about

 

[Hermit]

Beautiful photo of the hawk.
It reminds me of a hawk I saw, hovering still, about 50 feet over a nearby field. Then it dived straight down into the tall grass. A moment later it flew back up to its original position, hovering, and with a dead mouse in its talons. A half minute passed and another hawk swooped by me towards the hovering hawk. It flipped over and grabbed the mouse and flew back from where it came from - to a distant crop of trees. The hovering hawk did not flinch, and stayed busy looking for more food. I then realized I just witnessed a hawk family taking care of its young.

 

[AirDancer]

It's amazing how much team work is done by others of our Lord's creations!

 

[Hermit]

Duck family hanging around a wharf on Richmond River.
"It's okay baby, I'll protect you."

"He won't shoot you, he's only got a camera."

 

[AirDancer]

Adorable!

 

[Hermit]

While walking along the beach, during a sunset, I saw the red clouds and a nearby silhouette of a pine tree.
I thought it would be fun to align myself with the tree between the clouds and my camera.
The photo reminds me of the burning bush Scripture.

 

[Deborah13]

Beautiful photo of the hawk.
It reminds me of a hawk I saw, hovering still, about 50 feet over a nearby field. Then it dived straight down into the tall grass. A moment later it flew back up to its original position, hovering, and with a dead mouse in its talons. A half minute passed and another hawk swooped by me towards the hovering hawk. It flipped over and grabbed the mouse and flew back from where it came from - to a distant crop of trees. The hovering hawk did not flinch, and stayed busy looking for more food. I then realized I just witnessed a hawk family taking care of its young.

This is awesome, I had never heard of them doing that, thanks for sharing. I've witnessed balded eagles doing their mating ritual which is mostly in the air, took my breathe away a few times, they looked like they would fall.

 

[JohnD]

This is inside the City of David, if you are just looking around
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Yes, there is a Sodom..
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Ebay headquarters in Israel.
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Eretz!
Mazel tov!
Aliyah?

 

[Angel]

It took me awhile to find this one from my albums. It is another rock feature near home.

Beautiful!!!