tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55609446752857461012024-03-06T10:52:33.887-05:00Birding Club of Delaware CountyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger249125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5560944675285746101.post-68131446070851663252024-03-06T10:42:00.002-05:002024-03-06T10:51:57.596-05:00Bird Faces<p> <span> </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGvPaXG5aQCq_sytqj_PSO5ARKIE_Dsy91moBd3KIcxUE6uP3FUxQgMBdbnByLO4AidoPZaiibbcOwkK9DNf2BVaSsWf5d3VBKqbnJSzbxerNhuwwmbqo_lzBN8tBQX3TvOHX46aWadtkuhjpJMls8h1vbRPrLD0lxRJJ_LHbhU_MnhjfERkElCotw8is/s4896/Day%204%20(130).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="345" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGvPaXG5aQCq_sytqj_PSO5ARKIE_Dsy91moBd3KIcxUE6uP3FUxQgMBdbnByLO4AidoPZaiibbcOwkK9DNf2BVaSsWf5d3VBKqbnJSzbxerNhuwwmbqo_lzBN8tBQX3TvOHX46aWadtkuhjpJMls8h1vbRPrLD0lxRJJ_LHbhU_MnhjfERkElCotw8is/w461-h345/Day%204%20(130).JPG" width="461" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Limpkin</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span><br /> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">It's been quite a while since I last posted anything to this blog page but I will try to get things rolling again. In this blog is an easy quiz of bird & animal photos I just took in Florida. It is mostly faces of the birds for you to identify. I don't think any of them are really difficult but I thought it would be fun to try. Answers are at the end of the blog.</span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">#1</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ6_NHZo-_VkxyxpSWdCr9nIXWHI0HcC5ue5YUhDIWHjgNRfM_ReEUV6AnMvXvCxncZikm-vZWa-4jH9zsZxVlJAAzKRK9JvSkW8gSkWtTZS115lOzJj9uPIbTzzr0jvGfj4THPaBDuqVYOJtSDSV7A_FXn96aF87DlEIgYrCWS9JpVtvpcPBNc2aemRY/s4896/Day%207%20(68).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ6_NHZo-_VkxyxpSWdCr9nIXWHI0HcC5ue5YUhDIWHjgNRfM_ReEUV6AnMvXvCxncZikm-vZWa-4jH9zsZxVlJAAzKRK9JvSkW8gSkWtTZS115lOzJj9uPIbTzzr0jvGfj4THPaBDuqVYOJtSDSV7A_FXn96aF87DlEIgYrCWS9JpVtvpcPBNc2aemRY/s320/Day%207%20(68).JPG" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: small;">#2<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6dNhiL6VWASDlHsDsxrLXhu8GHl4lbGiTalkbdnE6Pca54yffzgWBdWUJwaSCygiKSIZe40Xzj8MZAI4zN2OanXysS-DhnTHEBX-Nhz2xoi-qowCXV1Zpl3GhJCij6H1uiz-YP3Mxn_0kXojUzuSkbJBdJoovB5P3rxC_5n3QVlfiK76B515ISn87uPA/s4896/Day%207%20(98).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6dNhiL6VWASDlHsDsxrLXhu8GHl4lbGiTalkbdnE6Pca54yffzgWBdWUJwaSCygiKSIZe40Xzj8MZAI4zN2OanXysS-DhnTHEBX-Nhz2xoi-qowCXV1Zpl3GhJCij6H1uiz-YP3Mxn_0kXojUzuSkbJBdJoovB5P3rxC_5n3QVlfiK76B515ISn87uPA/s320/Day%207%20(98).JPG" width="320" /></a></div>#3<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqnStRzVGinNss2PRQoEgXGiOXaefk-siP6vTglt-vUXot4xS7E9mEsS7eNBjEKtzWx3PKDpsfzSMF2T3kjIxbZn7DXNZrXH4grjJZbqOxjk7tEXY3KyT7rCoNGaUlCLRrWAx-5VQGb3BUPpVQTa_2tu6ge1p0FLesAbeogGwz-P1dfA8oOlsgUJtxWCc/s4896/Day%207%20(118).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: small;"><span>1 Tricolored Heron <br /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: small;"><span>2 Anhinga </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: small;"><span>3 Glossy Ibis</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: small;"><span>4 Boat-tailed Grackle </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: small;"><span>5 Common Gallinule </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: small;"><span>6 Little Blue Heron </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: small;"><span>7 Great Egret</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: small;"><span>8 Eastern Phoebe</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: small;"><span>9 Gray Squirrel</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: small;"><span>10 Iguana</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: small;"><span>11 Tricolored Heron</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicWXc2leROVb4AVXG1zYxEHCkHjcpoziMVOCXsYE0-0CBqGRjLM8iJIaInkfSUKQCpG-MFgg2xsAbdR52300PxrXxfxTSDhlUSaG9xhjkVXM4zB6dVQXOMoOVHqq0NwVTzjK-YJSTo-UjyV4u5wiMIuB9hM5PHoKZLsOwixt3acAeRs5dVswhqrEqkKvU/s4896/Day%207%20(122).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicWXc2leROVb4AVXG1zYxEHCkHjcpoziMVOCXsYE0-0CBqGRjLM8iJIaInkfSUKQCpG-MFgg2xsAbdR52300PxrXxfxTSDhlUSaG9xhjkVXM4zB6dVQXOMoOVHqq0NwVTzjK-YJSTo-UjyV4u5wiMIuB9hM5PHoKZLsOwixt3acAeRs5dVswhqrEqkKvU/s320/Day%207%20(122).JPG" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><br /> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">13 Barred Owl</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">14 Wood Stork</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span> </span>Let me know how you made out. If you no longer wish to receive this blog let me know at </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> owlguarente@yahoo.com </span></span><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5560944675285746101.post-40223257809664231062022-11-27T18:32:00.001-05:002022-12-04T10:44:18.983-05:00Iceland Day 4 and Day 5<p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi5DsDgFBuvMXGh4l_wExhzb7jPDS0DvoIZqNgKBvc-ua8rBWEsPYtcitYFcuVOLP15D9NHQ-P0DO1Z1g-RsxbFJjf7li7wQhj42bRyzSkMQSz6SD7yfqDGJQ66c7msoXDPQ29pP5CNrgyI7nf2Ru5OQNzdmUbJTl4UbQpypfIlQmzHCl1bIukMO1h/s4032/Day%204A%20Viking%20Hotel%20and%20Town%20Area%20Oct%2020%202022%20(6).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi5DsDgFBuvMXGh4l_wExhzb7jPDS0DvoIZqNgKBvc-ua8rBWEsPYtcitYFcuVOLP15D9NHQ-P0DO1Z1g-RsxbFJjf7li7wQhj42bRyzSkMQSz6SD7yfqDGJQ66c7msoXDPQ29pP5CNrgyI7nf2Ru5OQNzdmUbJTl4UbQpypfIlQmzHCl1bIukMO1h/w480-h640/Day%204A%20Viking%20Hotel%20and%20Town%20Area%20Oct%2020%202022%20(6).jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Church next to our Hotel at dawn</span></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><span> </span><span> </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Our fourth day started by walking around the hotel area. We were directly across from a harbor which today was smooth as glass. There were a few Glaucous Gulls flying around and I spotted a Common Murre inside the harbor area.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuR8CRLrY0Dq3ZQeR5onB8vQgpPIjnq-IiIhzRNK_jxgUt2-_La4KnvjD5kfKJvbh_6DcJwB_YteWbaYghJwGDqmTCJV6xROUsvsrxcxeQsc64eD1ruYeXVDbo5lkrN_PLhtGfuEdLlqcE0tDmQW24NwpMepwlfYUkuuQpxyoTTRtWntCgHpq8J9Ph/s4896/Day%204A%20Viking%20Hotel%20and%20area%20Oct%2020%202022%20(7).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuR8CRLrY0Dq3ZQeR5onB8vQgpPIjnq-IiIhzRNK_jxgUt2-_La4KnvjD5kfKJvbh_6DcJwB_YteWbaYghJwGDqmTCJV6xROUsvsrxcxeQsc64eD1ruYeXVDbo5lkrN_PLhtGfuEdLlqcE0tDmQW24NwpMepwlfYUkuuQpxyoTTRtWntCgHpq8J9Ph/w640-h480/Day%204A%20Viking%20Hotel%20and%20area%20Oct%2020%202022%20(7).JPG" width="640" /></a></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSowo6N9t4qpgV4u2ZpvTIx5ptRIb2dpo20nQM4Xn6LXrQEMd6_XWPKv7AuvjD-VwCySmugVTelM5U2AQalj-XpCznOmLW53b2yakukpWsffvzfRsSXjaKPZJPcs_S1vnQMA6gp5nXZoMmiRWfJ83lTtmEEP6I53_W-OEK7KBTceLS85hg47nAYBiF/s4896/Day%204A%20Common%20Murre%20Viking%20Hotel%20Harbor%20%20Oct%2020%202022%20(7).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSowo6N9t4qpgV4u2ZpvTIx5ptRIb2dpo20nQM4Xn6LXrQEMd6_XWPKv7AuvjD-VwCySmugVTelM5U2AQalj-XpCznOmLW53b2yakukpWsffvzfRsSXjaKPZJPcs_S1vnQMA6gp5nXZoMmiRWfJ83lTtmEEP6I53_W-OEK7KBTceLS85hg47nAYBiF/w640-h480/Day%204A%20Common%20Murre%20Viking%20Hotel%20Harbor%20%20Oct%2020%202022%20(7).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Common Murre in Harbor<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span> </span><span> </span></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmNHBkrOG0QGsG6ky9ddF4pQ8Z343-d0IsVN0oNJ-ai1hoWz7oOBFP54vFytB74LGd3MhsFlh3bhRg7bYBdIvSUWM1nboViXlRz3cPF-bdQP6_C2mUR_gdHqH1mTJewBbZxOkVCex8SDC3JhmKaAvgGqyU2gEG_Eby0FFOAFJAaMbAJB6HKzfO9C8x/s4032/Day%204A%20Viking%20Hotel%20and%20Town%20Area%20Oct%2020%202022%20(8).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmNHBkrOG0QGsG6ky9ddF4pQ8Z343-d0IsVN0oNJ-ai1hoWz7oOBFP54vFytB74LGd3MhsFlh3bhRg7bYBdIvSUWM1nboViXlRz3cPF-bdQP6_C2mUR_gdHqH1mTJewBbZxOkVCex8SDC3JhmKaAvgGqyU2gEG_Eby0FFOAFJAaMbAJB6HKzfO9C8x/w300-h400/Day%204A%20Viking%20Hotel%20and%20Town%20Area%20Oct%2020%202022%20(8).jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We found this heart near the hotel</span><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span><br /></span></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span><span> </span><span> </span> Today we headed back to Thingvellir National Park for some snorkeling in the Silfra fissure. Chris and Max were heading into the 34 degree waters in a lake that supposedly has the clearest water in the world. In the Florida keys you have an underwater viewing distance of about forty or fifty feet. In this lake the view is an astounding 300 feet. </span><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> <span> <br /><br /></span></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCTQwXsi5JqZZydkyqB7_QM-T-0Pt6WGCyGcgSOAHpNPa4zrzC1S1Rbp_uK4DTx9ZKHpI7e04ps7GOkf0f9hAqzZ6OOZ_n-BNKcAsUQbLoWhLO5sZKmlz5Q8ClpfE7Xo8qwj7Gyk6uPFnyMLB4ylQyZItRya53e54FORV8CFYY1IeX8VHRW7_FS9kh/s4032/Day4%20Chris%20Phones%20(11).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCTQwXsi5JqZZydkyqB7_QM-T-0Pt6WGCyGcgSOAHpNPa4zrzC1S1Rbp_uK4DTx9ZKHpI7e04ps7GOkf0f9hAqzZ6OOZ_n-BNKcAsUQbLoWhLO5sZKmlz5Q8ClpfE7Xo8qwj7Gyk6uPFnyMLB4ylQyZItRya53e54FORV8CFYY1IeX8VHRW7_FS9kh/w400-h300/Day4%20Chris%20Phones%20(11).jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Almost Ready</span><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span><br /></span></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span> </span></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMcd1GyhKClAiMEmJ2la7tn-mMfGfErwmxLtiksKidHPRyzQkbx1HPJPwvY1AikQiS644oT0usP3FxENxSTESBLB8UdKPVmwHYLulunylrmFM5VqRaSoxD6Tsq_4uwW-7nUHKo8IHlM77dzDQ7kzShhwqBrq4YfNltNNmv6hFoUrA9-W5dZZc8gnwC/s4032/Day4%20Chris%20Phones%20(16).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMcd1GyhKClAiMEmJ2la7tn-mMfGfErwmxLtiksKidHPRyzQkbx1HPJPwvY1AikQiS644oT0usP3FxENxSTESBLB8UdKPVmwHYLulunylrmFM5VqRaSoxD6Tsq_4uwW-7nUHKo8IHlM77dzDQ7kzShhwqBrq4YfNltNNmv6hFoUrA9-W5dZZc8gnwC/s320/Day4%20Chris%20Phones%20(16).jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: medium;">All set to go</span><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span><br /></span></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span> </span><span> </span>While snorkeling they were between the tectonic plates and able to touch both continents, Europe and North America at the same time underwater. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> </span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhog0DxOqqkUj9F9xcxQmNZR_MWgRDWo1fAqjX3iYuA-5_i-cAS1HI_31Jc6Q4D8XmQmsmZ6e-BHoPWTws3cjgx3-J0QfGqd8KFedQGM5118L4VcFDTJ5NuxUUj-bjT4R5lOoguhhgvV77ob6Q6jHol5XU3NGZOZr11oa5J-0pNwnsruzbhwHL_6Y_O/s1080/thumbnail.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1080" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhog0DxOqqkUj9F9xcxQmNZR_MWgRDWo1fAqjX3iYuA-5_i-cAS1HI_31Jc6Q4D8XmQmsmZ6e-BHoPWTws3cjgx3-J0QfGqd8KFedQGM5118L4VcFDTJ5NuxUUj-bjT4R5lOoguhhgvV77ob6Q6jHol5XU3NGZOZr11oa5J-0pNwnsruzbhwHL_6Y_O/w640-h480/thumbnail.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Max touching the continents<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBughUTaFuIj7OIagIaGCYpjbCscNmKIM8tCUcyOP-Sg5KU1gMsG2mRijDSP9nT5S_-LFtWTGBAGR-l7kYrHuC8XWr4kCKVv3O0yYmA7Y0pGECT-nBYZ6rSzl0oEJKFB0bk5DuogvpWOJgNb_gbv70EKrASA4J8ltgwcRN1-yIH1lZnRXcku8XIigF/s1080/1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1080" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBughUTaFuIj7OIagIaGCYpjbCscNmKIM8tCUcyOP-Sg5KU1gMsG2mRijDSP9nT5S_-LFtWTGBAGR-l7kYrHuC8XWr4kCKVv3O0yYmA7Y0pGECT-nBYZ6rSzl0oEJKFB0bk5DuogvpWOJgNb_gbv70EKrASA4J8ltgwcRN1-yIH1lZnRXcku8XIigF/w640-h480/1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Chris doing the same<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> <span> </span><span> </span>After a successful snorkeling tour we headed into the capital city of Reykjavik. Our first stop was the celebrated Hallsgrimskirkja. This is a Lutheran church in Reykjavík. At 244 ft tall, it is the largest church in Iceland and among the tallest structures in the country. It is known for its distinctively curved spire and side wings and was completed in 1986. The first time we tried to enter the church we were denied access because there was a funeral in progress so we had to return later.<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> </span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmNkWD6Noo4IzYXCsPQP3lLqvs1chK6i6-SpwdhDdmM3ERrO6hA7Sthu38f--gzqNiHzGuX0RGXozQGFBf0tqS6vBjkHgFcoQtXPLT6qTvZze2uMyIU0KBxQWmKmpkLbI_I0SG6tgcs4aC0amyxlAhMkk0tFQdveG3grzlKfyBMPM0wdkdXSUym5Qi/s4896/Day%204B%20Hallsgrimskirka%20Church%20Area%20Oct%2020%202022%20(8).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmNkWD6Noo4IzYXCsPQP3lLqvs1chK6i6-SpwdhDdmM3ERrO6hA7Sthu38f--gzqNiHzGuX0RGXozQGFBf0tqS6vBjkHgFcoQtXPLT6qTvZze2uMyIU0KBxQWmKmpkLbI_I0SG6tgcs4aC0amyxlAhMkk0tFQdveG3grzlKfyBMPM0wdkdXSUym5Qi/w640-h480/Day%204B%20Hallsgrimskirka%20Church%20Area%20Oct%2020%202022%20(8).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;">Hallsgrimskirkja</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span> </span><span> </span>Once inside we paid to go to the top of the tower where we could view the entire city of Reykjavik. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeParo_gwPs0HF49zXKKkZKul_GNOoUIzkgQR58nJtoOMhSDKGJtiv-D2AU3KsWdKvS0znt7UYgzZ0hmgdr6YSP19qCLsG__cbIkpynFg9r-mHdYYn5gUhhE6GafCibkP2FkVgbscn4g96zH4qAshMM_xwsKVryflOZ_7N7KjZd1yE92IeMkQYAdFJ/s4896/Day%205C%20Hallsgrimskirka%20Oct%2021%202022%20(10).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4896" data-original-width="3672" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeParo_gwPs0HF49zXKKkZKul_GNOoUIzkgQR58nJtoOMhSDKGJtiv-D2AU3KsWdKvS0znt7UYgzZ0hmgdr6YSP19qCLsG__cbIkpynFg9r-mHdYYn5gUhhE6GafCibkP2FkVgbscn4g96zH4qAshMM_xwsKVryflOZ_7N7KjZd1yE92IeMkQYAdFJ/w480-h640/Day%205C%20Hallsgrimskirka%20Oct%2021%202022%20(10).JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: medium;">View of inside the church</span><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTFA7vx6jVuS4Yhtb7OgPqKFZm_FFDLtpeAHD6KKsnZESb_6OCbKyuPw3rllbPEYkh339GuPnp10l11K0MNw_w9kD9rXJX0LM6tCm88ysH5Pq8vPIQjjf2hosa1KEK4oL6UzmRH3unjkvPduY-EScCR7cIUi-KKF4eWh2Pv-N3qmPrKkk3eckUC-oA/s4896/Day%205C%20Hallsgrimskirka%20Oct%2021%202022%20(15).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTFA7vx6jVuS4Yhtb7OgPqKFZm_FFDLtpeAHD6KKsnZESb_6OCbKyuPw3rllbPEYkh339GuPnp10l11K0MNw_w9kD9rXJX0LM6tCm88ysH5Pq8vPIQjjf2hosa1KEK4oL6UzmRH3unjkvPduY-EScCR7cIUi-KKF4eWh2Pv-N3qmPrKkk3eckUC-oA/s320/Day%205C%20Hallsgrimskirka%20Oct%2021%202022%20(15).JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Bell Tower<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9D4XoWom1G8MKCzd9MecbSWf8Bcw16n3ydxO03zfiwvOzWV1x44C5BMMjDnfYzTBHvL3sW8i8Atv8NmFsn_KUgHDUOW9qKX7IlrqdFn0LJBUXyiBFryIASyPML5kGe7zSgcYpJkEkdcvITMmGWtsGpNpy3Su9BJ4bdoPX4QLmZ0kb-yEo1KhyYGeq/s4896/Day%205C%20Hallsgrimskirka%20Oct%2021%202022%20(19).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9D4XoWom1G8MKCzd9MecbSWf8Bcw16n3ydxO03zfiwvOzWV1x44C5BMMjDnfYzTBHvL3sW8i8Atv8NmFsn_KUgHDUOW9qKX7IlrqdFn0LJBUXyiBFryIASyPML5kGe7zSgcYpJkEkdcvITMmGWtsGpNpy3Su9BJ4bdoPX4QLmZ0kb-yEo1KhyYGeq/w400-h300/Day%205C%20Hallsgrimskirka%20Oct%2021%202022%20(19).JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">View from tower of Rainbow Road<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNWP1t8aN40UhSYqZWXaxzUeCQ2C-zrhFxcd_UysbswaRhS_Nn7U5J6X_YPntfuf6ftKu46EWS6xQmyRObp807s8bdwbSSw9axK0qPLJ4TbDcsRJ32L0FWMPGFjV8FrJ2NkzAA_QGF4_joqoptUCfZJZzle_DGUSG5edrFpko72pW5BrO6O1Wuske4/s4896/Day%205C%20Hallsgrimskirka%20Oct%2021%202022%20(20).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNWP1t8aN40UhSYqZWXaxzUeCQ2C-zrhFxcd_UysbswaRhS_Nn7U5J6X_YPntfuf6ftKu46EWS6xQmyRObp807s8bdwbSSw9axK0qPLJ4TbDcsRJ32L0FWMPGFjV8FrJ2NkzAA_QGF4_joqoptUCfZJZzle_DGUSG5edrFpko72pW5BrO6O1Wuske4/w640-h480/Day%205C%20Hallsgrimskirka%20Oct%2021%202022%20(20).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Reykjavik from church tower<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxThhAxG6eukAaZ-KAqItH3x9grdkVfzAB_GxEgUnYu4lPFf1-BkI0gLQRhqF5NzH8etFHR0hIvd3SrKGqbYdFSUjaO8SPLEBxJHyf5Fh7Fu0MjTJgbAoi2tcr3Kvpy-KPy1JKn1CUT7Rx44y_lQZawIF2ydEfcF4ddJwqz8a1sYQw4MHpvNbG17qN/s4896/Day%205D%20Reyjkavik%20Oct%2021%202022%20(2).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxThhAxG6eukAaZ-KAqItH3x9grdkVfzAB_GxEgUnYu4lPFf1-BkI0gLQRhqF5NzH8etFHR0hIvd3SrKGqbYdFSUjaO8SPLEBxJHyf5Fh7Fu0MjTJgbAoi2tcr3Kvpy-KPy1JKn1CUT7Rx44y_lQZawIF2ydEfcF4ddJwqz8a1sYQw4MHpvNbG17qN/w400-h300/Day%205D%20Reyjkavik%20Oct%2021%202022%20(2).JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Rainbow road from street level<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="color: #2b00fe;"></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3y487dXwtDCT9zMPP79a-i8ZsxRErKsaZkOS6OO95iAoJESBMqKzEgmzsnSG2OX5i9h37wsdvwsRxO7ijovhTiyMMDdc-uLrfZweOJkpvfRYrHi2N1IuBOsdLNerypuyqquIaFqgi7ivL_4_bkHmFJ-URQNhfPv95G1Dn0mK8JgOT2sER0Yc1bSqz/s4896/Day%205D%20Reyjkavik%20Oct%2021%202022%20(6).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3y487dXwtDCT9zMPP79a-i8ZsxRErKsaZkOS6OO95iAoJESBMqKzEgmzsnSG2OX5i9h37wsdvwsRxO7ijovhTiyMMDdc-uLrfZweOJkpvfRYrHi2N1IuBOsdLNerypuyqquIaFqgi7ivL_4_bkHmFJ-URQNhfPv95G1Dn0mK8JgOT2sER0Yc1bSqz/s320/Day%205D%20Reyjkavik%20Oct%2021%202022%20(6).JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSaV-ADinKdExRR2BxAaNhPKLgyrMnMNvd-Y-bVkqO0xcBTIRp8_WE_kxFMYKQtMxcN0rY-nsIz7mviaIdjslm_d4rhgSXvWKfgiO3TlpVdi_pJrtddoynTFy3qf22mkaFhdZQiagpTFKyYz9b--Htys4KyQFeWJyjuZA90ny8qBYyuLv6Ajg_AlzU/s4032/Day%204F%20Tjornin%20Pond%20Oct%2020%202022%20(70).