Well, we got 3 new OTR submissions this week, so we have enough posts for this week. We start with Albatrossity, of course! Then TKH, knally, Steve from Mendocino and cope! Big thanks to those who sent pictures in.
Hoping to see more submissions this weekend! Still looking for Christmas / holiday pics from when we were little, so please send those in. I guess we’ll just have one week of that this year instead of two. (assuming we get some pics!)
I have put up 865 On the Road posts since I started doing this in April of 2020, after we lost Alain.
Albatrossity
Not only are there fewer bird species, fewer colors, and fewer hours of daylight, but the winter season also means (at least for this photographer) that there are some days where going outside doesn’t sound like much fun. Feeder-watching may fill some of that time for a while, and sunny warmer days will still happen. But the slower pace of wintertime here, bird-wise and photographer-wise, might be obvious for a while. Settle in and sit a spell.
Bald Eagles (Haliaetus leucocephalus) are a big draw for birdwatchers here; local birdwatching groups stage “Eagle Days” at many of the local reservoirs in mid-winter. Nevertheless, getting close to one of these magnificent raptors is a challenge. I was lucky to find this one, sleeping off a late breakfast, in a tree limb right over a dirt road. It really didn’t want to move, so I got some closeups. As the kids say, I was today years old when I learned that the white head feathers of a Bald Eagle have a fine black shaft down the center of each one! Click here for larger image.
On The Road – Albatrossity – Winter Comes to Flyover CountryPost + Comments (24)