Category: #wildfire

• The SeaGulls have Left the Slough; Another Rhodes Scholar was Gored by a Buffalo.

  

  I am curious to what has run the SeaGulls off the slough; I’m most likely concerned for no reason. It may be as simple as the Gulls migrated to the coast or to San Francisco Bay following the Sea Lions and they will return.

  jacqueslebec

  June 30, 2022

  #wildfire, photography

  #amateur photography, #Bethel Island, #nature, #waterbirds

• Ospreys.

  

  The colors are off for it to be a Peregrine Falcon or Osprey, it appears more on the Kite side of the road; I’m just not sure at all. Those large eyes are a key feature of it’s appearance. I watched a video of a bird matching this one fighting a Bobcat, unfortunately the video taker did not ID the bird.a

  jacqueslebec

  June 27, 2022

  #wildfire, bird watching, environment, nature, photography

  #amateur photography, #Bethel Island, #nature, #wildfires, wind and drought

• Picture of a Great Blue Heron

  

  Two Pictures of Herons.

  jacqueslebec

  June 24, 2022

  #wildfire, bird watching, environment, nature, photography

  #amateur photography, #Bethel Island, #waterbirds

• It’s Wild Fire Time Again; It’s Smoky.

  

  We live in a dynamic environment on a normal day but when the wind blows, the temperature is over 95º F. and it has not rained for a few months it is much more dynamic almost dangerous.

  jacqueslebec

  June 24, 2022

  #wildfire, Birding, environment, nature, photography, Uncategorized, Wildfire prevention

  #amateur photography, #Bethel Island, #Bird watching, #nature, #wildfires, self awareness

• Focusing Again or Still?

  

  As with most things in this world “practice, practice, practice.”

  jacqueslebec

  June 20, 2022

  #wildfire, bird watching, environment, nature, photography

  #amateur photography, #Bethel Island, #Bird watching, #nature, #waterbirds

• The Seagulls are absent but the Pictures aren’t.

  

  I give a sigh of relief each time I see a bird successfully navigate and land on the post. It’s impressive to me when the SeaGull lands they strike this pose nearly every time. It may have more to do with balance and landing than anything else but it remains impressive.

  jacqueslebec

  June 17, 2022

  #wildfire, bird watching, environment, nature, photography

  #amateur photography, #Bethel Island, #nature, #seagulls, birds in flight, Self-Awareness

• Two Broods of Mallards; Floods and Wild Fires/

  

  Hopefully some of the new Mallards will return to our slough and make it their seasonal nesting grounds. The Canadians have done so as the the Great White Bellied Geese have; they have returned now for the last 5 years. This is a safe nesting area for them, the closest hunting is a few miles away.

  jacqueslebec

  June 16, 2022

  #wildfire, bird watching, environment, history, nature, photography

  #amateur photography, #Bethel Island, #nature, #wildfires, amatuer photography, Flooding

• Flag Day June 14, 2022; Comparing my 20 year old Camera to a new one.

  

  And today is Flag Day, for several years I did not fly the Flag. I am a 115% disabled service connected Vietnam Vet. I fought the Veterans Administration for 15 Years, the day I won my case (who says only fools defend themselves?) I put up the Flag and haven’t stopped flying it.

  jacqueslebec

  June 15, 2022

  #wildfire, bird watching, environment, nature, photography

  #amateur photography, #Bethel Island, #nature, #wildfires, amatuer photography

• The Wildfires have begun.

  

  The wind is one thing but when wild fires join forces with it the results are terrible.

  jacqueslebec

  May 13, 2022

  #wildfire, environment, photography

  #Bethel Island, #wildfires, amatuer photography, self awareness

• Mallards and the Wind.

  

  The lone Female Mallard is the real hero of this species, without her there would be no Mallards.

  jacqueslebec

  May 10, 2022

  #wildfire, environment, nature, photography

  #amateur photography, #Bethel Island, #nature, #waterbirds