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSaV-ADinKdExRR2BxAaNhPKLgyrMnMNvd-Y-bVkqO0xcBTIRp8_WE_kxFMYKQtMxcN0rY-nsIz7mviaIdjslm_d4rhgSXvWKfgiO3TlpVdi_pJrtddoynTFy3qf22mkaFhdZQiagpTFKyYz9b--Htys4KyQFeWJyjuZA90ny8qBYyuLv6Ajg_AlzU/s320/Day%204F%20Tjornin%20Pond%20Oct%2020%202022%20(70).jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span><span> </span> <span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;">Before getting to Iceland we had this crazy idea of learning a few words in Icelandic. Well as you can see from the street names above this was a lot more difficult than we had planned.</span></span><br /></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> <span> </span><span> Setting out to our next stop was just a short ride to the ocean. We stopped to see the Sun Voyager which was a stainless steel sculpture of a Viking boat and then drove past the Reykjavik Concert Hall, Harpa, which was a nice modern building with honeycomb windows.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span> </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span></span></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRJ4yMeDXcAHZJ7J895yr6DZrBKUU3aImoswKY828HGAsXPwQ9smE6AnRatX07x50D-GExpzGknnpGEL2N-21AUhwwF10jB_Vb2hXP3pah6LRR71MFfrbJvwkTHzWi4jUh10RjMxqoOtwy6z2I_VRt_X_bj0pWImA89X6RFHt3Z7WHVqwHM96lIK2p/s4896/Day%204C%20Sun%20Voyager%20Sculpture%20Oct%2020%202022%20(3).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRJ4yMeDXcAHZJ7J895yr6DZrBKUU3aImoswKY828HGAsXPwQ9smE6AnRatX07x50D-GExpzGknnpGEL2N-21AUhwwF10jB_Vb2hXP3pah6LRR71MFfrbJvwkTHzWi4jUh10RjMxqoOtwy6z2I_VRt_X_bj0pWImA89X6RFHt3Z7WHVqwHM96lIK2p/w640-h480/Day%204C%20Sun%20Voyager%20Sculpture%20Oct%2020%202022%20(3).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Max at the Sculpture of a Viking boat named the Sun Voyager<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-gd5epP11c8Vv_NUU7OMSQUiKRikSJvB4FGS5DWjlBs6k_ayqwpjR3KunkjzFlVSJvSi60SQcLwVIUAq5EVV0Imm_yWKxEVPz8Y2Za9dBYWRVMdScsg40B8iwN1OtgBHlB1KHecgFNC-fL0qYR5hSPaCg21jjXTp8rgH8_sFZtAKDC2QkHjd2rHsj/s4896/Day%204D%20Harpa%20Opera%20House%20Oct%2020%202022%20(2).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-gd5epP11c8Vv_NUU7OMSQUiKRikSJvB4FGS5DWjlBs6k_ayqwpjR3KunkjzFlVSJvSi60SQcLwVIUAq5EVV0Imm_yWKxEVPz8Y2Za9dBYWRVMdScsg40B8iwN1OtgBHlB1KHecgFNC-fL0qYR5hSPaCg21jjXTp8rgH8_sFZtAKDC2QkHjd2rHsj/w400-h300/Day%204D%20Harpa%20Opera%20House%20Oct%2020%202022%20(2).JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Harpa Concert Hall</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></span></span></span><p></p><p><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The following stop was the one I was waiting for in the city. We went to Tjornin Lake located near city hall and several museums. But my interest was on the lake itself. Waterfowl! I wanted to get some close-up photos of the swans and other ducks. So we took a walk around the lake and I started snapping pictures.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9qXz66m-2njlcZI3hVAp5M2NVFMIuX3OixJnRBk4hfSlYoOcuthJlisQH5wfJVzkcpYUcYtFJlkIAqXUdcteFHl_vZhK_ZWnfhYowQsRntRS5wI6sjHtebTddZW-eZjgskkoywpGktoXAwDVPcSKxTyb8jwYAiDjkE90DBz30RWNlRbO_DdHVUPQC/s4896/Day%204E%20Tjornin%20Lake%20Oct%2020%202022%20(1).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9qXz66m-2njlcZI3hVAp5M2NVFMIuX3OixJnRBk4hfSlYoOcuthJlisQH5wfJVzkcpYUcYtFJlkIAqXUdcteFHl_vZhK_ZWnfhYowQsRntRS5wI6sjHtebTddZW-eZjgskkoywpGktoXAwDVPcSKxTyb8jwYAiDjkE90DBz30RWNlRbO_DdHVUPQC/w640-h480/Day%204E%20Tjornin%20Lake%20Oct%2020%202022%20(1).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Eurasian Wigeon<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXuvUMtL2Mpsj-lgVaaz5YR_WZQJWHmmKmFKEkSid2mq81vOmwklHPEjI4mKB8-TJXd_116i4eSkwcBs86HbmuEUkRqWiyPhJ8eTtnH_2SUEGK4ouJJju2FCxyYTcnW8nAP7RZnhpSBevKOW4B6p0tDiWqMYsxgCtDEchrXiDcNNpqn2TcsZFdDNvu/s4896/Day%204E%20Tjornin%20Lake%20Oct%2020%202022%20(16).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXuvUMtL2Mpsj-lgVaaz5YR_WZQJWHmmKmFKEkSid2mq81vOmwklHPEjI4mKB8-TJXd_116i4eSkwcBs86HbmuEUkRqWiyPhJ8eTtnH_2SUEGK4ouJJju2FCxyYTcnW8nAP7RZnhpSBevKOW4B6p0tDiWqMYsxgCtDEchrXiDcNNpqn2TcsZFdDNvu/s320/Day%204E%20Tjornin%20Lake%20Oct%2020%202022%20(16).JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Whooper Swan<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6nyRcpZK9Bwkz8lOzbctlwKRsVD1E8bqg8XHt3lJStL0YAVbFyL824JMwOj1VBDsagrlKD0V_B8UGWFhXvraclOv7voInuaY2DqRUycU-vSJkw3W7j6KQbRtOVffUGqhXgzUJNa8MHX7ia5u5N2HeFafUmflwRfJP_4_H8mI9jVW9pgGnvHrp1ATQ/s4896/Day%204E%20Tjornin%20Lake%20Oct%2020%202022%20(23).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6nyRcpZK9Bwkz8lOzbctlwKRsVD1E8bqg8XHt3lJStL0YAVbFyL824JMwOj1VBDsagrlKD0V_B8UGWFhXvraclOv7voInuaY2DqRUycU-vSJkw3W7j6KQbRtOVffUGqhXgzUJNa8MHX7ia5u5N2HeFafUmflwRfJP_4_H8mI9jVW9pgGnvHrp1ATQ/w640-h480/Day%204E%20Tjornin%20Lake%20Oct%2020%202022%20(23).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Black-headed Gull</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Oznv1t8PJAsbfSgV0gwXBpB-c1NLG5l3cG1dqCAQ8qxCcT4zoHHsDdOIwuPA5OY_TWpy8o4sB592QQucEODr6VjQmeNTHTtLZYVSDm0erQg1St79tjLU6OJnm7a94z5-l17pI2uQjIqcFxY0qBWLmCnWjHmzmQ9KA3F6-xFeDfzKrwIz6pH6bqoy/s4896/Day%204E%20Tjornin%20Lake%20Oct%2020%202022%20(32).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Oznv1t8PJAsbfSgV0gwXBpB-c1NLG5l3cG1dqCAQ8qxCcT4zoHHsDdOIwuPA5OY_TWpy8o4sB592QQucEODr6VjQmeNTHTtLZYVSDm0erQg1St79tjLU6OJnm7a94z5-l17pI2uQjIqcFxY0qBWLmCnWjHmzmQ9KA3F6-xFeDfzKrwIz6pH6bqoy/s320/Day%204E%20Tjornin%20Lake%20Oct%2020%202022%20(32).JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">President of Iceland's Office<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLuzsta2uRrjPCseJ_ZYncRbaA89XhnQqOpJi77yki9t7_QU5_x19Yps2ERym_M457h6ktzdUqYaiOZQEoq2yDiVlV4UaYfXuL7vTAZmU4VJt9gmbgPXkJmRJ40Det0VOqaKuMgNONB2wcAUf1KAujDLD06wx3EruaAUZeE51fO08zK3DUmLfsXcN4/s4896/Day%204E%20Tjornin%20Lake%20Oct%2020%202022%20(38).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLuzsta2uRrjPCseJ_ZYncRbaA89XhnQqOpJi77yki9t7_QU5_x19Yps2ERym_M457h6ktzdUqYaiOZQEoq2yDiVlV4UaYfXuL7vTAZmU4VJt9gmbgPXkJmRJ40Det0VOqaKuMgNONB2wcAUf1KAujDLD06wx3EruaAUZeE51fO08zK3DUmLfsXcN4/w400-h300/Day%204E%20Tjornin%20Lake%20Oct%2020%202022%20(38).JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Graylag Goose<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOoMPxnpFcJQHcgotjU15auPgoWhGJQ1-V2WyvNbHVyLrL6UFD-hTK00WMBo2tG3WbDjLwmU5AdGtLcd7JX0qCsUcMtSVf1XlkDcLNjOhAruqTRDGhEQmAfsKUJBdJzRdOYaZ1Z0OdBToK7xoRlwohBAQv_f8z-fZ96Cg_UyunrnQvQEiTHRk64Goo/s4896/Day%204E%20Tjornin%20Lake%20Oct%2020%202022%20(42).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOoMPxnpFcJQHcgotjU15auPgoWhGJQ1-V2WyvNbHVyLrL6UFD-hTK00WMBo2tG3WbDjLwmU5AdGtLcd7JX0qCsUcMtSVf1XlkDcLNjOhAruqTRDGhEQmAfsKUJBdJzRdOYaZ1Z0OdBToK7xoRlwohBAQv_f8z-fZ96Cg_UyunrnQvQEiTHRk64Goo/w640-h480/Day%204E%20Tjornin%20Lake%20Oct%2020%202022%20(42).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Tufted Duck<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjojM8vrGHSi4qfv8uYkvPEm5hwPOWe3gzpwGFp3dpeAGqZ4fR129rzRtbIDY4nivJArX1wgFVg9ZDOpP56NTNWGiThUS3XYjScC5WrhPDgbER9k7NjqsJjXG709Hjf17pFj0EAng8jsP_5owmGDeSJwPdC0vKkKZCJ9zV4Y3D0yFrVwJ_EW-yGWjUs/s4896/Day%204E%20Tjornin%20Lake%20Oct%2020%202022%20(44).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4896" data-original-width="3672" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjojM8vrGHSi4qfv8uYkvPEm5hwPOWe3gzpwGFp3dpeAGqZ4fR129rzRtbIDY4nivJArX1wgFVg9ZDOpP56NTNWGiThUS3XYjScC5WrhPDgbER9k7NjqsJjXG709Hjf17pFj0EAng8jsP_5owmGDeSJwPdC0vKkKZCJ9zV4Y3D0yFrVwJ_EW-yGWjUs/w300-h400/Day%204E%20Tjornin%20Lake%20Oct%2020%202022%20(44).JPG" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Interesting Sculpture<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic8EsArW8bnbWdHpGyBz3XNXncHV5wfdFyva6BIdDSJhkuTZjfJ1XwdqoFKZsq7KCE85A9YNEV-RFwYiBfemkDnbiMC3UkTFsKGp4AHpJ_TBPi0g-PMsz-rCfLKgokVjdr1n9r95lrKSR1VNcTw5jLl0FWDGguV_XN8hMIVkfseIguHI5p8Jw1Qr8f/s4896/Day%204E%20Tjornin%20Lake%20Oct%2020%202022%20(48).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic8EsArW8bnbWdHpGyBz3XNXncHV5wfdFyva6BIdDSJhkuTZjfJ1XwdqoFKZsq7KCE85A9YNEV-RFwYiBfemkDnbiMC3UkTFsKGp4AHpJ_TBPi0g-PMsz-rCfLKgokVjdr1n9r95lrKSR1VNcTw5jLl0FWDGguV_XN8hMIVkfseIguHI5p8Jw1Qr8f/w640-h480/Day%204E%20Tjornin%20Lake%20Oct%2020%202022%20(48).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Distant photo of Common Gull - lower center bird with yellowish legs<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <span> </span><span> </span>After this we headed back to the hotel for dinner and after dark we went to the Blue Lagoon, a popular spa destination featuring an outdoor lagoon with mineral-rich waters in a lava field. What's so special about the Blue Lagoon in Iceland? It's most famous for its steamy mineral-rich water and soft white silica mud, both of which have healing effects on the skin. Locals and visitors have long enjoyed the benefits of bathing in the Blue Lagoon and spreading silica mud on their skin, and scientists have even studied its curative powers. <br />The Blue Lagoon is a bit of a tourist trap and will make a hole in your budget but I really enjoyed it.<br /></span></span><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> </span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFsElXnBoyZ_fr8lklvJjNyUMkWkdk9-3-dc9lpFXgMWR509j6JYEwhL-jQL034rlpO93YgqynuDMUPJOLQYMp58vGelLdlJytA487pLCdJkhO2NETRBL6BqjZ1_x600WRdJGiQopHnFrOtVJHdQKhzWQcPAWv4cqdomiNvbQPWNeTsD-00hHqN9Kv/s883/iceland-s-blue-lagoon-the-ultimate-travel-guide-23.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="589" data-original-width="883" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFsElXnBoyZ_fr8lklvJjNyUMkWkdk9-3-dc9lpFXgMWR509j6JYEwhL-jQL034rlpO93YgqynuDMUPJOLQYMp58vGelLdlJytA487pLCdJkhO2NETRBL6BqjZ1_x600WRdJGiQopHnFrOtVJHdQKhzWQcPAWv4cqdomiNvbQPWNeTsD-00hHqN9Kv/w640-h426/iceland-s-blue-lagoon-the-ultimate-travel-guide-23.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Blue Lagoon Spa<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> <span> </span><span> </span>The water is warm but not hot like a hot tub. You must shower before you enter the water and then you can enter by going outside in the cold air or by a tunnel that leads directly into the warm water. I was the only one stupid enough to take the freezing cold outside route but the spa quickly brought me back to consciousness. With the paid admission you get a drink while in the spa and a silica facial mask. The water was so nice we stayed in for about 2 1/2 hours looking for the northern lights again and enjoying the warmth. Sharon and Chris closed the placed down.<br /></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIltRTPVRvXqv4k8ly9TtbheiiG2rWOucdfR8RLN_iFDPN7_xTrtNGwHzbxJxDWh-ZgFOrivMWdwB2ZHV6th8_rpOQLMf-7kWKKuCGGE0moF6vLYr1UXngYIk-kkQ8CVOUcBoj7WdrpSL45aybvMP9HVDfMCyi8ZMKuzEalz7FVeJtVu04xMOwn_k4/s4000/Day%204Z%20Blue%20Lagoon%20Oct%2020%202022%20(20).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIltRTPVRvXqv4k8ly9TtbheiiG2rWOucdfR8RLN_iFDPN7_xTrtNGwHzbxJxDWh-ZgFOrivMWdwB2ZHV6th8_rpOQLMf-7kWKKuCGGE0moF6vLYr1UXngYIk-kkQ8CVOUcBoj7WdrpSL45aybvMP9HVDfMCyi8ZMKuzEalz7FVeJtVu04xMOwn_k4/w640-h480/Day%204Z%20Blue%20Lagoon%20Oct%2020%202022%20(20).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Enjoying the spa<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgPJObhD-UuAy5i4zKXg1O68w7aQbNWrnm3kQd7XT8ogSI09wU3w5RXXJxRnVC4TpYLHbMBpn6JIO7DJL691RGG6Clzx8tmDYwnFpF4Giz6ETRYF9E12fBrTJK4rrVQmRtp91mDz0p7-5ejtrHAcpZQh4heG-tl5ZkSn8Eea7dKnHRvP-dQqtVCNGy/s4000/Day%204Z%20Blue%20Lagoon%20Oct%2020%202022%20(21).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgPJObhD-UuAy5i4zKXg1O68w7aQbNWrnm3kQd7XT8ogSI09wU3w5RXXJxRnVC4TpYLHbMBpn6JIO7DJL691RGG6Clzx8tmDYwnFpF4Giz6ETRYF9E12fBrTJK4rrVQmRtp91mDz0p7-5ejtrHAcpZQh4heG-tl5ZkSn8Eea7dKnHRvP-dQqtVCNGy/w400-h300/Day%204Z%20Blue%20Lagoon%20Oct%2020%202022%20(21).JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Silica face mask<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> </span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYqhYRjuD9kvFMduYiTV6K4BqsCfXI76LPNg_trlL3S_-16NW3jvjwP-Kmw86iftrAauG_AvLQ-8jgcWawmvWOScrG5xTi4CE57ihFcUY8juQEs89OX5FWG3f3kz8JA9BSwQNNgkV8OY2b0S3UVTU2053uscIWhoQT0leOTOckPPoBS9NQx_-lrNIt/s4000/Day%204Z%20Blue%20Lagoon%20Oct%2020%202022%20(31).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYqhYRjuD9kvFMduYiTV6K4BqsCfXI76LPNg_trlL3S_-16NW3jvjwP-Kmw86iftrAauG_AvLQ-8jgcWawmvWOScrG5xTi4CE57ihFcUY8juQEs89OX5FWG3f3kz8JA9BSwQNNgkV8OY2b0S3UVTU2053uscIWhoQT0leOTOckPPoBS9NQx_-lrNIt/w640-h480/Day%204Z%20Blue%20Lagoon%20Oct%2020%202022%20(31).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Party Time - camera kept fogging over<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span> </span><span> </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Our last day we headed back to the Keflavik peninsula, which is where the airport was located and we stopped at the Kvika foot bath. It was a natural pool but the water was so hot I couldn't stick my foot in, so I went birding along the shoreline.<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqaaXa68O2fr9Rfj9T06xlposKDo4kwg5AUno4lQJCbQYY6NwuMiVNT1YHDlubh_6gKVsEA4Mvu958HJ0WSHa76DodvJhpFgmMwfJFZA3slSagjKX6cfse0N3-SyRWYANGhBQxsmQ4ZtLUAL-DKUcCwtPvtDnlVOpqJkrN-IbM1QPg_BuSy1kZALmN/s4896/Day%205F%20Kvika%20Footbath%20near%20Keflavik%20%20Oct%2021%202022%20(6).JPG"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqaaXa68O2fr9Rfj9T06xlposKDo4kwg5AUno4lQJCbQYY6NwuMiVNT1YHDlubh_6gKVsEA4Mvu958HJ0WSHa76DodvJhpFgmMwfJFZA3slSagjKX6cfse0N3-SyRWYANGhBQxsmQ4ZtLUAL-DKUcCwtPvtDnlVOpqJkrN-IbM1QPg_BuSy1kZALmN/w640-h480/Day%205F%20Kvika%20Footbath%20near%20Keflavik%20%20Oct%2021%202022%20(6).JPG" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_2IqgBHdHjeIxgVjT58viAD14VzliNDHypqulKGkHBxe4wxhj3jVV3Zq3kMefSO34ogTgJ-SBlvMoNGRygAzzwwYgTi184t4GpvNVS00ZYfgX2fmRw-d7FM6JyQvJEowjnFuei-zO0tPc7pzMX8DQk8YrguFiTxHryDzFL3Kv6EMjavVEjj193PHl/s4896/Day%205F%20Seltjarnarnes--Snoppa%20Oct%2021%202022%20%20(2).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_2IqgBHdHjeIxgVjT58viAD14VzliNDHypqulKGkHBxe4wxhj3jVV3Zq3kMefSO34ogTgJ-SBlvMoNGRygAzzwwYgTi184t4GpvNVS00ZYfgX2fmRw-d7FM6JyQvJEowjnFuei-zO0tPc7pzMX8DQk8YrguFiTxHryDzFL3Kv6EMjavVEjj193PHl/w640-h480/Day%205F%20Seltjarnarnes--Snoppa%20Oct%2021%202022%20%20(2).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Great Cormorant<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXKMvrz18y0iarn6kU13qSoSXxXk2NHAH-5VCkwdQ9XAIrLMmc412FRoUUI4vX-SKlUFLyNBVZJEAelnQOFXKbs176DSfbHZoO6Z41A0LcUpmLhs_Rdd4n39Uc-2wP1WZMvD_qW8np9xfk04oK-ElNV7WcKAvapVIBUxaG94ORYUdTu5e4HNkFMfON/s4896/Day%205F%20Seltjarnarnes--Snoppa%20Oct%2021%202022%20%20(3).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXKMvrz18y0iarn6kU13qSoSXxXk2NHAH-5VCkwdQ9XAIrLMmc412FRoUUI4vX-SKlUFLyNBVZJEAelnQOFXKbs176DSfbHZoO6Z41A0LcUpmLhs_Rdd4n39Uc-2wP1WZMvD_qW8np9xfk04oK-ElNV7WcKAvapVIBUxaG94ORYUdTu5e4HNkFMfON/w640-h480/Day%205F%20Seltjarnarnes--Snoppa%20Oct%2021%202022%20%20(3).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Black Guillemot<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span> </span><span> </span>Down at the lighthouse I was able to get a couple more life birds. There was a large flock of Eurasian Golden Plovers and a Common Redshank. The other life bird I found was a European Shag (Cormorant) which I was unsuccessful at getting a photograph. <br /> </span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPhewwE9a-bQXJCYT2jZmMVOBjW_D3LLNLm7ynDHeFokqv4OXQkZT2WkXpqMnW3WTiIb-TIl8sLYsDCNac-uUqVIR4goETN1ZyQG5sIIJwYD9vcbafvaJE8Sy5YFqffuR08GEx8B3ah6z5xy8J5wWsD4sMADh1VDFo-qUEqQ2osVn4bTFOMNlZWhXc/s4896/Day%205F%20Seltjarnarnes--Snoppa%20Oct%2021%202022%20%20(38).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPhewwE9a-bQXJCYT2jZmMVOBjW_D3LLNLm7ynDHeFokqv4OXQkZT2WkXpqMnW3WTiIb-TIl8sLYsDCNac-uUqVIR4goETN1ZyQG5sIIJwYD9vcbafvaJE8Sy5YFqffuR08GEx8B3ah6z5xy8J5wWsD4sMADh1VDFo-qUEqQ2osVn4bTFOMNlZWhXc/w640-h480/Day%205F%20Seltjarnarnes--Snoppa%20Oct%2021%202022%20%20(38).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Eurasian Golden Plover<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxYz05btjASCX57KrlkA5z4TzbG0GiyDsenfQtO7KtjKlNk45N5L8kk7_IomJWC7K5JnCx3YZIUsWO0U3wfKhZyCGuBFOb5-sdNqcbZCSNSthMwQ7w9yrL9Z6-0Ao9RXS1J7q-2SytEtJ456BOkl0CFxKcz8Gc0ItLrlxI5GijZF0ySEs65mFC0Vi6/s4896/Day%205F%20Seltjarnarnes--Snoppa%20Oct%2021%202022%20%20(33).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxYz05btjASCX57KrlkA5z4TzbG0GiyDsenfQtO7KtjKlNk45N5L8kk7_IomJWC7K5JnCx3YZIUsWO0U3wfKhZyCGuBFOb5-sdNqcbZCSNSthMwQ7w9yrL9Z6-0Ao9RXS1J7q-2SytEtJ456BOkl0CFxKcz8Gc0ItLrlxI5GijZF0ySEs65mFC0Vi6/w640-h480/Day%205F%20Seltjarnarnes--Snoppa%20Oct%2021%202022%20%20(33).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Common Redshank<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilMmz261pl8WJujNaxqihJx_RVYZ-Kb04CyU5v4jyDRo3tKW2LeIGlloj1P8niPgyb5R2oaT2_tEullx52Zv_6UZvVYoTKXxxWYDJQR6sI89Dj6yGJ3mFwUOCAoR3DamkcUGWo4nKxPPVzzRGFzg-VfTemnANz1OWDhlnGsRSzm2Wx_PJ13JUVa9vS/s4896/Day%205F%20Seltjarnarnes--Snoppa%20Oct%2021%202022%20%20(32).JPG" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilMmz261pl8WJujNaxqihJx_RVYZ-Kb04CyU5v4jyDRo3tKW2LeIGlloj1P8niPgyb5R2oaT2_tEullx52Zv_6UZvVYoTKXxxWYDJQR6sI89Dj6yGJ3mFwUOCAoR3DamkcUGWo4nKxPPVzzRGFzg-VfTemnANz1OWDhlnGsRSzm2Wx_PJ13JUVa9vS/s320/Day%205F%20Seltjarnarnes--Snoppa%20Oct%2021%202022%20%20(32).JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Ruddy Turnstone<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc3pljskuv91wAZBVTFHbaQ-evImbBYTpURPahSWQ4aKZINHQGzqqopG_6yFEctFNB3JzQwgEj1DeQfhwREyv_LZnfykUr_TPElV70zA03K2VoRoo0R-N2MaxabJhTTqY_bskcmyo5OtiO5Oh22MyjlFcKcGnT6gCo6SjBSxeIjmSm3e9yr02Iq3K7/s4896/Day%205F%20Seltjarnarnes--Snoppa%20Oct%2021%202022%20%20(28).