
I searched and searched for the warblers and finally found a few at the very top of the trees in Valley Forge. I didn’t get any good photographs, but on my way out of the woods, this pretty Mourning Dove posed in mid air.
American Toad today in Valley Forge National Park. It is just the beginning of the mating season for these little cuties. They come out of the woods and into the vernal pools where there will be a wild orgy for the next few days. The ladies will lay long strings of eggs that will…

Got back to Valley Forge today and just bathed in the bluebirds. I am trying to shoot totally in manual. In all these years I have not done it. I think it’s about time. Here’s my gal for today.

The big field along Gulph Road in Valley Forge has recently been mown. The hawks were having a field day looking for voles and grasshoppers. I spent a good two hours just having the time of my life shooting these two beautiful birds.