
Rained all day yesterday, but this little beauty still posed for a quick picture during my drive through Valley Forge.

It’s been a great year for photography and for me. I put together a little book of favorite photographs from Costa Rica, Tanzania, Alaska and Valley Forge. Here’s a link for fun: https://www.blurb.com/b/9804620-d-a-n-c-i-n-g-b-e-a-r-s-and-other-recent-favorites

I only had a little battery life left on my way home yesterday, but stopped anyway at Eastern College Pond and was blessed by a beautiful cardinal who posed in the woods. Thanking my lucky stars for this little beauty.

The fields have been mown in Valley Forge and the raptors are everywhere looking for all the little critters who have suddenly been uncovered. It was such a thrill to see these two Peregrine Falcons perched in a big old dead tree in the middle of the field. And they stayed long enough to…

Bales dot the newly mowed fields. Makes it so much easier to walk! Bluejay on the Cannon Wheel Merlin Falcon in the Tree over looking the newly mowed field

When I got to the parking lot at Pauling’s Farm in Valley Forge I spotted the red-tailed hawk in the field. He had a little critter in his talons. He spotted me too and flew up to a branch in a nearby tree. I quickly moved over to get a shot as he turned…