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc3pljskuv91wAZBVTFHbaQ-evImbBYTpURPahSWQ4aKZINHQGzqqopG_6yFEctFNB3JzQwgEj1DeQfhwREyv_LZnfykUr_TPElV70zA03K2VoRoo0R-N2MaxabJhTTqY_bskcmyo5OtiO5Oh22MyjlFcKcGnT6gCo6SjBSxeIjmSm3e9yr02Iq3K7/w640-h480/Day%205F%20Seltjarnarnes--Snoppa%20Oct%2021%202022%20%20(28).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Any guesses?<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyWqv8bWzNyU96ftWkLYfrf29wjVt3ZEMhKLw5J7_c3r2A6Co1YCdhfXmoqs2iI7USb72LVpxqPUQSC2Vz4b1GMkHrPhUxLnrptERbJwgj6DX3_w21WpdhC8RM8nbLwzafrWklBEFuMX1WY6ABmZVeNEHATNrBy7hnmzp4rFYnb62Q7met_mxJHW4a/s4896/Day%205F%20Seltjarnarnes--Snoppa%20Oct%2021%202022%20%20(26).JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyWqv8bWzNyU96ftWkLYfrf29wjVt3ZEMhKLw5J7_c3r2A6Co1YCdhfXmoqs2iI7USb72LVpxqPUQSC2Vz4b1GMkHrPhUxLnrptERbJwgj6DX3_w21WpdhC8RM8nbLwzafrWklBEFuMX1WY6ABmZVeNEHATNrBy7hnmzp4rFYnb62Q7met_mxJHW4a/w400-h300/Day%205F%20Seltjarnarnes--Snoppa%20Oct%2021%202022%20%20(26).JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Common Redshank again</span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioXuyxnvyZOjeG_DfLf_nNcvN1h1eSqbDriSiF3YIlbzxD0uvwRdbO3IYBV9PdFqZ5DnYjYLVUn1SBJ_sJcVWVoN0mGDUAJID4-4zhTr8wKTr5wUgey_TI78nGMOZeyKaFi321aPakofMX16Pj8R73cRn3t56XqvYCnGmUmidhnOD00zcYmRQgtAxW/s4896/Day%205F%20Seltjarnarnes--Snoppa%20Oct%2021%202022%20%20(23).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioXuyxnvyZOjeG_DfLf_nNcvN1h1eSqbDriSiF3YIlbzxD0uvwRdbO3IYBV9PdFqZ5DnYjYLVUn1SBJ_sJcVWVoN0mGDUAJID4-4zhTr8wKTr5wUgey_TI78nGMOZeyKaFi321aPakofMX16Pj8R73cRn3t56XqvYCnGmUmidhnOD00zcYmRQgtAxW/w640-h480/Day%205F%20Seltjarnarnes--Snoppa%20Oct%2021%202022%20%20(23).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Grotta Island Lighthouse at end of Keflavik Peninsula<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> <span> </span><span> </span>Out flight home left at 4:30PM and we got to Denver at 6:30PM. The time zones were very helpful and in our favor. The actual flight took about 7 1/2 hours.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span> </span><span> </span>The mystery bird above is a Purple Sandpiper. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span> </span><span> </span>It was a short but wonderful trip. Would I go back again. Yes indeed, but I have other places to go first. So, maybe someday. </span><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> </span></span><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5560944675285746101.post-1100417139512619392022-11-27T07:53:00.005-05:002022-11-29T10:13:18.528-05:00Hermit Warbler makes an appearance in Delaware County<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihhrVutGSnpcnYJZ7GXD_Klk41ElLkbFnmHugnGLQ5lDDpHHvHeRyRW1kXQhfonGZatHHqcwPWF4HCAAK-g4gHNVzuvtazyerABq7yHx_crnWnkd5MfVTjv700-Qi8FDPT438Cupq1p_phShG1ra-WYjtqQCQlTJvWu7FnvpLIsiV00EUYO4sZWyOk/s1080/thumbnail.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1080" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihhrVutGSnpcnYJZ7GXD_Klk41ElLkbFnmHugnGLQ5lDDpHHvHeRyRW1kXQhfonGZatHHqcwPWF4HCAAK-g4gHNVzuvtazyerABq7yHx_crnWnkd5MfVTjv700-Qi8FDPT438Cupq1p_phShG1ra-WYjtqQCQlTJvWu7FnvpLIsiV00EUYO4sZWyOk/w640-h426/thumbnail.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Brian Quindlen's Photo of Hermit Warbler<br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> <span style="color: #2b00fe;"> <span style="font-size: medium;">On November 25, 2022</span></span></span><span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> <span style="font-size: medium;">Eric Gulson and Teresa Pegan from Michigan were visiting family in Upper Chichester</span> <span style="font-size: medium;">for Thanksgiving when they happened to look out the living room window and discovered a small bird flitting around the tree out front. Upon further investigation they would discover the bird to be a Hermit Warbler. This is a bird of the Pacific Coast and should be in Mexico at this time of year. </span></span></span><p></p><p><span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>They posted the sighting on eBird and fortunately people saw the posting. I was just getting home from birding at the Commodore Barry bridge when Sara Busch calls and asked if I saw the alert. I told her no I hadn't because I had been driving and just sat down at the kitchen table. She asked if I knew the observers and could I contact them. I didn't know them but I was able to get their email address and ask if they were accepting visitors to their home. They quickly responded that they were allowing visitors and I got the message out. Within 15 minutes I was there and Rob Fergus had somehow managed to get there before I did.</span></span></span></p><p><span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>Within an hour's time I would guess there were about 20 birders roaming the neighborhood in search of the warbler. I stayed for about 2 1/2 hours and finally gave up after not seeing the bird. People were making plans already to come the next morning, me included, figuring the bird would stay put in the area. </span></span></span></p><p><span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>Saturday morning I arrived back at their house at 7:15 am and Dave Wilton walked past me as I was sitting in the car. We started chatting and then a van pulled up with Shannon Thompson in it and she reported the bird was found at the Chichester Baptist Church (now an eBird hotspot "Stakeout Hermit Warbler, Cherry Tree Rd) around the corner and down the road a block or two. We headed over to the church parking lot and who was there looking at the bird but Jason Horn and Ross Gallardy with his newborn baby Roger. A little later Brian Quindlin showed up with his newborn son Adam. Birders these days seem to be starting out younger and younger.<br /></span></span></span></p><p><span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span> </span><span> </span></span></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTBp221OTbc089KVvqiYA_pFDru0vRKHiMSZnkQHH7LHVpE0u3fgVhFcansG3P1i7WhK0BsHpd8jYhKBz26j4f3V52o5iuGZWbobbn2wRlxhyyGpUHTrSi1d3wgZWVDkS9wqhDWuM6u2Cq5dNwXjkq2Kc8mw2odBICHC_QREYN27V_LPMTlYG9aUYZ/s1207/image_50802177.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="965" data-original-width="1207" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTBp221OTbc089KVvqiYA_pFDru0vRKHiMSZnkQHH7LHVpE0u3fgVhFcansG3P1i7WhK0BsHpd8jYhKBz26j4f3V52o5iuGZWbobbn2wRlxhyyGpUHTrSi1d3wgZWVDkS9wqhDWuM6u2Cq5dNwXjkq2Kc8mw2odBICHC_QREYN27V_LPMTlYG9aUYZ/w640-h512/image_50802177.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Great frontal shot (Josh Graham)<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><br /></span></span></span></span><p></p><p><span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span></span></span></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKicQMxiMuBke1xYtWIxcK0EUb-6VAlghyZIYuEdwSzvF5MfIlCxrs1MuCg012OPibotv7Ky0exlcDZojGofAkDZ0YoXG7078vGGOWJ-UjFfKZ77CRLQ5P-Ny0THMPiyK6bBL-B9xPyYmP_HDzfN3Z67TP47KqzxRiywqRZLnflvTwxJmyWZ2zcN6o/s1080/thumbnail.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1080" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKicQMxiMuBke1xYtWIxcK0EUb-6VAlghyZIYuEdwSzvF5MfIlCxrs1MuCg012OPibotv7Ky0exlcDZojGofAkDZ0YoXG7078vGGOWJ-UjFfKZ77CRLQ5P-Ny0THMPiyK6bBL-B9xPyYmP_HDzfN3Z67TP47KqzxRiywqRZLnflvTwxJmyWZ2zcN6o/w640-h480/thumbnail.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Just part of the crowd ( Photo by Sara Busch)<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYm6AEr8Sywib3EeukCuUD7XVL7U517aXwjO2M9EMuk96AQz13xoqhoBpYNU4BMzJMfovSWHoL_LTtVDzkZ_RcyzKklL4iTw86eRdDxTE1zH7GCu19J98BObpAVAQj7h09RYWHsLT3oD9xmzrQbY_MzY019de0M2N2npjv_v2idhJSoXXN8w14JgKq/s4032/image_50408449.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYm6AEr8Sywib3EeukCuUD7XVL7U517aXwjO2M9EMuk96AQz13xoqhoBpYNU4BMzJMfovSWHoL_LTtVDzkZ_RcyzKklL4iTw86eRdDxTE1zH7GCu19J98BObpAVAQj7h09RYWHsLT3oD9xmzrQbY_MzY019de0M2N2npjv_v2idhJSoXXN8w14JgKq/w640-h360/image_50408449.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Another crowd shot (photo by Chad Hutchinson)</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></span></span><p></p><p><span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span> </span><span> </span> </span><span> </span>The bird was flitting around in a row of white pines but was exceedingly difficult to get a good look. John Zygmunt showed up and then the bird popped up in view and everyone got a glimpse of the bird except yours truly. Eventually, dozens of folks started showing up and the more eyes the better. I was finally able to get a satisfying look but couldn't get a good picture. When I left at 9am there were at least 30 birders there and I heard that the warbler wasn't seen again after 9:30.</span></span></span></p><p><span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>Needless to say, I was thrilled to get a new life bird for Delaware County and for Pennsylvania. Chad Kauffman asked me how many warblers I have seen in Pennsylvania counting this warbler. I never thought about this, so I counted them and came up with 40 species seen in PA. </span></span></span></p><p><span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>I believe this is a first state record of Hermit Warbler. It was quite the challenge to get a decent view and also great to see the many birding friends that were made from past birding expeditions. </span></span> </span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5560944675285746101.post-32754753272162811292022-11-23T12:25:00.000-05:002022-11-23T12:25:25.241-05:00Iceland Day 3 <br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhifTtIkgyM51pcwvSVfK_zdZumm67E4sys3daBeh2DREZEuIZdglagElRgukOHxPEIKTLLhvkZuN-bKZ01cwZSQVMjL6WyKz9yYZ2lww0wHovKTFuG1OKz53Gva1KpHV2T_QVDf7u12-C90uAMxDH-0sP75I2QRHEfw96a9PLqRrYynZdIxTP0TsK-/s4896/Day%203B%20Skogafoss%20Waterfalls%20Oct%2019%202022%20%20%20%20(18).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhifTtIkgyM51pcwvSVfK_zdZumm67E4sys3daBeh2DREZEuIZdglagElRgukOHxPEIKTLLhvkZuN-bKZ01cwZSQVMjL6WyKz9yYZ2lww0wHovKTFuG1OKz53Gva1KpHV2T_QVDf7u12-C90uAMxDH-0sP75I2QRHEfw96a9PLqRrYynZdIxTP0TsK-/w640-h480/Day%203B%20Skogafoss%20Waterfalls%20Oct%2019%202022%20%20%20%20(18).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A stark but beautiful countryside</span></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><span> </span><span> <span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Our third day in Iceland commenced at the Skogafoss waterfalls. I'm probably being redundant with adding the word waterfalls since in Icelandic the "foss" on the end of the word means falls. Anyway, Skogafoss is one of Iceland's biggest and most beautiful waterfalls with an astounding width of 82 feet and a drop of 197 feet.</span></span></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> <span style="font-size: medium;">Due to the amount of spray the cascade produces, at least one rainbow is present any time the sun emerges from behind the clouds.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs-maGtXyJn16hr1C_BjvyvOT-GNwRpGWfnfVxpSUVdrqtE_-K5NwpczlJy1llPkDFKtfBirvner3JzKw1GeuYrJj3IxFKXffzUIAOUhm7_AbPICGEZi5BncxpTVaQOoq_U2v3JnVvR1aDghAgpEbfpb4ZgYUVAsdAGzI0aM8Di1ZXHDwnFcOlifXp/s4032/Day%203B%20Skogafoss%20Waterfalls%20Oct%2019%202022%20%20%20%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs-maGtXyJn16hr1C_BjvyvOT-GNwRpGWfnfVxpSUVdrqtE_-K5NwpczlJy1llPkDFKtfBirvner3JzKw1GeuYrJj3IxFKXffzUIAOUhm7_AbPICGEZi5BncxpTVaQOoq_U2v3JnVvR1aDghAgpEbfpb4ZgYUVAsdAGzI0aM8Di1ZXHDwnFcOlifXp/s320/Day%203B%20Skogafoss%20Waterfalls%20Oct%2019%202022%20%20%20%20(1).jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Rainbow next to falls<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBsN06iqpaWZH9DWTnfRZ2zGmp3l1r0N7FnAqZz5RoQviJfGBYRmneixge694eNHy0p5n5lY_9GITvKy6AOvvIUNQkOriXP_UU25OmgcZeHcxAaG0qt9OP1P2IpoW1NbgSSqWUsQE1w-ZgF9IJd7YPlhzb2BS1owK8B6VlMAMCnF7jhQi6jt29tQ-8/s4896/Day%203B%20Skogafoss%20Waterfalls%20Oct%2019%202022%20%20%20%20(7).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4896" data-original-width="3672" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBsN06iqpaWZH9DWTnfRZ2zGmp3l1r0N7FnAqZz5RoQviJfGBYRmneixge694eNHy0p5n5lY_9GITvKy6AOvvIUNQkOriXP_UU25OmgcZeHcxAaG0qt9OP1P2IpoW1NbgSSqWUsQE1w-ZgF9IJd7YPlhzb2BS1owK8B6VlMAMCnF7jhQi6jt29tQ-8/w480-h640/Day%203B%20Skogafoss%20Waterfalls%20Oct%2019%202022%20%20%20%20(7).JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Skogafoss with Chris and Max</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <span> </span><span> </span>Journeying onward, we initiated our traveling inland and venturing to a higher elevation by climbing the mountains formed by volcanoes. We visited the Kerid Crater, which has a lake inside similar to Crater Lake in Oregon. The volcanic crater is approximately 3000 year old and you are encouraged to walk around the rim. </span></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSPAcp-uX6iRfyjnjxJGYUFlgcdJW5XYF2JvBDuJ90TemK6o7re9iK5apeVwctbXQ7HA5Ni0RNVPaL8ZFzrJDGFP68z_KvXcThT9pupueP58bxE3BlBV0Gu4ZPFVdgkU2ApttxaX8VV-uj12MSMtLh9GSzacrzbJw1HTsS89-E57pMz-oxVLuTdwV7/s4896/Day%203D%20Kerid%20Crater%20Day%20Oct%2019%202022%20%20(9).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSPAcp-uX6iRfyjnjxJGYUFlgcdJW5XYF2JvBDuJ90TemK6o7re9iK5apeVwctbXQ7HA5Ni0RNVPaL8ZFzrJDGFP68z_KvXcThT9pupueP58bxE3BlBV0Gu4ZPFVdgkU2ApttxaX8VV-uj12MSMtLh9GSzacrzbJw1HTsS89-E57pMz-oxVLuTdwV7/w640-h480/Day%203D%20Kerid%20Crater%20Day%20Oct%2019%202022%20%20(9).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Sharon just before she fell into the lake. Only kidding.<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-J0knOCHfNP_3vYFJ89vcloU1FMppF0Xm4UWKockqYY2StGg5G7Hw-Q5msfwWTSNgF9KjmyVCh4kBu75rF9io5YBFQLASg3TOB9bPmVBvvI4WHNFWrPt9btAE98OMUwHz2rgxrmw7e19BqSZR_L_Y524j5LKF2IetdEqs6h_sLQJEesmwdYR3AN6y/s4896/Day%203D%20Kerid%20Crater%20Day%20Oct%2019%202022%20%20(11).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-J0knOCHfNP_3vYFJ89vcloU1FMppF0Xm4UWKockqYY2StGg5G7Hw-Q5msfwWTSNgF9KjmyVCh4kBu75rF9io5YBFQLASg3TOB9bPmVBvvI4WHNFWrPt9btAE98OMUwHz2rgxrmw7e19BqSZR_L_Y524j5LKF2IetdEqs6h_sLQJEesmwdYR3AN6y/w400-h300/Day%203D%20Kerid%20Crater%20Day%20Oct%2019%202022%20%20(11).JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Walking the rim around the crater.</span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span> </span><span> A little ways farther up the hillside was the Strokkur Geysir (Geyser in English). It would regularly erupt approximately every five to ten minutes.</span><br /> </span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTuaAxyV87cfTZTJ39e2m1U9AHoshvw6FzAfH3SVyBKQS5KhIqe5_WbvxZAh_am0KkwAtEbOHfhsvkjAbLH8gwanYMPf_dH2-MwqbfjFK8oDkDUMfNkm9-3mk1a5M03HLi17Eq0Vstl9N8OVcK_zehnkLQsdjed3PqDo6B-2vQ0WArDF6lpU_AWnm7/s4896/Day%203C%20Strokkur%20Geysir%20Oct%2019%202022%20(6).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTuaAxyV87cfTZTJ39e2m1U9AHoshvw6FzAfH3SVyBKQS5KhIqe5_WbvxZAh_am0KkwAtEbOHfhsvkjAbLH8gwanYMPf_dH2-MwqbfjFK8oDkDUMfNkm9-3mk1a5M03HLi17Eq0Vstl9N8OVcK_zehnkLQsdjed3PqDo6B-2vQ0WArDF6lpU_AWnm7/w640-h480/Day%203C%20Strokkur%20Geysir%20Oct%2019%202022%20(6).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Strokkur Geysir</span></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><span> <span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span> </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Outside of the geothermal area we would see many flocks of Graylag Geese and another life bird for me, the Whooper Swans. If you miss either one of these birds you must have your eyes shut.</span></span><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjIK9pK13ZTmqrFqIWFF-w660K8X2XAyPPLaKRhkC-xzRGJk2w_F63mAA4rmB7Pe491N8fQ8dwFUOuxmpUhFacJKBl9xqi1N4STY9RmGu3zYqFZwgyPn3ggNw7DvoXRwmo12R6Z-3Tzi1ivlsWKStKMJF4tasRRYwgfFhvMpjdK2mh8fpHG7dxpRoy/s4896/Day%203C%20Strokkur%20Geysir%20&%20Nearby%20Wildlife%20Oct%2019%202022%20(11).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjIK9pK13ZTmqrFqIWFF-w660K8X2XAyPPLaKRhkC-xzRGJk2w_F63mAA4rmB7Pe491N8fQ8dwFUOuxmpUhFacJKBl9xqi1N4STY9RmGu3zYqFZwgyPn3ggNw7DvoXRwmo12R6Z-3Tzi1ivlsWKStKMJF4tasRRYwgfFhvMpjdK2mh8fpHG7dxpRoy/w640-h480/Day%203C%20Strokkur%20Geysir%20&%20Nearby%20Wildlife%20Oct%2019%202022%20(11).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Whooper Swans and Graylag Geese<br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnXl6M4ONfVDyXhT1ZmLBpiXtZrrNsttp9FPJlthdvwF29HpBDgXBI80lK9ID1HyDgTfax7XZSFgp1NFCA8da2E1grWYj9zQbvh2Fm7BlZzc8xEg7Inqbbtyud9qyGVSOQ2wGMi5t-GMTKsncoZsTOlZOvg3mfQ4uMXLey1zMuUhzMtuv6qoUqzHjL/s4896/Day%203C%20Strokkur%20Geysir%20&%20Nearby%20Wildlife%20Oct%2019%202022%20(5).