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Entries from August 2009

Verison Wireless Is Sponsoring Mountaintop Removal

August 31st, 2009 · 4 Comments

What are you doing for Labor Day? Sponsoring a rally to cheer for blowing off the tops of mountains and destroying one of the world’s most important biologically diverse areas? If you’re a Verizon Wireless customer, you may not know it, but you are. Tell Verison not to sponsor this event by following this link [...]

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Tags: Conservation

Song Sparrow Sings For Bird Photography Weekly

August 30th, 2009 · 11 Comments

Song Sparrow Singing photos by Larry Jordan The Song Sparrow has one of the most joyous songs in nature.  If you close your eyes and listen, you can just imagine yourself walking down a path through the forest, in a fairy tale.  You can listen to several of those joyous songs here. I found this [...]

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Tags: Bird Photography Weekly · Bird Sightings

Double Rainbow Over Secluded Pond At Lema Ranch

August 26th, 2009 · 7 Comments

Double Rainbow Over Secluded Pond At Lema Ranch I was lucky to catch this double rainbow at Lema Ranch back in June.  To see more great sky photos, go to Skywatch Friday!

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Tags: Wild Birds

Female House Finch Bathing On A Hot Afternoon

August 23rd, 2009 · 12 Comments

Female House Finch Bathing photos by Larry Jordan I really enjoy watching birds bathe in my backyard.  They will use the hanging birdbath in the front of the house but they prefer bathing in the moving water provided by the water feature in back.  Of course the birds have many more choices of locations to [...]

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Tags: Bird Photography Weekly · Bird Sightings

Green Heron Diving Out Of A Willow Tree

August 19th, 2009 · 12 Comments

Green Heron Diving From A Willow Tree photos by Larry Jordan I heard the load skyow call of this Green Heron and watched as it flew into the top of a willow tree, overlooking Secluded Pond at Lema Ranch.  It perched atop the willow for quite awhile before diving down toward the water Then pulling [...]

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Tags: Bird Sightings · Skywatch Friday