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnXl6M4ONfVDyXhT1ZmLBpiXtZrrNsttp9FPJlthdvwF29HpBDgXBI80lK9ID1HyDgTfax7XZSFgp1NFCA8da2E1grWYj9zQbvh2Fm7BlZzc8xEg7Inqbbtyud9qyGVSOQ2wGMi5t-GMTKsncoZsTOlZOvg3mfQ4uMXLey1zMuUhzMtuv6qoUqzHjL/s320/Day%203C%20Strokkur%20Geysir%20&%20Nearby%20Wildlife%20Oct%2019%202022%20(5).JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Icelandic Horses<br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span> </span><span> </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span> </span><span> </span>We rambled on to our next stop at Gullfoss. To me this was the ultimate waterfall resembling Niagara Falls. Gullfoss is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Iceland and part of the Golden Circle tour. I would consider the falls one of the most beautiful in Iceland. The water cascades down in two stages for a total drop of 105' and then enters a long crevass<b>. </b></span></span></p><p><span class="ILfuVd" lang="en"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyit1Mpgku4oE3nyCvpPRkD8eX4kEFsrmfI3ZN6rNq7lpwG3PlEKXl5Hw109SwLQiDvJO2ni9WBeif36FCMz2TepV6nGcf0D8pclfunryFNzP1fdmNXGqRVXr1LIUIY4SZvT09uvhzXTGI0NjlQQT41l6_hmtoD4d-_eSKQDWbB2KRuMzIxcCYZRvF/s4896/Day%203E%20Gullfoss%20Falls%20Oct%2019%202022%20(11).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyit1Mpgku4oE3nyCvpPRkD8eX4kEFsrmfI3ZN6rNq7lpwG3PlEKXl5Hw109SwLQiDvJO2ni9WBeif36FCMz2TepV6nGcf0D8pclfunryFNzP1fdmNXGqRVXr1LIUIY4SZvT09uvhzXTGI0NjlQQT41l6_hmtoD4d-_eSKQDWbB2KRuMzIxcCYZRvF/w640-h480/Day%203E%20Gullfoss%20Falls%20Oct%2019%202022%20(11).JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijWiL9PvWOydh8-4u1AGes7CDFQhKpgW7qAt3PY01oOktjvweXCgX0FAo5BgJamTSr51VQ543-5aJa3-Xj9OZxIf778ySmlSgy_BvwxFglwRyAR65tSBmUTe5PVuXKy6j_UuR3Wg4iJEESRC2j87tLFwIOmQb3Mh4I_D9ro7-kmgwujr33d-COx5eO/s4896/Day%203E%20Gullfoss%20Falls%20Oct%2019%202022%20(12).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijWiL9PvWOydh8-4u1AGes7CDFQhKpgW7qAt3PY01oOktjvweXCgX0FAo5BgJamTSr51VQ543-5aJa3-Xj9OZxIf778ySmlSgy_BvwxFglwRyAR65tSBmUTe5PVuXKy6j_UuR3Wg4iJEESRC2j87tLFwIOmQb3Mh4I_D9ro7-kmgwujr33d-COx5eO/w640-h480/Day%203E%20Gullfoss%20Falls%20Oct%2019%202022%20(12).JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig3J2PWBg-UwIPImX1AUNQCvyoyX-W3Aunf4vw2TMHYjAGYoh5ICB51JQ8OgTdJg_-_WeOXL7YogJFDrpvte8VVosky3bPvowcTmW_EpbZp1_hC6WqGKfFv6DCl4xmLNEAryDNz_Y2We_KaN5R-ofQjNgg9GKzZx5W_xuG581H54OlbqSaVvhweZDD/s4896/Day%203E%20Gullfoss%20Falls%20Oct%2019%202022%20(18).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4896" data-original-width="3672" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig3J2PWBg-UwIPImX1AUNQCvyoyX-W3Aunf4vw2TMHYjAGYoh5ICB51JQ8OgTdJg_-_WeOXL7YogJFDrpvte8VVosky3bPvowcTmW_EpbZp1_hC6WqGKfFv6DCl4xmLNEAryDNz_Y2We_KaN5R-ofQjNgg9GKzZx5W_xuG581H54OlbqSaVvhweZDD/w480-h640/Day%203E%20Gullfoss%20Falls%20Oct%2019%202022%20(18).JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span class="hgKElc"><span> </span><span> </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Neighboring the Gullfoss was Thingvellir National Park. Thingvellir (or, in Icelandic, Þingvellir) is the only place in the world where you can stand between two continents, North America and Europe.</span></span></span><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"> <span style="font-size: medium;">You can see the deep fissures in the land that actually separate the continents. And of course there are waterfalls.</span></span><div><p></p><p><span class="ILfuVd" lang="en"><span class="hgKElc"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV1e3rY0Zot-1s7p1lfFEfHKapiGY3p8bKYVRKeyhkb43yrpMphf2_Bkhz_Qm5MzlTRm7BMHrv1lN8rOG2CMTV_Aj3pY8ZU7bZ0ofaXJl8Y6H7IkHPTUQJcglUHJOArDBXvC5cpL-ttsmpnS_Hxs8tnAIVgeiVerqBESVWUlrTp1c7tsT2wQIOheRv/s4896/Day%203F%20ThingVellir%20%20Nat'l%20Park%20Oct%2019%202022%20(43).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV1e3rY0Zot-1s7p1lfFEfHKapiGY3p8bKYVRKeyhkb43yrpMphf2_Bkhz_Qm5MzlTRm7BMHrv1lN8rOG2CMTV_Aj3pY8ZU7bZ0ofaXJl8Y6H7IkHPTUQJcglUHJOArDBXvC5cpL-ttsmpnS_Hxs8tnAIVgeiVerqBESVWUlrTp1c7tsT2wQIOheRv/w400-h300/Day%203F%20ThingVellir%20%20Nat'l%20Park%20Oct%2019%202022%20(43).JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">One portion of the long fissure separating the continents<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span class="ILfuVd" lang="en"><span class="hgKElc"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin9p9F1LZdIXBgpFykQkXZ5_iezwu1hwk12BZKE5sENvE8k-eEh-Lu_gYwXJHAHccGN8nmwmcCSrClwESXuGV5F0zAEIigP_MEhl-N9dX-_dZjHQ_Rn6yUX9gLJf73fd-Gr7IbCz9s2XLc2zWbOzEyVkCTISRagEN0WBv38AQ_9vi5SPdXYL9GYAS7/s4896/Day%203F%20ThingVellir%20%20Nat'l%20Park%20Oct%2019%202022%20(5).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin9p9F1LZdIXBgpFykQkXZ5_iezwu1hwk12BZKE5sENvE8k-eEh-Lu_gYwXJHAHccGN8nmwmcCSrClwESXuGV5F0zAEIigP_MEhl-N9dX-_dZjHQ_Rn6yUX9gLJf73fd-Gr7IbCz9s2XLc2zWbOzEyVkCTISRagEN0WBv38AQ_9vi5SPdXYL9GYAS7/w400-h300/Day%203F%20ThingVellir%20%20Nat'l%20Park%20Oct%2019%202022%20(5).JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Oxararfoss <br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></span></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4N8flLDCo5z0-tkaTXwpbK-8AlhEhCmSoT4iBsDCgYOffwVdfW9Iw1A6r21-mTNvRqMk0HIQR3ZK0D4tzmhFx_FXt0ocwoQ9FtByuTrUnr6oGkVY9CMs8x6Nz-mrhHowrDth04zZA0h_nxOJESHkYtD4TTlWv5qBhbu0OgFYnOlAMvKxmkXCIbIyS/s4896/Day%203F%20ThingVellir%20%20Nat'l%20Park%20Oct%2019%202022%20(8).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4N8flLDCo5z0-tkaTXwpbK-8AlhEhCmSoT4iBsDCgYOffwVdfW9Iw1A6r21-mTNvRqMk0HIQR3ZK0D4tzmhFx_FXt0ocwoQ9FtByuTrUnr6oGkVY9CMs8x6Nz-mrhHowrDth04zZA0h_nxOJESHkYtD4TTlWv5qBhbu0OgFYnOlAMvKxmkXCIbIyS/s320/Day%203F%20ThingVellir%20%20Nat'l%20Park%20Oct%2019%202022%20(8).JPG" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span> </span><span> </span>Although birds weren't very plentiful in Iceland, I only had 32 species, the Redwing was quite common. Large flocks were throughout this area because of all the berries on the trees. Although this might seem like a life bird it wasn't. I was fortunate enough to see the one that was found at Peace Valley Nature Center years ago. I believe that one was the first or second one found in the United States.<br /></span></span><p></p><p><span class="ILfuVd" lang="en"><span class="hgKElc"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> </span></span></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMvE6OW-ETZWRq3ROCiBkv_4Qebcjng_iOwzasmtEGk-p8A4EFFMYjsZcqBtmWsAH_iNyRl4cY9-eUFwQ7DoRQfCccsSvLsT8zLSDTDs4LObvCk-GSuOjt--lTjiG42Ieo_H7dBr4mdqMyqZSF6kO7s-SBvx1ykl-0Bqg98VdpAspNxuqeqnlTAcoE/s4896/Day%203F%20ThingVellir%20%20Nat'l%20Park%20Oct%2019%202022%20(25).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMvE6OW-ETZWRq3ROCiBkv_4Qebcjng_iOwzasmtEGk-p8A4EFFMYjsZcqBtmWsAH_iNyRl4cY9-eUFwQ7DoRQfCccsSvLsT8zLSDTDs4LObvCk-GSuOjt--lTjiG42Ieo_H7dBr4mdqMyqZSF6kO7s-SBvx1ykl-0Bqg98VdpAspNxuqeqnlTAcoE/w640-h480/Day%203F%20ThingVellir%20%20Nat'l%20Park%20Oct%2019%202022%20(25).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Redwing (Tardus illicus)<br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span class="ILfuVd" lang="en"><span class="hgKElc"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> <br /></span></span></span></span><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb1Zenwtu5WlfGt2qi9aSzRUC9Egruh-54PNbM5lQ6dQ_pvgh8C_liIMTVi6WC0eAwGsAeFwkYHisU8asoPmb_jxqOHKpTPk0n9BIo41hPdNiWZirU2OBERf_yjQZ1_XcbyyU5encmCCql4uAEZrhU1tS_A4h38rKGahHuNNVqpPKY0_UiXXNF77qU/s4896/Day%203F%20ThingVellir%20%20Nat'l%20Park%20Oct%2019%202022%20(21).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb1Zenwtu5WlfGt2qi9aSzRUC9Egruh-54PNbM5lQ6dQ_pvgh8C_liIMTVi6WC0eAwGsAeFwkYHisU8asoPmb_jxqOHKpTPk0n9BIo41hPdNiWZirU2OBERf_yjQZ1_XcbyyU5encmCCql4uAEZrhU1tS_A4h38rKGahHuNNVqpPKY0_UiXXNF77qU/w400-h300/Day%203F%20ThingVellir%20%20Nat'l%20Park%20Oct%2019%202022%20(21).JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Redwing</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHxUN36iq6HSV8mHjuEvJbFA25FiinoK0v7DxUDZIhmjHEmR3A2Durk_L0ZJISML_ALQG-7NzMn3sfsJOoxNX_6kF7PoOs8OVi5kLbjRhbXa395Gfl5TS_D96IaEqR9FZ7T5dtKbBL5B-mVNyYFzRL1xGoBLOONUl874HvIBjxUnOHzN-GpDuaHcOE/s4896/Day%203F%20ThingVellir%20%20Nat'l%20Park%20Oct%2019%202022%20(17).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHxUN36iq6HSV8mHjuEvJbFA25FiinoK0v7DxUDZIhmjHEmR3A2Durk_L0ZJISML_ALQG-7NzMn3sfsJOoxNX_6kF7PoOs8OVi5kLbjRhbXa395Gfl5TS_D96IaEqR9FZ7T5dtKbBL5B-mVNyYFzRL1xGoBLOONUl874HvIBjxUnOHzN-GpDuaHcOE/w640-h480/Day%203F%20ThingVellir%20%20Nat'l%20Park%20Oct%2019%202022%20(17).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span> </span><span> </span>Mixed in with the Redwing flock were Common Redpolls<br /></span></span><p></p><p><span class="ILfuVd" lang="en"><span class="hgKElc"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> </span></span></span></span></p><h1><span class="ILfuVd" lang="en"><span class="hgKElc"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilx9qYkTnWSj35TOY-GxwFWFwT1yFpqqa1w833TYn0sYJLKkKn_EiRrY5iRMXdhIBGhRDimwzrMa-ZVwazJRYEhD77d9NAXES2BblaHp4fiJnkBDW9nNOuwqEPNHXMGMT5jy0pTtgzkf82MfBDkw2SZ35zqfLO_GYVC0wmWIpr850QhvByMDkWdNud/s4896/Day%203F%20ThingVellir%20%20Nat'l%20Park%20Oct%2019%202022%20(11).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilx9qYkTnWSj35TOY-GxwFWFwT1yFpqqa1w833TYn0sYJLKkKn_EiRrY5iRMXdhIBGhRDimwzrMa-ZVwazJRYEhD77d9NAXES2BblaHp4fiJnkBDW9nNOuwqEPNHXMGMT5jy0pTtgzkf82MfBDkw2SZ35zqfLO_GYVC0wmWIpr850QhvByMDkWdNud/w640-h480/Day%203F%20ThingVellir%20%20Nat'l%20Park%20Oct%2019%202022%20(11).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Common Redpoll</span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></span></span></span></h1><h1><span class="ILfuVd" lang="en"><span class="hgKElc"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> </td></tr></tbody></table></span></span></span></span></h1><p><span class="ILfuVd" lang="en"><span class="hgKElc"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span> </span><span> </span>After leaving the national park we headed to Hafnarfjordur, near Reykjavik, and our stay at the Viking Hotel. We also enjoyed dinner at Fjorukrain, with a strolling Icelandic folk singer.</span></span></span></span></p><p><span class="ILfuVd" lang="en"><span class="hgKElc"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx86PbqX3WfW2RKfb-4xgplrZ79cV108swrnXBWO6-hqyp5PlgZCP4IOKszx_S4UlDMp8yam4CiyH1I1jFxomJYaW29wsALuSCVVJX8dG5H7ovTtxtfDcNLPIgmAD9kZQidZ2mNLlVe5__xy0J0FZo0OZL1Z0Kf6mwQhYgGHrJettmUuHq2aLqlG5T/s4896/Day%203G%20Viking%20Hotel%20Oct%2019%202022%20(6).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx86PbqX3WfW2RKfb-4xgplrZ79cV108swrnXBWO6-hqyp5PlgZCP4IOKszx_S4UlDMp8yam4CiyH1I1jFxomJYaW29wsALuSCVVJX8dG5H7ovTtxtfDcNLPIgmAD9kZQidZ2mNLlVe5__xy0J0FZo0OZL1Z0Kf6mwQhYgGHrJettmUuHq2aLqlG5T/w400-h300/Day%203G%20Viking%20Hotel%20Oct%2019%202022%20(6).JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Our Hotel<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span class="ILfuVd" lang="en"><span class="hgKElc"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></span></div><div><span class="ILfuVd" lang="en"><span class="hgKElc"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrBHSCU2d5M6eLkbBsijWWxTmA3PDmMC4vRL36xAFarTsK7jDgIXjc1oyxRI6nK3lBbsV9VJ7SEF-byhPgCVJVqbPjNmqr2snAmXUG1OF1ZHZpKoZb8uJztG8MONnKfNRvxZuGZ9VoVE5tk1SuVCJLr1NQVEuULmsAe_nhoKGfyH5bGf24myMiH60o/s4032/Day%204A%20Viking%20Hotel%20and%20Town%20Area%20Oct%2020%202022%20(12).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrBHSCU2d5M6eLkbBsijWWxTmA3PDmMC4vRL36xAFarTsK7jDgIXjc1oyxRI6nK3lBbsV9VJ7SEF-byhPgCVJVqbPjNmqr2snAmXUG1OF1ZHZpKoZb8uJztG8MONnKfNRvxZuGZ9VoVE5tk1SuVCJLr1NQVEuULmsAe_nhoKGfyH5bGf24myMiH60o/s320/Day%204A%20Viking%20Hotel%20and%20Town%20Area%20Oct%2020%202022%20(12).jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Small cottages at hotel<br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUjHIu9rOIPeaOMLVe2pMvWt1K3IIfU8bP1cjC1NRfgEdvBoEv45_dlaCQBfx0i0Hoj23oXrpyhx1gyQcL24LZc3GiJymDv8wIlK780UByibMAcG5Ifogfat9OavvoHtWqH2vEpULg8KudogrGLbGUd_Y4pY0if3EZr33_0iAP12n0nifd72vm3TC2/s4032/Day%203G%20Viking%20Hotel%20Oct%2019%202022%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUjHIu9rOIPeaOMLVe2pMvWt1K3IIfU8bP1cjC1NRfgEdvBoEv45_dlaCQBfx0i0Hoj23oXrpyhx1gyQcL24LZc3GiJymDv8wIlK780UByibMAcG5Ifogfat9OavvoHtWqH2vEpULg8KudogrGLbGUd_Y4pY0if3EZr33_0iAP12n0nifd72vm3TC2/w640-h480/Day%203G%20Viking%20Hotel%20Oct%2019%202022%20(1).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Nothing like good old fashioned Pizza<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXBzKq2ZxFA5FKZK6fOKDKKQGopJOkY-nD5uC5R3Kmt9TFNH4jbhJ-WpSRSwiAmgAziM02f7XzGwFI7CR_tMrVazMuY9yObLykKt_BYTF0PFYWS6J8quwJJ4H1iIxE8jBagnOe9pzMzddzEEQc9aJdEZS5Xme6ZDJRUGrCjWXfcb-ZOIK5N3pYrdhk/s4032/Day%203G%20Viking%20Hotel%20Oct%2019%202022%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXBzKq2ZxFA5FKZK6fOKDKKQGopJOkY-nD5uC5R3Kmt9TFNH4jbhJ-WpSRSwiAmgAziM02f7XzGwFI7CR_tMrVazMuY9yObLykKt_BYTF0PFYWS6J8quwJJ4H1iIxE8jBagnOe9pzMzddzEEQc9aJdEZS5Xme6ZDJRUGrCjWXfcb-ZOIK5N3pYrdhk/w480-h640/Day%203G%20Viking%20Hotel%20Oct%2019%202022%20(2).jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Strolling Singer</span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> <span> </span><span> </span>More to come tomorrow.<br /></span></span></span></span><p></p><p><span> </span><span> </span><br /></p><p></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5560944675285746101.post-59989237765724840892022-11-14T19:10:00.019-05:002022-12-04T09:01:46.710-05:00Iceland Day 2<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiblOiyn5eWeGgtTFdQOGVM2zGOsImviScHaMXIrUjsXlRHww9AMkqtCPxhqJ3c7HwrHFhETe6PhYql2hY_YVW7ads246d0ZIslkIFH3dc7Rc4zbcOijWLRhCtsWkmKTTK0xn0S8M3HhBQYhLXHoK5Y1vrqV0awGtTsrfL1Lm-_DdSEd6u43nl_URG6/s4896/Day%203A%20Volcano%20Hotel%20Area%20Oct%2019%202022%20%20(6).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiblOiyn5eWeGgtTFdQOGVM2zGOsImviScHaMXIrUjsXlRHww9AMkqtCPxhqJ3c7HwrHFhETe6PhYql2hY_YVW7ads246d0ZIslkIFH3dc7Rc4zbcOijWLRhCtsWkmKTTK0xn0S8M3HhBQYhLXHoK5Y1vrqV0awGtTsrfL1Lm-_DdSEd6u43nl_URG6/w640-h480/Day%203A%20Volcano%20Hotel%20Area%20Oct%2019%202022%20%20(6).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Icelandic Sheep</span></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /><span> </span><span> </span><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;">Our second day in Iceland started out on the chilly side with the temperature reading 38F. The Volcano Hotel was a former school and now has 7 rooms for guests. Breakfast at the hotel was European style with meats, cheeses and bread plus fresh cooked eggs.</span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz3qNf2lrI6w-3hxh5sbDmelWgpL91pMYpuUK3Ki_AeEghPZI7Fde95OAQM5fpZLVCSF1wxJLuvQWwnQW01cSgEVKVcQNdtrRSboEH9gtA064Mt9_Rk9RJxlygvvBTceH2HOqnRnDks2KiJEP-0iyvQx5VLpKfU1TSjKH3uKKoWtHVIFgtuYD5HNc7/s4032/Day%203A%20Volcano%20Hotel%20Oct%2019%202022%20(60).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz3qNf2lrI6w-3hxh5sbDmelWgpL91pMYpuUK3Ki_AeEghPZI7Fde95OAQM5fpZLVCSF1wxJLuvQWwnQW01cSgEVKVcQNdtrRSboEH9gtA064Mt9_Rk9RJxlygvvBTceH2HOqnRnDks2KiJEP-0iyvQx5VLpKfU1TSjKH3uKKoWtHVIFgtuYD5HNc7/w300-h400/Day%203A%20Volcano%20Hotel%20Oct%2019%202022%20(60).jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">European style breakfast<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinZeRZ3bW4iLf8PZ8Lx9dkTwqrDlHo52PUhHMjueo0mfr4H9m3jxqkN1cvUG4hQgxr5PQReWFMXvdDaUHLt-ZQaBXXMwEZM2UDhKFOhGJxxePGQmp6_TMF7TjlImqb6J89IIwJWLi17y-0NvhfFoWqG5MVj5UaCIXW8348_5N9fb4Ah9EvLBa1j3bn/s4896/Day%202C%20Diamond%20Beach%20Oct%2018%202022%20%20%20(11).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinZeRZ3bW4iLf8PZ8Lx9dkTwqrDlHo52PUhHMjueo0mfr4H9m3jxqkN1cvUG4hQgxr5PQReWFMXvdDaUHLt-ZQaBXXMwEZM2UDhKFOhGJxxePGQmp6_TMF7TjlImqb6J89IIwJWLi17y-0NvhfFoWqG5MVj5UaCIXW8348_5N9fb4Ah9EvLBa1j3bn/w640-h480/Day%202C%20Diamond%20Beach%20Oct%2018%202022%20%20%20(11).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The Volcano Hotel-we stayed there 2 nights near Vik<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJHRA9v3CukadfWOne5eW1bZQAEbKOXeZbGTOfT-wVJWLELMt0DHAQ7cHeY7mFOfmzRMCEt5MeURm-TXlSf3_IyAh23Mwk2rYAaPtcLlVIciGxm4DEFXHGCK4TUfBdf-M0LSSLrmIwDIDiVeP8y4pDGvf0_bdz4OLVVxN_Lw3KouzhYwBGjARQaIXt/s4896/Day%203A%20Volcano%20Hotel%20Area%20Oct%2019%202022%20%20(3).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJHRA9v3CukadfWOne5eW1bZQAEbKOXeZbGTOfT-wVJWLELMt0DHAQ7cHeY7mFOfmzRMCEt5MeURm-TXlSf3_IyAh23Mwk2rYAaPtcLlVIciGxm4DEFXHGCK4TUfBdf-M0LSSLrmIwDIDiVeP8y4pDGvf0_bdz4OLVVxN_Lw3KouzhYwBGjARQaIXt/w400-h300/Day%203A%20Volcano%20Hotel%20Area%20Oct%2019%202022%20%20(3).JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Breakfast</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitnOxYNBNURY4ckZSecdMDPFu4H-IvbNGErIkqTwxHApu2DUs18EUA8vAaU5KYj8bGlRsvwttGmfOSWIdPfsbSN0miDq5DZE5TT62XjnmSWZ_JpN8FCMCIYaug0GfstwoSJE-nj9NsSagoqG2GitXdKMENUo9_DjfbPJ9cYNqzpLYXUgwnwfMKiYNB/s4896/Day%203A%20Volcano%20Hotel%20Area%20Oct%2019%202022%20%20(11).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitnOxYNBNURY4ckZSecdMDPFu4H-IvbNGErIkqTwxHApu2DUs18EUA8vAaU5KYj8bGlRsvwttGmfOSWIdPfsbSN0miDq5DZE5TT62XjnmSWZ_JpN8FCMCIYaug0GfstwoSJE-nj9NsSagoqG2GitXdKMENUo9_DjfbPJ9cYNqzpLYXUgwnwfMKiYNB/w640-h480/Day%203A%20Volcano%20Hotel%20Area%20Oct%2019%202022%20%20(11).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Icelandic Sheep and Horses across the road<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table></span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"><span> </span><span> </span>After breakfast we headed out to visit the ice cave in Vatnajokulsthjodgardur National Park. Say that three times quickly. I can't even do it once. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtmu5rt6WybBlao3FKn5HGoWWJ7_Q_WyZuXtKUU3_no20TstbWWn9xCeWYRjWyMwEf-6HxiGoitoPgEwesr0oBAeop6tS5ZaUE0YhUwjL0NvbU7Vd3AnRluni4wWDC9m89asDKtHxvTO0YLGeGXct8ZPpHRMwBX_TJPoOP_qOti-GUGJ042frmCQKU/s4032/Day%202%20Chris%20Phones%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtmu5rt6WybBlao3FKn5HGoWWJ7_Q_WyZuXtKUU3_no20TstbWWn9xCeWYRjWyMwEf-6HxiGoitoPgEwesr0oBAeop6tS5ZaUE0YhUwjL0NvbU7Vd3AnRluni4wWDC9m89asDKtHxvTO0YLGeGXct8ZPpHRMwBX_TJPoOP_qOti-GUGJ042frmCQKU/w640-h480/Day%202%20Chris%20Phones%20(1).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">One of the many Glaciers in Iceland<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"><span> </span><span> </span> </span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"><span> </span><span> </span>There are tour companies that take groups to the cave be we opted for a private guide, Vigfus, from Glacier Travel, who has his own company and just took the five of us. When you go with the large tour groups they all enter the cave at the same time and we hear that it is really crowded. On our tour there were only the five of us and maybe 15 other folks who were on glacier hikes. It was delightful.</span><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-dcyRsOBk7V__WBbQ4c8JJymVmiTlN1TFh9xosmzogVYfPverlQ3_aQJr4KOTSjCGRipVFRBi3wjqaXp9U22vPdDp4sF_24S5Jd19T0zi2Ek-BBRCnmULUjFqGN2pGrK1nYqxcar4moKo9qjJJxxmOyRh6pdaE62Gzm4YAM7hMk_o77gioep8kMLG/s4032/Day%202A%20Ice%20Cave%20Oct%2018%202022%20%20(6).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-dcyRsOBk7V__WBbQ4c8JJymVmiTlN1TFh9xosmzogVYfPverlQ3_aQJr4KOTSjCGRipVFRBi3wjqaXp9U22vPdDp4sF_24S5Jd19T0zi2Ek-BBRCnmULUjFqGN2pGrK1nYqxcar4moKo9qjJJxxmOyRh6pdaE62Gzm4YAM7hMk_o77gioep8kMLG/w480-h640/Day%202A%20Ice%20Cave%20Oct%2018%202022%20%20(6).jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Entrance to Ice Cave under the glacier</span><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><span> </span><span> <span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The glacier where the ice cave is located is now covered in ash from the recent volcanic eruption about 2 months before we arrived. Also the glacier is about 1/2 mile further away from the parking area then it was just ten years ago due to the warming climate. They predict the cave will be gone in another 5 years. </span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsW4KhQ4_UyulCFxDh9urCIwDlx3575WtmOvOKklczUXaVPsNCpNEEYv3IvD4MaOjjSi1dyJeSQkoxnAU1op_d4xI1k5V-JlOQjB_-1j27j5FEzlrb8NFQiMbv2rxQcqDfPFR9d50_TqW5vdrkw1c6SkTczucJOZVwyGkqilMnco3urFrpbBcOk-fl/s4032/Day%202A%20Ice%20Cave%20Oct%2018%202022%20%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsW4KhQ4_UyulCFxDh9urCIwDlx3575WtmOvOKklczUXaVPsNCpNEEYv3IvD4MaOjjSi1dyJeSQkoxnAU1op_d4xI1k5V-JlOQjB_-1j27j5FEzlrb8NFQiMbv2rxQcqDfPFR9d50_TqW5vdrkw1c6SkTczucJOZVwyGkqilMnco3urFrpbBcOk-fl/w640-h480/Day%202A%20Ice%20Cave%20Oct%2018%202022%20%20(1).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Ten years ago the glacier was near the lower yellow lines<br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span> </span><span> </span>Vigfus drove us in a jeep for 1/2 an hour over rugged terrain of lava rock and then we hiked about a 1/2 an hour to reach the entrance. Every year the ice cave tour changes depending on where the ice has retreated. They never know if there will be a safe location until right before the season starts. Traditionally, ice cave season in Iceland is November to March. The weather needs to be consistently cold enough for the ice caves to become stable enough to visit and explore properly. We were able to go mid October and Vigfus told us that the day we toured was the nicest day that they had this fall.</span><br /></span></p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEJ3bK5nLI14GCnbHf-23Sh2L2zANimbmioKn4g-W95Rc_MpTRe-nrOZMrYoQWnbvyt3YkT8j3KfUdP5i1PnbTDMKM5UNAnDBagjHlg2ndjmHAVIZhVzaF1a8h_KGyTRrWVzrF5xSsWifsQErKxs8XvVAoqKBU1NkawbPy_Dmu7inPyYcU9hX-2QTN/s4032/Day%202A%20Ice%20Cave%20Oct%2018%202022%20%20(10).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEJ3bK5nLI14GCnbHf-23Sh2L2zANimbmioKn4g-W95Rc_MpTRe-nrOZMrYoQWnbvyt3YkT8j3KfUdP5i1PnbTDMKM5UNAnDBagjHlg2ndjmHAVIZhVzaF1a8h_KGyTRrWVzrF5xSsWifsQErKxs8XvVAoqKBU1NkawbPy_Dmu7inPyYcU9hX-2QTN/w480-h640/Day%202A%20Ice%20Cave%20Oct%2018%202022%20%20(10).jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Inside the cave there is a hole in the roof</span><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIDqIFpDc2NiiEyK3Th9zTIclFjrHi_rvrp8EDMlCREzYFFeQXMZ1DtOHCunNrx1mwCL2GrcoJwDTCTSiKG14nTpg6VXeV3idRYvkgge-0W_ssXN7RVSoJS4hDAVkGvpP3GXZsmXVMXhJUzwFowerYs7wp2MzqmtMCoP9G3UwfgFoQ7CBchzh4li-H/s4032/Day%202A%20Ice%20Cave%20Oct%2018%202022%20%20(34).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIDqIFpDc2NiiEyK3Th9zTIclFjrHi_rvrp8EDMlCREzYFFeQXMZ1DtOHCunNrx1mwCL2GrcoJwDTCTSiKG14nTpg6VXeV3idRYvkgge-0W_ssXN7RVSoJS4hDAVkGvpP3GXZsmXVMXhJUzwFowerYs7wp2MzqmtMCoP9G3UwfgFoQ7CBchzh4li-H/w300-h400/Day%202A%20Ice%20Cave%20Oct%2018%202022%20%20(34).jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Our guide Vigfus</span><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7UWT2ES7H0Zn90BvceNehHmLlwGWWduSSUfY90yle18WjVCWEw84psyG2bJWBxcEs0Ktww_rdNvgY_BApLrU_8UDvOFrDiX8fFQs-u3ZxnXwBy7T5DonEDq3iI3Nk-D0fjNHAGu19rlCX8QY1C1pyQPMPy-c9GBnz2NsTnIEtk7EcFbKPMRD1BosN/s4032/Day%202A%20Ice%20Cave%20Oct%2018%202022%20(4).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7UWT2ES7H0Zn90BvceNehHmLlwGWWduSSUfY90yle18WjVCWEw84psyG2bJWBxcEs0Ktww_rdNvgY_BApLrU_8UDvOFrDiX8fFQs-u3ZxnXwBy7T5DonEDq3iI3Nk-D0fjNHAGu19rlCX8QY1C1pyQPMPy-c9GBnz2NsTnIEtk7EcFbKPMRD1BosN/w480-h640/Day%202A%20Ice%20Cave%20Oct%2018%202022%20(4).jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The five explorers. Farther in the cave you really needed those helmets.</span><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span> </span><span> </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">After exploring the ice cave we went to the Jokulsarlon Glacier Lagoon. This lagoon is where the icebergs congregate after breaking off of the glacier we just visited. It was an exquisite location with many icebergs of disparate shapes and sizes. It's also where the James Bond series were filmed: A View to a Kill (1985) and Die Another Day (2002).<br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-HAlghVyKbHnQPVXtqSVPby3hUskoSUtK3GytoFkkTTYvmY6gsgQWxXqmhZuibxI0lTGJnGwj7Ppeq2gBQJew51yVU3mrLb45d9eMwc6ctufI1SJAZA_wDLGuMTJCbL4GSPgeTz2Hlv4pPDndCrktNTw-9dNCXJtewpPRttR7LVMqjYnN2vDym3vN/s4032/Day%202B%20Jokulsarlon%20Glacier%20Lagoon%20and%20Diamond%20Beach%20Oct%2018%202022%20(2).jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-HAlghVyKbHnQPVXtqSVPby3hUskoSUtK3GytoFkkTTYvmY6gsgQWxXqmhZuibxI0lTGJnGwj7Ppeq2gBQJew51yVU3mrLb45d9eMwc6ctufI1SJAZA_wDLGuMTJCbL4GSPgeTz2Hlv4pPDndCrktNTw-9dNCXJtewpPRttR7LVMqjYnN2vDym3vN/w400-h300/Day%202B%20Jokulsarlon%20Glacier%20Lagoon%20and%20Diamond%20Beach%20Oct%2018%202022%20(2).jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Icebergs floating in the lagoon<br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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The icebergs float downstream and under a bridge and then out to sea. 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As we were looking for a
parking spot Chris yells out "Look at those
white birds. I think they're Ptarmigan". Sure enough there were three
Ptarmigan </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">in the brush right along side the road</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">.
By the time I got my camera out there were about twelve Rock Ptarmigan.
One of the five lifers that I was able to find in Iceland. </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> <span> </span><span> </span>We arrived a little before sunset and it was a 20 minute easy walk to the waterfall. Easy was definitely the wrong word. It was uphill all the way. Chris dropped us off at the visitor center and then went to park the car and would meet us on the trail. Unfortunately, we started out on the wrong trail and by the time we turned around Chris must have already headed up the trail hopefully trying to catch up with us. He didn't realize he was already in front of us. So the four of us headed up to try and catch Chris but Christine and I gave up about a third of the way up. So we didn't get to see the main attraction. Eventually Sharon and Max found Chris and viewed the falls then we managed to meet again at the parking lot. <br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVUAS3EXtaa2MRMoOEA-QlWSpvuRVCbnXnSJbgtNa3V4H9wIoQLsv4GOVGWvFffcSU5S3bxviq4Ehvduvx6rafuSPyGhh-a1pXW0tGPZ6FPsCKbHeChr9gSkDbRQLQXRiDMjCfUDqWDbT4yzZ9wVvlrKx7oTBlWnTO5spfRWNQvSEUCA9gELE8n6TE/s4896/Day%202F%20Skaftafell%20Falls%20Oct%2018%202022%20%20(5).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVUAS3EXtaa2MRMoOEA-QlWSpvuRVCbnXnSJbgtNa3V4H9wIoQLsv4GOVGWvFffcSU5S3bxviq4Ehvduvx6rafuSPyGhh-a1pXW0tGPZ6FPsCKbHeChr9gSkDbRQLQXRiDMjCfUDqWDbT4yzZ9wVvlrKx7oTBlWnTO5spfRWNQvSEUCA9gELE8n6TE/w400-h300/Day%202F%20Skaftafell%20Falls%20Oct%2018%202022%20%20(5).JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This was the only waterfall that I saw there<br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj94Z9yXuNNMogBKycgKHjvfGf2PooAiKiDAOa3QrBF6mR8n_aLTskZXVF3htnfuH5DhTY_smK5ro42M2mXjanW3A-aAPUmLehphxp-iqeJHW7GoH5y9GlKcxpG2cf1xa6QWvfIx5pCwoRxc_mI9fw_bm8hH3cp9rrXUHCo-tu-ZSntJZtylc5xQlx/s4896/Day%202F%20Skaftafell%20Falls%20Oct%2018%202022%20%20(6).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj94Z9yXuNNMogBKycgKHjvfGf2PooAiKiDAOa3QrBF6mR8n_aLTskZXVF3htnfuH5DhTY_smK5ro42M2mXjanW3A-aAPUmLehphxp-iqeJHW7GoH5y9GlKcxpG2cf1xa6QWvfIx5pCwoRxc_mI9fw_bm8hH3cp9rrXUHCo-tu-ZSntJZtylc5xQlx/w400-h300/Day%202F%20Skaftafell%20Falls%20Oct%2018%202022%20%20(6).JPG" width="400" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv7YaIYgD9d-U9HcXl3XLXHCGz_Q2fYc9Jhe-_bdZa6D8G4H6TEOhDzv3ZwpVEMn1seMM_JCIJIjPfkcLa9jwJQvFOC3LF23s7hq1WYDoICY3FsL8tk3S2PkjRA7xB8QD1cv5JbsBR2lvsi46xIaLpls8lhFCIIy5BlhxZzZw9q4GEUn0aVSBwRSs2/s4032/Day%202F%20Skaftafell%20Falls%20Oct%2018%202022%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv7YaIYgD9d-U9HcXl3XLXHCGz_Q2fYc9Jhe-_bdZa6D8G4H6TEOhDzv3ZwpVEMn1seMM_JCIJIjPfkcLa9jwJQvFOC3LF23s7hq1WYDoICY3FsL8tk3S2PkjRA7xB8QD1cv5JbsBR2lvsi46xIaLpls8lhFCIIy5BlhxZzZw9q4GEUn0aVSBwRSs2/w480-h640/Day%202F%20Skaftafell%20Falls%20Oct%2018%202022%20(2).jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">This was the main attraction. Svartifoss with its basalt columns surrounding it.<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj32hgBKMtKZMjnRM84kDIw7GB2efxyvkW5FdQeSB3cIFoGXKzoQF-3EZbZ8_HomdSCsqyShmWT-befz_lCE0ZCoNu0eE8xLZWk3JXJlEGb9oMu1k7gpcFFqVj2kiUT9oDAGq1FnemHu6CNwTQDzxaW4N2GFIgVHN6tOcXbFAdIdICNsYjqsN-0_oSm/s4896/Day%202F%20Rock%20Ptarmigan%20at%20Skaftafell%20Falls%20Oct%2018%202022%20%20(1).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj32hgBKMtKZMjnRM84kDIw7GB2efxyvkW5FdQeSB3cIFoGXKzoQF-3EZbZ8_HomdSCsqyShmWT-befz_lCE0ZCoNu0eE8xLZWk3JXJlEGb9oMu1k7gpcFFqVj2kiUT9oDAGq1FnemHu6CNwTQDzxaW4N2GFIgVHN6tOcXbFAdIdICNsYjqsN-0_oSm/w400-h300/Day%202F%20Rock%20Ptarmigan%20at%20Skaftafell%20Falls%20Oct%2018%202022%20%20(1).JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Rock Ptarmigan - Life Bird<br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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On our way, driving in the dark, we saw an Arctic Fox crossing the road. Unfortunately, no picture, but a lifer mammal for us all. For dinner at Smidian Bruggess we had burgers and then went back to the hotel. Even though the days are short we were tired. Just as we turned out the lights in our room Christine came knocking on the door and told us to look out the large picture windows in our room. There were the northern lights giving us a beautiful show before hitting the sack. <br /> </span></span><p></p><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizxo2n9TrxFou5qwepTozIVo2ZvXAAJdl1ptW-Q7VwxcOQUmEIANOmJW-g65d5K6jWPUBAzYFNHfvhUWzP40L2k8-VLKEXXl2DS2PHOXXEv-AvgPwVbS1d7n3Biy6yscbzorcLSsVBm0qFKEEiTpA8mzxttsE3o5L-WAVSFHtJ2NE30RT1Q7TYzGrc/s4032/Day%202E%20Iceland%20Northern%20Lights%20Oct%2018%202022%20(3).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizxo2n9TrxFou5qwepTozIVo2ZvXAAJdl1ptW-Q7VwxcOQUmEIANOmJW-g65d5K6jWPUBAzYFNHfvhUWzP40L2k8-VLKEXXl2DS2PHOXXEv-AvgPwVbS1d7n3Biy6yscbzorcLSsVBm0qFKEEiTpA8mzxttsE3o5L-WAVSFHtJ2NE30RT1Q7TYzGrc/w640-h480/Day%202E%20Iceland%20Northern%20Lights%20Oct%2018%202022%20(3).jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXF0eqFU0ehEuEe_JdpjPyxru2y59VXxP6VZ-1n9GNUJ7XjN3zhioZUL7EtVr20xRR3g1kegsw5-AcBCsqa7RSoTOp5FjN5E_WLZEhtkN67GF4DDV64cRdblrmRUOdsO_ROgGjq-BFQfx4MLpe8VPzCSEEu7lP3rzeSbUroo_QM4P8hPhp92XtYN5O/s4032/Day%202E%20Iceland%20Northern%20Lights%20Oct%2018%202022%20(4).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXF0eqFU0ehEuEe_JdpjPyxru2y59VXxP6VZ-1n9GNUJ7XjN3zhioZUL7EtVr20xRR3g1kegsw5-AcBCsqa7RSoTOp5FjN5E_WLZEhtkN67GF4DDV64cRdblrmRUOdsO_ROgGjq-BFQfx4MLpe8VPzCSEEu7lP3rzeSbUroo_QM4P8hPhp92XtYN5O/w640-h480/Day%202E%20Iceland%20Northern%20Lights%20Oct%2018%202022%20(4).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguOEu6mvTTmoQC4DrAIi59wvQCKu2iHvW8lruKsXL3TbEh0O40Ux97UW-WNPrCQUSCXOlbIQmSyB79V50-4fbhTOLPYSKL66BixZ332VoMWG-jCQJf8rAEpXdBkpiogvUChtHVIIsZgWMIV5l0jb7D9jVcMoExKdB01N_woqqaTTtjJq2VN0mCwxMZ/s4032/Day%202E%20Iceland%20Northern%20Lights%20Oct%2018%202022%20(9).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguOEu6mvTTmoQC4DrAIi59wvQCKu2iHvW8lruKsXL3TbEh0O40Ux97UW-WNPrCQUSCXOlbIQmSyB79V50-4fbhTOLPYSKL66BixZ332VoMWG-jCQJf8rAEpXdBkpiogvUChtHVIIsZgWMIV5l0jb7D9jVcMoExKdB01N_woqqaTTtjJq2VN0mCwxMZ/w640-h480/Day%202E%20Iceland%20Northern%20Lights%20Oct%2018%202022%20(9).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> Endirinn-The End in Icelandic</span></span><br /><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5560944675285746101.post-45160101882495325322022-11-03T17:25:00.023-04:002022-12-04T10:15:16.512-05:00Iceland October 2022<p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgabF7zvJ2Mln_oPE4vyeTAbvNt8OiBMzTGxuY-M80J1zqqnAUPQozUoVPgFILiU8XMyIuIsf_WN7yF_k1amF8y9yGw1_n9sXs2bU0BLbCcasmtd8eo9kLV6IgcWmz7xEc9_r5TX7iyOOit46hRpvUtLpIhHl2JsATmG242zXVSQgMUz8NdaHheTyDO/s4896/Day%204B%20Iceland%20Flag%20Oct%2020%202022%20(2).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3671" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgabF7zvJ2Mln_oPE4vyeTAbvNt8OiBMzTGxuY-M80J1zqqnAUPQozUoVPgFILiU8XMyIuIsf_WN7yF_k1amF8y9yGw1_n9sXs2bU0BLbCcasmtd8eo9kLV6IgcWmz7xEc9_r5TX7iyOOit46hRpvUtLpIhHl2JsATmG242zXVSQgMUz8NdaHheTyDO/w640-h480/Day%204B%20Iceland%20Flag%20Oct%2020%202022%20(2).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Flag of Iceland<br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> <span> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">Our son Chris was planning a trip to Iceland and asked us if we wanted to tag along. Of course we said, "Sure thing". So, in trying to make flight arrangements from Phila, there were no direct flights, but instead we would have to go through Boston and sit in the airport for a 9 hour layover. That was not acceptable. Instead we flew to Denver, stayed at Chris' house for a few days and then took a nonstop flight to Kevflavik, Iceland. </span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"><span> </span>The flight left Denver at 4:55pm but was delayed an hour for mechanical reasons. Once we took off, our flight took about seven hours and we arrived in Iceland at 6am. Of course, since Iceland is close to the arctic circle the sun didn't come up until a little after 8am. We arrived at the car rental agency and paid for the car but when we went to load everyone's luggage it didn't fit. So we had to get an upgrade to a Jeep Rubicon which cost a good sum more but at least we got the luggage in the vehicle. By the time we got settled and straightened out the problem with the car it was 8:30am so visibility wasn't a problem. </span></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguJ24cV4FQMqyKbBRQyZqmZqCuf3Fizoc76uRykbXdSYEZxf1DqS4zjnmTmwuiLbfxNyTLalOl8nSlzayNjhMhJQfbd-tOM_CHRDhEdwECQH2qA1RnJmfOFyb9Pw5CKcrIIeumWfX2RXwtb0qDH2QkBvEZFkJP9xyaaKr-ojmEw6nvud90WwoE_PFo/s4032/Day%201%20Chris%20Phones%20(13).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguJ24cV4FQMqyKbBRQyZqmZqCuf3Fizoc76uRykbXdSYEZxf1DqS4zjnmTmwuiLbfxNyTLalOl8nSlzayNjhMhJQfbd-tOM_CHRDhEdwECQH2qA1RnJmfOFyb9Pw5CKcrIIeumWfX2RXwtb0qDH2QkBvEZFkJP9xyaaKr-ojmEw6nvud90WwoE_PFo/w400-h300/Day%201%20Chris%20Phones%20(13).jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"><br /> <span> </span>We headed to Kokulist bakery in the town of Kevflavik for breakfast. Nothing like starting off the day with a healthy meal. </span><p></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"> <br /></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz79DEadjUujmjqJZnWIAIe7WaWQpKGXlqC5EKxommDrLo2C_-G2T0SX7WqUcLNRz4Ja4v8bRxVWd20PYuQdm354E-jq5aWJ114OvGv3GIl5JQFKzGbHBvLfxVGPhWal9CD_NYytXoZMh0Ge0b7r2rB9Jq1cVjquRVwYGylb1Q9ELTbKP6tqLWMe6s/s4032/Day%201%20Chris%20Phones%20(11).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz79DEadjUujmjqJZnWIAIe7WaWQpKGXlqC5EKxommDrLo2C_-G2T0SX7WqUcLNRz4Ja4v8bRxVWd20PYuQdm354E-jq5aWJ114OvGv3GIl5JQFKzGbHBvLfxVGPhWal9CD_NYytXoZMh0Ge0b7r2rB9Jq1cVjquRVwYGylb1Q9ELTbKP6tqLWMe6s/s320/Day%201%20Chris%20Phones%20(11).jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Bear Claw from Bakery<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"> <span> </span><span> </span>The plans were to spend 5 days just touring the southern edge of Iceland and around Reykjavik proper. Our tour included many lighthouses, several waterfalls, a tour of an ice cave, a volcanic crater with a lake inside, visiting Diamond Beach where icebergs come ashore, and going snorkeling in the national park, where the tectonic plates of North America and Europe meet. FYI the price of gas was 3710 Icelandic Kronas per liter which works out to approximately $9.00 per gallon. Everyone in the US should stop complaining.<br /></span></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"><span> <span> </span></span>I won't go into details about the trip but I have decided to give you a photographic tour of our first day in Iceland. </span></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzuY90E86GwMNINnXhP3RZ7I2rae0aQ1aTFbzpDpz2rl04scFdWX6MgjgFfNuOn8iNv-6FjNTJiTCdrfxGomcaMLGdnXrxHpm7e0KiTC27q_E3lVKDk8n9gTbB-u3aHaeBNgOThACFWUmrkiPTEy8KLZnv_fuv3RaYI4Ak6UGHMMJKBX_w0mh7ILdf/s4896/Day%201%20Oct%2017%202022%20(18).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4896" data-original-width="3672" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzuY90E86GwMNINnXhP3RZ7I2rae0aQ1aTFbzpDpz2rl04scFdWX6MgjgFfNuOn8iNv-6FjNTJiTCdrfxGomcaMLGdnXrxHpm7e0KiTC27q_E3lVKDk8n9gTbB-u3aHaeBNgOThACFWUmrkiPTEy8KLZnv_fuv3RaYI4Ak6UGHMMJKBX_w0mh7ILdf/w300-h400/Day%201%20Oct%2017%202022%20(18).JPG" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Gardus Lighthouse</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"></span></div><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt6iC7qVVfpaqJfiE-IynbfkM62dBhvofJs7CWogJ0TDe5gKCGKyd-8dGLC2uXW2JFTHa8veLfXBIjPcmcw6DagNiVvPzlrnkTCMQ3c5EOc69uRiHeQHvuQHJe-k_nq5XF5ppS1W2rom89CvucD05W7_bWwpGd5kEL9xETo2jWwA3FnDB5vZewZsNT/s4896/Day%201%20Oct%2017%202022%20(21).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt6iC7qVVfpaqJfiE-IynbfkM62dBhvofJs7CWogJ0TDe5gKCGKyd-8dGLC2uXW2JFTHa8veLfXBIjPcmcw6DagNiVvPzlrnkTCMQ3c5EOc69uRiHeQHvuQHJe-k_nq5XF5ppS1W2rom89CvucD05W7_bWwpGd5kEL9xETo2jWwA3FnDB5vZewZsNT/w640-h480/Day%201%20Oct%2017%202022%20(21).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Glaucous, Herring and GBBG<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"></span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgae2KDsuMAVg99318qwJyxhgCsy0VG9TQjD5ZG0DihWjQxPAP8Vb_j1_A-yf7DDYbktsF84RiMwBYHVnt0lOtE0rFVrd82TVoymbxPNYDSQ8lRPZKAbdWid6YM8TuJ7X_U2q2nW3Er_NRqoI4AUodVol1PkhpHbGf-aQPdyxKDav_PXCv7Ic36xHZH/s4032/Day%201%20Chris%20Phones%20(15).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgae2KDsuMAVg99318qwJyxhgCsy0VG9TQjD5ZG0DihWjQxPAP8Vb_j1_A-yf7DDYbktsF84RiMwBYHVnt0lOtE0rFVrd82TVoymbxPNYDSQ8lRPZKAbdWid6YM8TuJ7X_U2q2nW3Er_NRqoI4AUodVol1PkhpHbGf-aQPdyxKDav_PXCv7Ic36xHZH/s320/Day%201%20Chris%20Phones%20(15).jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Vatnsnes Lighthouse<br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhg8iTvBrv42XKVTVTPwz75fEokTjFBc4OPjFJinKODPfLKzjrUl3ceA6sx-4XEpKOcVBBLvAXdM-Y9pSc34TLL0d-5lh12b-bp38kr2PdtUs3Dbc1VyDPkQDzsq5gsvZauvG3HVaRHBoY4K5fkoyvBwm2fYLwBjELbPfp1iObnY_bAkAmWFMybT5N/w640-h480/Day%201%20Oct%2017%202022%20(55).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Will Farrell sang Volcano Man on this spot<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6WgfKIcfUBPrHv0vY1dn-MgGyuhHdriBgxZlEyoCeY3dWUROXWVHHr8mRx-AK4xdZC0RrqKYKnR_4QpuZ8M_4KNv5Sj-L3gHzbNARbVZERE5739r5WyJ9YPus8muqAT3Dve6AEd8_AotWneDomwWura4Fr3FG1-HL_31HXVKowK_Lb6UrjQaEf75C/s4896/Day%201%20Oct%2017%202022%20(62).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6WgfKIcfUBPrHv0vY1dn-MgGyuhHdriBgxZlEyoCeY3dWUROXWVHHr8mRx-AK4xdZC0RrqKYKnR_4QpuZ8M_4KNv5Sj-L3gHzbNARbVZERE5739r5WyJ9YPus8muqAT3Dve6AEd8_AotWneDomwWura4Fr3FG1-HL_31HXVKowK_Lb6UrjQaEf75C/w400-h300/Day%201%20Oct%2017%202022%20(62).JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Lobster by the Ocean in Eyrarbakki<br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKkZ9CrcTL7-JGZIoi06UHWBHN9FbbH7h4gZwbhfHTLWIrtZ93K5uTP7tiad4P_N_tSNNGsILjLNww3NIG20hVM7d5UXTE1tmtNKbfRtjPxPrwj0psjWURc3FyLOLIQDo1ZETFsck18kAwbPdDVD-bUZIltx8Na8QnOSBeSpXkyL6RYWxOh95XXaAN/s4896/Day%201%20Oct%2017%202022%20(64).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKkZ9CrcTL7-JGZIoi06UHWBHN9FbbH7h4gZwbhfHTLWIrtZ93K5uTP7tiad4P_N_tSNNGsILjLNww3NIG20hVM7d5UXTE1tmtNKbfRtjPxPrwj0psjWURc3FyLOLIQDo1ZETFsck18kAwbPdDVD-bUZIltx8Na8QnOSBeSpXkyL6RYWxOh95XXaAN/w400-h300/Day%201%20Oct%2017%202022%20(64).JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Tommi's Burger Joint in Selfoss<br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtcgAV-rsouUlprBtC479qeXoxzrol1C6bnqnXywfJm03cFlKvFjuBwtkjZ83UL4AUIGTUhkZkPBLbEYEPvg12fWZGl6QQ1sTy8HIzsFeaCzYfUBBmZFM6l-EhIxdvmzu5dweWfk3YFvsq5qjXRNwV6KqAlpjiOVVfMbAVsOa5Z08JJAHFSAd8Ioko/s4896/Day%201%20Oct%2017%202022%20(74).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_MN6jdeSiZJ_QZjyhMLBaixlZn6EmZ7niT-ivR3jAisEEeSgE7bxk8E99QtSbtio-RCAlYvjwzgazXLUXMZiYTmlvuRoJ07elUMrl0gPVAx63surd8yEIMs8QM6s2XFX5XDcofNwJ0YOonboj95-Ty3g14FrAKGEV9KDuc1mKtSpVQU7xIu16EYG6/w480-h640/Day%201%20(16).jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Seljalandsfoss-200 foot Waterfall<br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMu55MaB0J__4fnXSyD7waGwxLV80xwwZgpHr7HszXnnT-OdHhglExjEHDVR9QAYrlKK2xs2-rCRO_9btXWVkj0t95BjwM5uS_qBTOK9Qt_A2Q-1BBVF6r5Rl-qZJdK2YHWA7GwSzTFI1jNK0Hr1uIhdJGEjjOjMv1-b091_U3hXRFBx3NrQdH-Zlq/s4032/Day%201%20(23).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMu55MaB0J__4fnXSyD7waGwxLV80xwwZgpHr7HszXnnT-OdHhglExjEHDVR9QAYrlKK2xs2-rCRO_9btXWVkj0t95BjwM5uS_qBTOK9Qt_A2Q-1BBVF6r5Rl-qZJdK2YHWA7GwSzTFI1jNK0Hr1uIhdJGEjjOjMv1-b091_U3hXRFBx3NrQdH-Zlq/w300-h400/Day%201%20(23).jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Got to see the green flash.<br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">As the sunlight disappeared we drove back to our hotel in the town of Vik. We would spend two nights here in hopes of seeing the northern lights. On the way back to Vik we stopped for dinner at Strandin's Pub where I had Lamb Chops and Sharon and Christine tried the Icelandic Beef Stew which neither of them enjoyed. It was mashed potatoes with beef gravy and raw shredded carrots. Very different than they expected.</span></span><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-5Z3TQZXpZh7TQxhnRxFCWsLf9O4OKBrFe3dTs0H_Jrxg8jaZkSCtB8Qvv9qe3UL4wy1399tVqElsxgkeyLgy0kzoFLg7fAPN3GtdkF0E-4yMl4QItAD8Tbc-AeHdkVmNqlIiRmfKzedjrheXfnnaXlX-LlzhBIBe5m2vlQi79Mv2oQpYoC5p2Ny-/s4032/Day%201M%20Strondin%20Pub%20Dinner%20Oct%2017%202022%20%20(5).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-5Z3TQZXpZh7TQxhnRxFCWsLf9O4OKBrFe3dTs0H_Jrxg8jaZkSCtB8Qvv9qe3UL4wy1399tVqElsxgkeyLgy0kzoFLg7fAPN3GtdkF0E-4yMl4QItAD8Tbc-AeHdkVmNqlIiRmfKzedjrheXfnnaXlX-LlzhBIBe5m2vlQi79Mv2oQpYoC5p2Ny-/w640-h480/Day%201M%20Strondin%20Pub%20Dinner%20Oct%2017%202022%20%20(5).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Venturing out of my comfort zone with a Lamb Chop Dinner<br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5560944675285746101.post-46126258447660503172022-05-31T23:57:00.001-04:002022-05-31T23:58:46.154-04:00<p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">One and Done???</span></b></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">About 346 species have been recorded in Delaware County (Delco). Of this total, 32 species have been seen only once. Shall we call these 32 species the One-and-Done group? That is, these birds have been seen once, but, will they be seen again. Let’s take a look at each one and figure out if they’ll be seen again. </span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Black-bellied Whistling-Duck</b> - Four birds were at the John Heinz N.W.R. 6/2/2020 visiting both Philadelphia and Delaware Cos. I’m a little surprised that it took so long for this species to make the Delco bird list. This species is annual in the mid-Atlantic and I would expect that it will probably make more appearances in Delco. </span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhw4UI3WmXifsiAinCgSPDI14hr0st2tpeiJxvtgx8F_fcQpaVUBhSrUoJ9-qSnfTlBGRPFAlXiQNDjiGG2f3BxxCa-g3ogLJXKxRBzyov_lUDEjbV8RfBTHpnw7Z2PJrpTyF_QtyqwxJwRDjxtfETloVdd6jrgt2jhkz9cBDiyKpFKipWL9qw1ijD5vw" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="214" data-original-width="480" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhw4UI3WmXifsiAinCgSPDI14hr0st2tpeiJxvtgx8F_fcQpaVUBhSrUoJ9-qSnfTlBGRPFAlXiQNDjiGG2f3BxxCa-g3ogLJXKxRBzyov_lUDEjbV8RfBTHpnw7Z2PJrpTyF_QtyqwxJwRDjxtfETloVdd6jrgt2jhkz9cBDiyKpFKipWL9qw1ijD5vw=w640-h286" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; text-align: left;"><b><i>Black-bellied Whistling Ducks 6/2/2020 John Heinz N.W.R. (Rob Fergus)</i></b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; text-align: left;"></span><br /></div><p></p><p><b style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></b></p><p><b style="font-family: helvetica;">Tundra Bean-Goose</b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> - A “Mega” find for Delco and I’m not sure if there will ever be another. The goose was present 12/16-20/2020 first at Springton Res. and then visiting Springton Lake Middle School, Springfield Country Club and some other nearby areas. It is extremely rare outside of its Siberian range. Probably one of the rarest birds to ever visit Delco. </span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj7sUuoP4sDPrAcJprHMoKUhWuT5y7ut9gQ78Lf-aHpGJ3d776NYsRKcOuI9Dr9CMt-uO5tIkRkA3BB-kZ6KKyvVRV48YvTdpSF9AjDw3B-oCBLcY4hsmmWtV0cjHyoeMehuT6QpChPP0jXzLfkEJusw3ebeRctAEehRJ4FwAB894fLM5gaTaRRbHneVQ" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="480" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj7sUuoP4sDPrAcJprHMoKUhWuT5y7ut9gQ78Lf-aHpGJ3d776NYsRKcOuI9Dr9CMt-uO5tIkRkA3BB-kZ6KKyvVRV48YvTdpSF9AjDw3B-oCBLcY4hsmmWtV0cjHyoeMehuT6QpChPP0jXzLfkEJusw3ebeRctAEehRJ4FwAB894fLM5gaTaRRbHneVQ=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; text-align: left;"><b><i>Tundra Bean-Goose 12/20/2020 Rolling Green Country Club (Todd Fellenbaum)</i></b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Harlequin Duck</b> - A female seen in southward flight along the Delaware River from Hog Island Road. Bizarre as to location and date, 7/9/2021, it may have been displaced by the recent passing of a tropical storm. Displaced, but from where, as there are very few July records except for injured birds in the mid-Atlantic.</span></p><p><b style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></b></p><p><b style="font-family: helvetica;">Eared Grebe</b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> - One was on the Delaware River at Hog Island Road 3/23/07. This species should be found again maybe at Springton Res. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Calliope Hummingbird</b> - A female or immature was seen briefly while perched in a tree at Taylor Memorial Arboretum 9/17/2020. Keeping a close eye on hummingbird feeders, especially after mid-September may turn-up this species again.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Allen’s Hummingbird</b> - One of the rarer hummingbirds to visit the east in late fall and one of the most difficult to identify without in-hand measurements. An adult female was visiting a feeder in Springfield 12/9-19/2020 and was banded during its stay. After departing Springfield, this same bird, verified by recapture, was found in Philadelphia 1/6-22/2021.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh11N6-28iiPG0Wjezb38OfgmD3eA76NYScubHIGsr_BwMDzxZl1wq1DNbRIor_ZaGylySNSYQN_wDqz2g3fJ6asPbQlbL9VSmGADRN4EM4AExyC7zGODZw0cwqioLYcTPldPWHpwHraFOzOCI4tc5hA72MlB03MVBewRsEST29eCHQ8u_071qCGRJO3A" style="font-family: helvetica; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="480" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh11N6-28iiPG0Wjezb38OfgmD3eA76NYScubHIGsr_BwMDzxZl1wq1DNbRIor_ZaGylySNSYQN_wDqz2g3fJ6asPbQlbL9VSmGADRN4EM4AExyC7zGODZw0cwqioLYcTPldPWHpwHraFOzOCI4tc5hA72MlB03MVBewRsEST29eCHQ8u_071qCGRJO3A=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><i>Allen’s Hummingbird 12/17/2021 Springfield (Adrian Binns)</i></b></span></p><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><p><b style="font-family: helvetica;">Wilson’s Plover</b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> - One was reported by two experienced birders at Springton Res. 5/10/1952. This species is extremely rare away from the immediate coast, so I’m not certain it will return to Delco.</span></p><p><b style="font-family: helvetica;">Piping Plover</b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> - The only report is of four birds seen in the Darby Creek marshes 8/1/1950 by a single experienced birder. The date of this sighting fits within this species’s Fall Migration pattern in the mid-Atlantic, but the report of four birds raises a red flag for me that maybe it was a mis-identification.</span></p><p><b style="font-family: helvetica;">Black-tailed Godwit</b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> - The report of this bird in the Darby Creek marshes 10/16-26/1979 attracted birders from all over the country. This is one species I expect will be found again maybe on a sandbar in the Delaware River.</span></p><p><b style="font-family: helvetica;">South Polar Skua</b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> - Another amazing find. This bird was found and photographed by storm-watchers as it flew along the Delaware River at Hog Island Road during the passing of Hurricane Isaias 8/4/2020. Interestingly, a South Polar Skua was seen on the same day flying south of the George Washington Bridge in New York City. This species is very seldom displaced by storms which makes this sighting exceptional and possibly a One-and-Done.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhwXlxYA_rRqh5T8UOJxtON8qyHQlZL7UgqDOEfVh0FUo6SqG5eWmhBYmwUdKFYaXAY-IR0DmxWm0TT7J9Nivvint3qXPB-Jf2wANdik4-4Cp25Vbx8kuw7_AOO_q4eRZB3Gzxfr-AppN61aqFlqzP2f4D6tAL1pF6T6r0yd0QpkWPgRE9seSCWOEXDzw" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="238" data-original-width="363" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhwXlxYA_rRqh5T8UOJxtON8qyHQlZL7UgqDOEfVh0FUo6SqG5eWmhBYmwUdKFYaXAY-IR0DmxWm0TT7J9Nivvint3qXPB-Jf2wANdik4-4Cp25Vbx8kuw7_AOO_q4eRZB3Gzxfr-AppN61aqFlqzP2f4D6tAL1pF6T6r0yd0QpkWPgRE9seSCWOEXDzw=w640-h420" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: helvetica; text-align: left;">South Polar Skua 8/4/2020 along the Delaware River at Hog Island Rd., Tinicum </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="text-align: left;">Twp.during </span>Hurricane Isaias (Ross Gallardy).</span></i></b></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p></p><p><b style="font-family: helvetica;">Pomarine Jaeger</b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> - A group of 19 was seen flying along the Delaware River near Chester during the passing of Hurricane Sandy 10/30/2012. With the dedicated coverage along the Delaware River by storm-birders, this species will probably be seen again.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEibdK9mjMAO5-eWPRlUHD6kdtaEdRbcUHNr_DmUguQTnKsNLkeNTDcO8C124QWIJyE6RSDbOrplEh99khILh3d1dcc2-nc7ALBW3pE6C-hJ8_sT_TLbhhMST3sdc7GTroZ4sZUpL0odFurqMGhj3X8_En0ReCtcMEn8Zfw2DAvzGL6ljOntaIhkzNYATw" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="495" data-original-width="639" height="495" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEibdK9mjMAO5-eWPRlUHD6kdtaEdRbcUHNr_DmUguQTnKsNLkeNTDcO8C124QWIJyE6RSDbOrplEh99khILh3d1dcc2-nc7ALBW3pE6C-hJ8_sT_TLbhhMST3sdc7GTroZ4sZUpL0odFurqMGhj3X8_En0ReCtcMEn8Zfw2DAvzGL6ljOntaIhkzNYATw=w640-h495" width="640" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i><b><span> </span><span> </span>Pomarine Jaegers 10/30/2012 along the Delaware River at Chester (Jeff Davis)</b></i></span></p><div><b style="font-family: helvetica; text-align: left;"><br /></b></div><div><b style="font-family: helvetica; text-align: left;"><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: helvetica; text-align: left;">Parasitic Jaeger</b><span style="font-family: helvetica; text-align: left;"> - One along the Delaware River at </span><span style="font-family: helvetica; text-align: left;">Hog Island Road</span><span style="font-family: helvetica; text-align: left;"> during Hurricane Sandy 10/30/2012. As with the previous species, it should be found again.</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><p><b style="font-family: helvetica;">Black-legged Kittiwake </b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">- The only report is of an immature seen in flight by two birders in a boat on the Delaware River near Marcus Hook 12/11/1992. With dedicated late fall - early winter coverage of the Delaware River this species will probably be found again</span></p><p><b style="font-family: helvetica;">Sabine’s Gull </b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">- Two were seen on the Delaware River at </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Hog Island Road</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> 9/6/2006. Sabine’s Gull has a known overland migration and becomes widely displaced by Tropical Storms so this species should be found again. A caveat, this sighting was not storm related.</span></p><p><b style="font-family: helvetica;">Common Gull</b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> - One photographed sitting with other gulls on at the Ridley Township Marina on Darby Creek 2/1/2020. The recent splitting of the Mew Gull complex into Short-billed Gull (US west coast) and Common Gull (Europe and Asia) added very little new identification information. This particular individual showed a dark mantle consistent with the <i>Kamchatka</i> race of Siberia. Carefully checking over flocks of gulls might turn up another. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOSzC3srN-nZb7EMQAekgZ9fUft2uo9zgc2FGettuhwBVDbm3EaAe3r_-Yc3XF3vlcP_fL-xDU8kp_HN_Dyj3nYejNCUFtDuUcppNL5w27L2Lvj0xn1C-CXnyKtaPAaWjCdqX2fDec6GsxlTzNBW-YGtqwrWrnjyQlBmRQMbWZhiVg4G8_QexTsgz5xg/s475/COGU%202:1:20%20Ridley%20Marina%20(Sam%20Neat)%20copy.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="282" data-original-width="475" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOSzC3srN-nZb7EMQAekgZ9fUft2uo9zgc2FGettuhwBVDbm3EaAe3r_-Yc3XF3vlcP_fL-xDU8kp_HN_Dyj3nYejNCUFtDuUcppNL5w27L2Lvj0xn1C-CXnyKtaPAaWjCdqX2fDec6GsxlTzNBW-YGtqwrWrnjyQlBmRQMbWZhiVg4G8_QexTsgz5xg/w640-h380/COGU%202:1:20%20Ridley%20Marina%20(Sam%20Neat)%20copy.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; text-align: left;"><b><i>Common Gull, dark-backed gull in the back, 2/1/2020 Ridley Twp. Marina. (Samuel Neat).</i></b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: helvetica; text-align: left;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: helvetica; text-align: left;">California Gull </b><span style="font-family: helvetica; text-align: left;">- One seen on the sandbar in the Delaware River from Hog Island Road 12/31/2020. There are several records of this species in southeast PA, so I think with careful study of gull flocks, another will be found.</span></div><p><b style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></b></p><p><b style="font-family: helvetica;">White-winged Tern</b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> - The bird, discovered during the Big Sit event at John Heinz N.W.R. 10/8/2017 spent most of its time in the Philadelphia Co. portion of the refuge. It was seen flying into the Delco portion during its stay. This bird may have been the same individual that was present near Wellsboro in northeast Pennsylvania 10-13 Aug 2017. There is a slim chance another may turn up in Delco especially during the Black Tern migration.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio3_9o7HUOBXo8qrxSKVjcD8AkTFhG_WWssf0osaaikCDMKsOblzVxHIzk7LAMjc4fY98UMRM75_g2EEPDdNLpisoFdDBMRIk9kFoaBS9marDdVp3Nw02fyWdGdcz0ompYWpub8CIrIhe82jYX2pZ4BF3HHcujaprxzmII-L-Vl12SNypsHgiqeqUsTg/s480/WWTE%2010:8:17%20JNWR%20(binns).jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="480" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio3_9o7HUOBXo8qrxSKVjcD8AkTFhG_WWssf0osaaikCDMKsOblzVxHIzk7LAMjc4fY98UMRM75_g2EEPDdNLpisoFdDBMRIk9kFoaBS9marDdVp3Nw02fyWdGdcz0ompYWpub8CIrIhe82jYX2pZ4BF3HHcujaprxzmII-L-Vl12SNypsHgiqeqUsTg/w640-h426/WWTE%2010:8:17%20JNWR%20(binns).jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; text-align: left;"><b><i>White-winged Tern 10/8/2017 at John Heinz N.W.R. (Adrian Binns)</i></b>.<br /></span><span style="font-family: helvetica; text-align: left;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Sandwich Tern</b> - One was reported along the Delaware River at Hog Island Road 9/2/2006 during Hurricane Ernesto. Dedicated storm-watching may produce another.</div></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p><b style="font-family: helvetica;">Leach’s Storm-Petrel</b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> - Another “Mega” storm bird seen on the Delaware River at Marcus Hook 10/302012 during Hurricane Sandy. Highly unlikely, but not impossible that another will be displaced by a storm.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrrSQqsux91h9GgLRVuUSTuVS1Ges8ILQoHPw-jjvImyuqVJDIn2ZENwrtThuzS855TN1gPz1FQ71LN1s_7rHqAcPt4pseg_ZTxvOwGjObJgwsLDALejTbkdVmWfVfl4Psq5cZ_-qzXrgvxbwVtYQVj1jcfiuqmj5o1RhiWSlj8gTkOkr3V4u-7g2GzA/s499/Leach's%20Storm-Petrel%2010:30:12%20Marcus%20Hook%20TBJ.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="333" data-original-width="499" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrrSQqsux91h9GgLRVuUSTuVS1Ges8ILQoHPw-jjvImyuqVJDIn2ZENwrtThuzS855TN1gPz1FQ71LN1s_7rHqAcPt4pseg_ZTxvOwGjObJgwsLDALejTbkdVmWfVfl4Psq5cZ_-qzXrgvxbwVtYQVj1jcfiuqmj5o1RhiWSlj8gTkOkr3V4u-7g2GzA/w640-h428/Leach's%20Storm-Petrel%2010:30:12%20Marcus%20Hook%20TBJ.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; text-align: left;"><b><i>Leach’s Storm-Petrel 10/30/2012 along the Delaware River near Marcus Hook (Tom Johnson).</i></b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p></p><p><b style="font-family: helvetica;">American White Pelican</b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> - Great find as five were seen heading south in flight over Haverford College 6/4/2019. 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I’m surprised another hasn’t been found since it is a rare and regular late fall visitor in the east.</span></div><p></p><p><b style="font-family: helvetica;">Scissor-tailed Flycatcher</b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> - The only report was of one seen flying in the area between the south end of the Philadelphia Airport and the Delaware River 10/26/1972. Like the Say’s Phoebe, it is rare and regular in the mid-Atlantic from late Summer through late Fall so another is due. Identification should not be a problem.</span></p><p><b style="font-family: helvetica;">Violet-green Swallow </b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">- One seen in flight within a flock of Tree Swallows along the Delaware River at Hog Island Road 10/29/2020. Very rare in the east during Fall Migration, this might be a One-and-Done.</span></p><p><b style="font-family: helvetica;">Cave Swallow </b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">- A bird that was present at John Heinz N.W.R. Philadelphia portion 10/31/2012 would occasionally cross into Delco. Should be looked for again in late fall as there are many records in the east from Oct-Dec. Fall birds have been determined from specimens as belonging to the southwest race <i>Petrochelidon fulva pallida. </i></span></p><p><b style="font-family: helvetica;">Golden-crowned Sparrow</b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> - One reported without details in the Delco portion of John Heinz N.W.R. 1/12/1961. Rare, but nearly annual, in the east, it should be looked for within flocks of sparrows.</span></p><p><b style="font-family: helvetica;">Le Conte’s Sparrow</b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> - One was at the Darlington Tract 1/25-2/28/2009.There are numerous records in eastern PA in late Fall and Winter and Delco should produce another one of these skulkers.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxBVZ9WM8pHlU96PZwkX29d5krPOmB-7hUvlFSwicQAG217iTloiAbHpiaDfWdrnj5H0fbjA4hiFKB8VtRhHJufFKNsZ6WgMRDvabxv3A1xUqVCXJGeeorecAKyacbg-OeYmr8hDpnN24Ljd-By67kBU49XBvJr7z6tQjN_X_YCYbnujdudAgYxGv92A/s480/LeConte's%20Sparrow%201:31:2009%20Darlington%20(binns).jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="480" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxBVZ9WM8pHlU96PZwkX29d5krPOmB-7hUvlFSwicQAG217iTloiAbHpiaDfWdrnj5H0fbjA4hiFKB8VtRhHJufFKNsZ6WgMRDvabxv3A1xUqVCXJGeeorecAKyacbg-OeYmr8hDpnN24Ljd-By67kBU49XBvJr7z6tQjN_X_YCYbnujdudAgYxGv92A/w640-h426/LeConte's%20Sparrow%201:31:2009%20Darlington%20(binns).jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; text-align: left;"><b><i>LeConte’s Sparrow 1/31/2009 Darlington Tract, Middletown Twp. (Adrian Binns)</i></b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p></p><p><b style="font-family: helvetica;">Swainson’s Warbler</b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> - One at Ridley Creek S.P. 8/14/1997 was great find. Most mid-Atlantic records are from overshoots during Spring Migration and it is very possible that is when the next will be found. </span></p><p><b style="font-family: helvetica;"><br />Black-throated Gray Warbler</b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> - One was observed and photographed in Little Crum Park in Swarthmore 11/29/1972. Rare and regular in late fall and winter in the mid-Atlantic states and should be found again.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVhtBvIwMp9ZEq7L5SkCyKfWFMO-gvvXl4tGesfIJhPWMkoxrvThxwlabHWTr3x06LCTC6YjjMgZcUOdqrKVVzAORFviQzdpXaopXIVcy5UcZ9Cg0NLAsKPzwg4w1sPNQlTzl3wQAAg6m9T4f8eiHJPwJUw_KGspU2wup5GuoOASgSP8RTEPnAsTy4OQ/s1054/BTYW%20Swarthmore%201972%20HG%20Alexander.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><b><i><img border="0" data-original-height="656" data-original-width="1054" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVhtBvIwMp9ZEq7L5SkCyKfWFMO-gvvXl4tGesfIJhPWMkoxrvThxwlabHWTr3x06LCTC6YjjMgZcUOdqrKVVzAORFviQzdpXaopXIVcy5UcZ9Cg0NLAsKPzwg4w1sPNQlTzl3wQAAg6m9T4f8eiHJPwJUw_KGspU2wup5GuoOASgSP8RTEPnAsTy4OQ/w640-h398/BTYW%20Swarthmore%201972%20HG%20Alexander.png" width="640" /></i></b></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; text-align: left;"><b><i>Black-throated Gray Warbler 11/29/1972 Little Crum Park, Swarthmore (Horace Alexander).</i></b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p></p><p><b style="font-family: helvetica;">Townsend’s Warbler </b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">- A male was seen by many at Cobbs Creek Park 11/20-21/2010. A report from Tyler Arboretum from 17 Nov 1973 could not be verified but may be a good record. Late Nov and Dec is a good time to look for this species in wooded areas.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p><b style="font-family: helvetica;">Black-headed Grosbeak </b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">- One bird was seen at the south end of the Philadelphia Airport 5/10/1987. This species is rare and irregular in the east in both Spring and Fall with a few more records in Fall especially Nov. Most likely will be found again.</span></p><p><b style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></b></p><p><b style="font-family: helvetica;">Painted Bunting</b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> - A male seen by many was visiting feeders in Broomall 3/7-20/1993. Rare and regular in the mid-Atlantic in late Fall and Winter especially at feeders. Hopefully, the next one will also be a male.</span></p><p><b style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></b></p><p><b style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Here are a few species that have been recorded more than once, but not in a very long time (30+ years). These are all possible again so be on your toes.</b></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Species<span style="white-space: pre;"> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></span>Last Seen<span style="white-space: pre;"> <span> </span><span> </span></span>Years since last sighting</b> </span></p><p><b style="font-family: helvetica;">Dovekie<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1950 <span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>72</b></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Pine Grosbeak <span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1961<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>61<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Black-backed Woodpecker<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1962<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>60</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Black Rail<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1970<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>52</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Northern Gannet<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1975<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>47</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Boreal Chickadee<span style="white-space: pre;"> <span> </span><span> </span></span>1975<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>47</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Yellow Rail<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1977<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>45</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Loggerhead Shrike<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1979<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>43</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Curlew Sandpiper<span style="white-space: pre;"> <span> </span><span> </span></span>1981<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>41</b></span></p><div><br /></div>Nick Pulcinellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09423385501206950281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5560944675285746101.post-6633299354855516482022-05-01T21:38:00.000-04:002022-05-01T21:38:08.810-04:00Rail Trip April 30, 2022<p> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></p><span style="color: #2b00fe;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>On April
30 2022 a group of birders traversed the state of Delaware on a search for nocturnal
birds. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Seven of us met at the Odessa Park
and Ride at 9 PM with high hopes of finding some birds that we often don’t get
the chance to see or hear. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We started by
caravanning to Greer’s Pond on Dutch Neck Rd near Port Penn. I was hoping for
an American Bittern for my New Castle County list but unfortunately that was
not in the cards tonight. The first bird we heard after exiting the cars was a
calling Barred Owl. After listening for 10 minutes to the various frogs and other
creatures we picked up a calling Sora Rail and Common Gallinule and not long afterwards,
we were surprised by a calling Barn Owl flying in the distance. If we didn’t
know that it was a Barn Owl the sound of it screaming could be quite scary.</span></p><span style="color: #2b00fe;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Moving
on to Reedy Point Bridge we encountered at least three calling King Rails.
Although the winds were calm and the skies were clear not much else could be
heard from the marshes except Canada Geese and Mallards. At the Ashton Tract the
marsh was unusually quiet but with binoculars we could see Great Egret and
Great Blue Heron silhouettes in the ambient lighting.</span></p><span style="color: #2b00fe;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>From
here we traveled to Bombay Hook NWR. As we were driving down Whitehall Neck Rd
we were stopped in our tracks when we spotted the eyeshine of an Eastern
Whip-poor-will just resting on the road in front of us not more than 15 feet
away. </span></p><span style="color: #2b00fe;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Entering
the refuge and after using the facilities we drove a short distance and then
got out of our cars. Andy noticed a bird overhead and turned on his mega
spotlight and was able to follow our second Barn Owl of the evening that was flying
in circles above the group. This had to be the best view I’ve ever had of a
Barn Owl in flight, noting its bright white underparts as they glimmered in the
bright light. We could even see the hear-shaped face and the black eyes staring
down at us as it made several passes. It finally flew into the nearby trees and
out of sight. It was magnificent!</span></p><span style="color: #2b00fe;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>At the marsh
boardwalk we heard a male and female Great Horned Owl duetting. We picked up
our first of several singing Marsh wrens and two Greater Yellowlegs. Although
we couldn’t see them in the dark the White-throated Sparrows obviously knew we
were there as they would give out their alarm calls as they scattered ahead of us.
On the boardwalk we played a tape of Virginia Rail and had at least 6 birds call
back, plus three or four Clapper Rails. Andy and I were pretty sure we heard
the grunt call of a Black Rail but we decided not to count it. Although I have
heard probably a hundred plus calling Black Rails I have yet to mark it off as
a lifer since I have yet to see one. In the distance I picked out the call of a
Dunlin talking in the marsh. At Raymond Pool we found more Virginia Rails and
one Seaside Sparrow decided to let us know of his presence by singing from the
reeds across the channel. </span></p><span style="color: #2b00fe;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Shearness Pool is usually a good
spot to find American Bittern but we had no luck with them tonight. We also
could not locate a Least Bittern but did take notice of the two Black-crowned Night-Herons
calling from the tree line. We stopped at Parsons Point parking area and played
a Screech owl tape and got three owls to response. Once again Andy was able to
get the light on one of the owls and we watch it flying around the trees for a
minute or so.</span></p><span style="color: #2b00fe;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>As we
were departing Bombay Hook, we made one more stop at the construction site of
the new HQ building and found a baby fox wondering around its den. Andy was
able to spotlight it for the group to view. He was a cute little fuzz ball. We
saw at least three foxes in the refuge this evening plus others along the main roads.</span></p><span style="color: #2b00fe;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Our
last stop of the evening was on Pickering Beach Rd in hopes of hearing a
verifiable Black Rail. Some of you might remember a few years back that this
road was where we had a Yellow Rail calling. By the time we arrived it was 1:45
AM and the wind had suddenly picked up considerably. It was also getting very
chilly. We had no luck with the Black Rail but added another Virginia Rail. So
we decided to call it a night and say good night to everyone and start the long
drive home. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p><span style="color: #2b00fe;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">We managed to find 4 species of
owls and four/five species of rails plus a few herons, shorebirds and sparrows.
I’m already looking forward to doing this again soon. </span></p><span style="color: #2b00fe;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Owls seen or heard included 4 Great
Horned Owls, 3 Eastern Screech Owls, 6 Barred Owls and 4 Barn Owls. Rails
included 3 King Rails, 5 Clapper Rails, 8 Virginia Rails and 2 Soras.</span></p>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5560944675285746101.post-24055378490892771942021-11-05T20:50:00.007-04:002022-11-27T20:55:54.897-05:00A review of species seen thru October 2021 at Hog Island Rd behind Phila Airport<p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQSspCTkcDTmkQu_4MSddeycpkGkJwQly8f2oNL7mJjh1c8pa3j638sybszEvg8AzD0vAvYnFL9NCk2Xd8sUXy4X_vuv-JvN-DFTbaBYZZD536vIMO43ldidsUVuznMEAzQc5WoiK3Z5I/s262/images.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="192" data-original-width="262" height="469" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQSspCTkcDTmkQu_4MSddeycpkGkJwQly8f2oNL7mJjh1c8pa3j638sybszEvg8AzD0vAvYnFL9NCk2Xd8sUXy4X_vuv-JvN-DFTbaBYZZD536vIMO43ldidsUVuznMEAzQc5WoiK3Z5I/w640-h469/images.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Brown Booby (photo from Internet)</span></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #2b00fe;"> <span style="font-size: medium;">As most of you know I've been birding behind the Phila Airport for many a year now. I believe this is the best place for me to pick up a new life bird in Delaware County and this year has kind of proven my point. The eBird hotspot is called Delaware River--Hog Island Rd. and if you look that up in eBird you can easily get the directions.<br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> But let's first take a look at the birds seen there this year. During January and February I was able to find 12 species of waterfowl along the river including Snow Geese, Mute Swan (kind of hard to find in Delco), Greater Scaup, Long-tailed Duck and Ruddy Duck. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> One of the highlights back in February was a light morph Rough-legged Hawk circling over the east end of the airport. This was a new county bird for Debbie Beer and Adrian Binns. Another surprise raptor that was a county bird for many, including Dave Eberly, was a Short-eared Owl that I found on January 12th flying around after dark on the airport grounds. This owl stuck around for a few weeks and was seen by many. I was happy to see the return of Short-eared Owls to the airport since the last time I found them was back in 1995. But I haven't really looked for them for quite some time.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> <span> </span>March is usually when Wilson's Snipe appear and this year was no different. They can be seen in what we call the Firemen's Pond, which is a little pool of water surrounded by phragmites near the radar tower. I've had as many as 44 snipe in there at one time but this year the most I could find were 11. <span></span>My first Forster's Tern appeared on April 10th and my first Pectoral Sandpiper was at the Firemen's Pond on April 11th along with Laughing Gulls. Caspian Terns, which are a regular occurrence along the mudflats, were present on April 24th.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv3KV5tOW9LF8u-Fy0ScBxeMyloH0XOYj9VjzNH2TEUOn0FyBFbEAF4MY-50fjPgttUXw0rAn43ePxbHYp-ZNQ02NIgHt04cG-1omCyk8mXt463RHGIjTKWMs1z0ecAwJEVzFFEaGt_KE/s480/480.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="480" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv3KV5tOW9LF8u-Fy0ScBxeMyloH0XOYj9VjzNH2TEUOn0FyBFbEAF4MY-50fjPgttUXw0rAn43ePxbHYp-ZNQ02NIgHt04cG-1omCyk8mXt463RHGIjTKWMs1z0ecAwJEVzFFEaGt_KE/w640-h480/480.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Wilson's Snipe</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span> </span><span> </span>The spring migration is always exciting and this year was no exception. On May 2 Debbie Beer called and said she had a Ruff on the mudflats. So I quickly hopped in the car and drove to the flats and the bird was still present. In flight we could see the orange colored back and I noted the u-shaped white rump patch. This was my first new county bird of the year. A few days later on May 10, Rob Fergus and I were at the river when a flock of 44 Common Terns flew downriver. Common Terns are only occasionally found along this section of the river. The same day we also had a Blue Grosbeak, a small flock of Dunlin, Semipalmated Plovers, Spotted and Least Sandpipers, and 13 Bonaparte's Gulls.</span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span><span> </span> </span></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_RpErznRc0MTkK4khMMS_TmG26T0Gc2VH_XN5ovwvylG48M850RHHT5Y4hupTQ2DkE487TDMxQf5G2oPi9xaYsBVsqqmvId3Rl75mS_GF7Ex6fFRBVUpC09nKnA4gOj6YQCdrdhNn-f8/s480/303339751-480px.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="480" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_RpErznRc0MTkK4khMMS_TmG26T0Gc2VH_XN5ovwvylG48M850RHHT5Y4hupTQ2DkE487TDMxQf5G2oPi9xaYsBVsqqmvId3Rl75mS_GF7Ex6fFRBVUpC09nKnA4gOj6YQCdrdhNn-f8/w400-h300/303339751-480px.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Bonaparte's Gull</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span><br /></span></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span> <span> </span> </span>The end of May kept producing some good finds. Black-bellied Plovers were seen feeding on the flats and the next day I found a single Ruddy Turnstone there. I put the word out on GroupMe and within an hour Mike Hartshorne from Chester County was there to view it also. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span> <span> </span><span> </span>One of the highlights of the year was on July 9th. A group of us, Sara Busch, Rob, myself and Jason Horn from the Allentown area were surveying the river. We had been looking over the birds for some time when Sara (who was doing a PA Big Year) received a message that a Roseate Spoonbill she needed was out in Central PA. So she packed her gear and hopped in the car and headed out on the chase. Well, about a half hour after she left Jason yells out that a Brown Booby was sitting in the middle of the river. We all got on the bird easily as it was just maxing and relaxing as it floated down river. So we called Sara to inform her that she was missing a good bird but since she was quite a distance from there we told her not to come back because we didn't expect the bird to linger for long. And within five minutes two large ships crossed paths in the river and flushed the bird and none of us were able to relocate it. Unfortunately, Sara missed that state bird she needed for the year and to make matters worst she also missed the Spoonbill she was chasing. But the good thing for me was that this was another new county lifer. You just never know what will show up along the river. </span><span> </span> <span> </span><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> <span> </span>July also produced another hard to find bird when Jason and I were at the river. We received a text from Ken Rieker of Bucks County with a photo of a large tern sitting on a piling at Governor Printz Park. At first we thought it to be a Caspian Tern because of the poor quality of the photo he sent but then Ken sent another photo which showed the bird to be a Royal Tern. So, Jason and I quickly rode down to the park and observed the tern and sent out text messages to other birders alerting them of the tern. Within twenty minutes Jim McConnell and his wife Deborah showed up soon to be followed by Damon Orsetti. <span>Royal Tern is only an occasional species seen in Delco, occurring maybe once every three to five years. </span> <br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> August is shorebird migration time along the Delaware River and this year we found some goodies. August 13th gave me my third county lifer when a Willet was present. I was actually heading to the airport but had stopped at Governor Printz Park to scan the river. While there I received a text from Sara Busch who was upriver, telling me about the Willet on the mudflats. Jumping in the car and hoping the bird stayed I quickly arrived at the pull off on Hog Island Rd and Sara and Jason were standing there with scopes set up and allowed me to look through their scope at the Willet. After viewing the Willet I got out my scope for a longer look and to study the bird. Other folks showed up after they saw the text. Also present that day were several Black Terns.<span> </span>Two days later I spotted a Baird's Sandpiper on the spit and it was also seen by Sara Busch, Debbie Beer and Adrian Binns. Still in August I was able to see Sanderling running along the flats and a Short-billed Dowitcher probing the spit.<br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> <span> </span>September continued to produced many nice finds. Rob found a Cliff Swallow heading down river among other migrating swallows. On Sept 1st Adrian and Debbie found a White-rumped Sandpiper and I saw another three days later. Sept 6 produced an American Avocet and I got the word out quickly so that John Zygmunt and Damon were able to get there in time to watch the avocet feeding as the spit was disappearing under the incoming tide. Later in the month I added Western Sandpiper and thanks to Debbie and Adrian I also added American Golden Plover.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigi1grurVXkcZJDww7zFqH4_XgQBZXEr7CzzuBYsodgXJ7t6DUaZNw0RjxgWOuSI6IRX89AMEwancDfq-JGGApxV8ru_eZJGUHoy0exqvJgvcFYPCHjp2VGAbWT1Ihfd-xkHddwOtt56E/s320/320.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="240" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigi1grurVXkcZJDww7zFqH4_XgQBZXEr7CzzuBYsodgXJ7t6DUaZNw0RjxgWOuSI6IRX89AMEwancDfq-JGGApxV8ru_eZJGUHoy0exqvJgvcFYPCHjp2VGAbWT1Ihfd-xkHddwOtt56E/w480-h640/320.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">American Avocet-not the best photos</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /> <span> </span></span></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> Although there are still two months left in 2021 I just wanted to show you the potential of finding great birds along the Delaware River behind the Philadelphia Airport. Come down and spend some time there and maybe you'll get lucky. You can't find any birds if you don't go looking. </span><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"></span><br /><span style="color: #2b00fe;"></span></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"></span><br /><span style="color: #2b00fe;"></span></div><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5560944675285746101.post-35443193127158068112021-11-01T18:33:00.002-04:002022-11-27T20:53:48.771-05:00BCDC Cape May Lewis Ferry Trip October 30, 2021<p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3yneLd72U21yyRRl9bF-9tGzn7gQ_ufiRAc7VRpLTXXyXl86lFQ9IjGm1I3mLmxvIic_i2apa2g54t-BUTPea6_FWRygbrVQTivlc4kzQMLD-3RFQ1hTUlFfThOshtj6j7Ke16psB7kg/s720/32801631-720px.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="720" height="479" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3yneLd72U21yyRRl9bF-9tGzn7gQ_ufiRAc7VRpLTXXyXl86lFQ9IjGm1I3mLmxvIic_i2apa2g54t-BUTPea6_FWRygbrVQTivlc4kzQMLD-3RFQ1hTUlFfThOshtj6j7Ke16psB7kg/w640-h479/32801631-720px.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Parasitic Jaeger</span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> </span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> <span> </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I always enjoyed the Cape May Lewes Ferry field trip with BCDC. It is one of my all time favorite field trips. So this past Saturday eleven intripid club members and guests came out to enjoy a beautiful day at sea. The weather was absolutely perfect with clear skies and small swells. Unfortunately, for our first time ever, the ferry left about an hour later than scheduled due to mechanical issues.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> </span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO13uSg1ZUiw9lIDIg2WQTdr7fWOOurZwAcDd6qcNKhwyCEzwiDuMiJhe1OGjPDbo3UFqQOgj1akLv7GDXb-NG0a0_aHFKxHEGp5j4D2cOt-jNVouhTXfzCjY6JuZXXVhZwdH3CRsuykY/s5184/Cape+May+Lewis+Ferry+Trip+Oct+30+2021+%25281%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO13uSg1ZUiw9lIDIg2WQTdr7fWOOurZwAcDd6qcNKhwyCEzwiDuMiJhe1OGjPDbo3UFqQOgj1akLv7GDXb-NG0a0_aHFKxHEGp5j4D2cOt-jNVouhTXfzCjY6JuZXXVhZwdH3CRsuykY/w640-h480/Cape+May+Lewis+Ferry+Trip+Oct+30+2021+%25281%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">BCDC Club Members and Guests<br /></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> Once we were able to leave the dock we quickly noted that we were heading right into a head wind so the viewing was a little shaky as it was difficult to hold the binoculars study. After a few minutes we started viewing Northern Gannets and had four species of gulls were following the ferry. Great Black-backed, Herring, Ring-billed and some Laughing Gulls still hanging around. On the return trip we added Lesser Black-backed Gull.<br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHdiiqxYEWK36oWrY7YXwWI8-C_6Cv00Byx9-iAY_Mfv2FuGr-piy61iiXUMR4-c8oVdKwj7CKWiLPYYFTnpHkg5c2AwYD6o5dU202cHd6hIesG6Pck4lDJvelaqIVZpPSNUDS6QCJhWE/s5184/Cape+May+Lewes+Field+Trip+11.19+%252811%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHdiiqxYEWK36oWrY7YXwWI8-C_6Cv00Byx9-iAY_Mfv2FuGr-piy61iiXUMR4-c8oVdKwj7CKWiLPYYFTnpHkg5c2AwYD6o5dU202cHd6hIesG6Pck4lDJvelaqIVZpPSNUDS6QCJhWE/w400-h300/Cape+May+Lewes+Field+Trip+11.19+%252811%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU7PMbzS23dKPW-vyexhA37I51UUdvapI42x9tXSPap6mSbsInz4NQUj7x97oi_fAvrGPrgxE3K5GdbR3jAAWiY4qCxe0-WR7Jr33VJryz2WjXkWQmKttXHgqPNT68SBb41M0L6sPyXdA/s5184/Cape+May+Lewes+Field+Trip+11.19+%252826%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU7PMbzS23dKPW-vyexhA37I51UUdvapI42x9tXSPap6mSbsInz4NQUj7x97oi_fAvrGPrgxE3K5GdbR3jAAWiY4qCxe0-WR7Jr33VJryz2WjXkWQmKttXHgqPNT68SBb41M0L6sPyXdA/w640-h480/Cape+May+Lewes+Field+Trip+11.19+%252826%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Northern Gannet</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> <span style="color: #2b00fe;">Although I was expecting to see a lot of loons we only ended up spotting five Common Loons and zero Red-throated Loons. We usually saw thirty or so in past years.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> About halfway across the bay we started finding scoters. We had Black and Surf Scoters but never came across any White-winged Scoters which is the rarest of the three.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirpXLVKBhYLRZJxSrE6V3CWKoAHsLyJSQn4CiU_ILd8Y-TCPGQNPa4RYK7p21u4oo5SR25GOfOg890-JeTsVYSmOpuQNkiM1cUNMaKty7zgGRe2WQ7IdsKqHGP5BIRGT9UB5nYPHK9llI/s5184/Black+Scoter-Barnaget+Light+Jan+10+2020+%25281%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirpXLVKBhYLRZJxSrE6V3CWKoAHsLyJSQn4CiU_ILd8Y-TCPGQNPa4RYK7p21u4oo5SR25GOfOg890-JeTsVYSmOpuQNkiM1cUNMaKty7zgGRe2WQ7IdsKqHGP5BIRGT9UB5nYPHK9llI/w400-h300/Black+Scoter-Barnaget+Light+Jan+10+2020+%25281%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Black Scoter<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ4kFOlB_kPAsfE-vhGX5bn7S2rHpY171xilMBVKlhgpCY346j6tbGvdNMe3TM2CwxgX1FFrkoxy3TBRpreaUa0nvcgKMPgJJkfDTvhW6pPdlUM6tuMMZ7ydIRvi_DiBKzBXXgBlz3dAM/s2560/Surf+Scoter+Bolsa+Chica+1.8.13+%25281%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="2560" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ4kFOlB_kPAsfE-vhGX5bn7S2rHpY171xilMBVKlhgpCY346j6tbGvdNMe3TM2CwxgX1FFrkoxy3TBRpreaUa0nvcgKMPgJJkfDTvhW6pPdlUM6tuMMZ7ydIRvi_DiBKzBXXgBlz3dAM/w640-h480/Surf+Scoter+Bolsa+Chica+1.8.13+%25281%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Surf Scoter<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM1MgvdkcLAiGGi1ONktbtJFOdjzU9SoavJJ4VPDYOlpY0S5jLa6a7svFDy6-dEALlx3NF1E5GpqA5JqBnLIQrTjD2XVuQQ9jyQIkXC4MBQropcDEkfSTXj-mt_-Lxyjkr1oB5tgT2TW8/s2560/Surf+Scoter+Bolsa+Chica+1.8.13+%25282%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="2560" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM1MgvdkcLAiGGi1ONktbtJFOdjzU9SoavJJ4VPDYOlpY0S5jLa6a7svFDy6-dEALlx3NF1E5GpqA5JqBnLIQrTjD2XVuQQ9jyQIkXC4MBQropcDEkfSTXj-mt_-Lxyjkr1oB5tgT2TW8/w400-h300/Surf+Scoter+Bolsa+Chica+1.8.13+%25282%2529.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Surf Scoter</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> After we arrived in Lewes and started our return trip we were able to spot about 30 Sanderlings along the shoreline and when we approached the jetties Kristi was able to find us a few Ruddy Turnstones. Now with a tail wind it was a lot easier viewing and the waves had calmed as the temperatures increased. </span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> We were keeping an eye out on the bow for anything that would fly in front of us but the action was slowing down as the day got warmer. At this point I went to the stern hoping to find a Kittiwake in the wake of the ferry. When I looked at the gulls tailing the ship I noticed that three Jaegers were attacking a Great Black-backed Gull trying to make the gull drop it's meal. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> I then called John Zygmunt on the phone and told him to bring the gang to the stern. We were all able to see the Jaegers but they were quite distant. Later as we re-entered Jersey waters a Parasitic Jaeger flew right across the bow of the ship. This was definitely the highlight of the trip for me and the first time that we have recorded this species on this field trip.<br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> It was a good trip and everyone enjoyed themselves and I know lots of folks were able to chalk up some life birds. Hopefully we can do this again next year.<br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> </span><br /><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5560944675285746101.post-11406170987049941922020-09-27T19:46:00.002-04:002020-10-12T17:24:20.932-04:00Water features really work to attract birds to your backyard<p style="text-align: justify;"><br /><br /> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSgktMjNocUTG1Gzpokw8Q0-BLH6HHHCJYgCXzYTuEmL3W8xUvwDjjMUz5GtZpJavSr9NG0wHGWoXEaPtLILurvyWTlCv3mPSSA0XHGra2AnHxetaFgKiJqLyJeN1S1hA3IR8fAXxhy24/s5184/Gray+Catbird--Backyard+Sep+17+2020.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSgktMjNocUTG1Gzpokw8Q0-BLH6HHHCJYgCXzYTuEmL3W8xUvwDjjMUz5GtZpJavSr9NG0wHGWoXEaPtLILurvyWTlCv3mPSSA0XHGra2AnHxetaFgKiJqLyJeN1S1hA3IR8fAXxhy24/w640-h480/Gray+Catbird--Backyard+Sep+17+2020.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: medium;"> <span style="color: #2b00fe;">Have you ever thought about adding a water feature to your backyard? Well stop thinking about it and make it happen. Several years ago I had built a little stream with a waterfall to help attract birds. Did it work? I have to say it was a big success. The following photos are from my patio overlooking my stream. The birds are not only attracted to the stream to get a drink but most of them spent a good deal of time taking a bath. This gives me added time to enjoy their presence. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvyEF6Xjuvz9039p91h9InYh4dvBfWLVeOBjaqc8U9FT7JGTfZKbwLZkqB_KkIBl_O7Soeipf3YRlbXsFnjq5KV15UZ2q1NmOO4I4rNaYyF2hzW-lDl6A4_UgbxRExkaXnUq_u2bvU7kg/s5184/Red-breasted+Nuthatch+-+Backyard+Sept+2016+%25281%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvyEF6Xjuvz9039p91h9InYh4dvBfWLVeOBjaqc8U9FT7JGTfZKbwLZkqB_KkIBl_O7Soeipf3YRlbXsFnjq5KV15UZ2q1NmOO4I4rNaYyF2hzW-lDl6A4_UgbxRExkaXnUq_u2bvU7kg/w640-h480/Red-breasted+Nuthatch+-+Backyard+Sept+2016+%25281%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Red-breasted Nuthatch at Waterfall</span></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"></span></span></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdvfLFXqRt__YBNneE5zyNi_7KY13O-g3fC__TMmNjDufP6u8HQM4A1vyHVkpptukHNs0QzfOwYpVnEEmoYLt3GBWUeSggFg9pOACVuBbM3XbSh_82HKydkVdYi4Pv6kott26y1_nwncQ/s5184/Tufted+Titmouse-My+House+Sep+6+2020.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdvfLFXqRt__YBNneE5zyNi_7KY13O-g3fC__TMmNjDufP6u8HQM4A1vyHVkpptukHNs0QzfOwYpVnEEmoYLt3GBWUeSggFg9pOACVuBbM3XbSh_82HKydkVdYi4Pv6kott26y1_nwncQ/w400-h300/Tufted+Titmouse-My+House+Sep+6+2020.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Tufted Titmouse</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdkhUajJvad-GnVCN8MW4HG_zZ2DtqAUlDEzMxsPsndMN0hfXI6P6Jwq4PdczgMI1Q3aCvzkvQOe0u7evnjcDdZqH-KCrmbGQBPbXLGNbq-BoedK4zk_-bgIRFEdMfFsiFvqpqZ13UmmA/s5184/Song+Sparrow--Backyard+Sep+17+2020.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdkhUajJvad-GnVCN8MW4HG_zZ2DtqAUlDEzMxsPsndMN0hfXI6P6Jwq4PdczgMI1Q3aCvzkvQOe0u7evnjcDdZqH-KCrmbGQBPbXLGNbq-BoedK4zk_-bgIRFEdMfFsiFvqpqZ13UmmA/w400-h300/Song+Sparrow--Backyard+Sep+17+2020.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Song Sparrow</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5j-WMtjV-usX9ZblBkjbWuMx_sq-ZxK8BvLWmPG8hGT5c-8dw0d_Jhs-53Uc-BRU6pdHF8mH8bFnUNFytavZWFChq5sOQikhjVCqLij0aEXBsNB_DL9PKPEjzYAYgRA9k2RXI8KJbVxc/s5184/American+Redstart+-+Home++Sept+1+2017+%25282%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5j-WMtjV-usX9ZblBkjbWuMx_sq-ZxK8BvLWmPG8hGT5c-8dw0d_Jhs-53Uc-BRU6pdHF8mH8bFnUNFytavZWFChq5sOQikhjVCqLij0aEXBsNB_DL9PKPEjzYAYgRA9k2RXI8KJbVxc/s320/American+Redstart+-+Home++Sept+1+2017+%25282%2529.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">American Redstart</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSJGwepIN7JgJypFHqGGHuS_km3zYto6mtFA-pEXrNR5I_zK2H5afrjmO4AP2IQqWEJe1XbBNrsgXFvLuU8qpIepd1hdM-AgXMp8DDiLZ72LhAewgLsqnhEhZSoN0j_g3xdngi8ui2PBw/s5184/American+Redstart+Sept+16%252C+2017+%25287%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSJGwepIN7JgJypFHqGGHuS_km3zYto6mtFA-pEXrNR5I_zK2H5afrjmO4AP2IQqWEJe1XbBNrsgXFvLuU8qpIepd1hdM-AgXMp8DDiLZ72LhAewgLsqnhEhZSoN0j_g3xdngi8ui2PBw/w400-h300/American+Redstart+Sept+16%252C+2017+%25287%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">American Redstart</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif7QLHhyphenhyphenMS8XKTZs3MlPx2nN_hpwqsePg6EPIe6qCHyU2tL_P8EadTGqzeevnmmSUUSW3LMSiGM22gpcC18DmqTn1Q_qc2j-nEB6OYleI5HxyT2CPAu70S0QmeNbNndMTqK-XiwwsuwoQ/s5184/American+Redstart--Backyard+Sep+17+2020+%25281%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif7QLHhyphenhyphenMS8XKTZs3MlPx2nN_hpwqsePg6EPIe6qCHyU2tL_P8EadTGqzeevnmmSUUSW3LMSiGM22gpcC18DmqTn1Q_qc2j-nEB6OYleI5HxyT2CPAu70S0QmeNbNndMTqK-XiwwsuwoQ/s320/American+Redstart--Backyard+Sep+17+2020+%25281%2529.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">American Redstart</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7RsALG_CZjKmuW_mfqMtecEUyCeeYI741MfaOvl56MA3oA0KSWV83f0cqyQzTZkHEwcbv-fhuo4B0muwDvNkUdYG7AL4pWK1UwBe2ISXonhLIfaX9tqL2I891f51XpjWFKyOKYzQYXXQ/s5184/Bay-breasted+Warbler+-+Middletown+Home+May+17+2020+%25285%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7RsALG_CZjKmuW_mfqMtecEUyCeeYI741MfaOvl56MA3oA0KSWV83f0cqyQzTZkHEwcbv-fhuo4B0muwDvNkUdYG7AL4pWK1UwBe2ISXonhLIfaX9tqL2I891f51XpjWFKyOKYzQYXXQ/w400-h300/Bay-breasted+Warbler+-+Middletown+Home+May+17+2020+%25285%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Bay-breasted Warbler</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH7sr5dEJWghy7Bcvz4xxMZ8qbFTb0hwy7VHRQlQg8Jps3NHY5VGVPX3Yhqd5VUWgGRGmSy6OjbBZBZ9G3WcKKsUm-yOsz6RBi7Mnn0CDNqjZdjE1xNbUoO9NqmHjm4T-82uYHQSXiUt0/s5184/Bay-breasted+Warbler+-+Middletown+Home+May+17+2020+%25287%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH7sr5dEJWghy7Bcvz4xxMZ8qbFTb0hwy7VHRQlQg8Jps3NHY5VGVPX3Yhqd5VUWgGRGmSy6OjbBZBZ9G3WcKKsUm-yOsz6RBi7Mnn0CDNqjZdjE1xNbUoO9NqmHjm4T-82uYHQSXiUt0/s320/Bay-breasted+Warbler+-+Middletown+Home+May+17+2020+%25287%2529.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Bay-breasted Warbler</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOQDU73J24q1MLBObPrdi73q5GXLyJFk6yyCbALnBJv50y6OAIImWP9feZ1Zss9utQLtPRr0vBMlr1uH6YapB9BeBO6mGwj97W4VrmJp6Uj9cLIx8EvEioT5D_Vx6mIE_FuqC-PGVmv0o/s5184/Bay-breasted+Warbler+-+Middletown+Home+May+17+2020+%252818%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOQDU73J24q1MLBObPrdi73q5GXLyJFk6yyCbALnBJv50y6OAIImWP9feZ1Zss9utQLtPRr0vBMlr1uH6YapB9BeBO6mGwj97W4VrmJp6Uj9cLIx8EvEioT5D_Vx6mIE_FuqC-PGVmv0o/w640-h480/Bay-breasted+Warbler+-+Middletown+Home+May+17+2020+%252818%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Bay-breasted Warbler</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYLzhm0hZG0MTkQ-ewCalRC_iAlDwxNcDxzO6l_Z4PjzWc4DArMyV38IzmjZdpCH2HhFojZE1mXSCTidlqEG8kjqLsvCj38Pt6ft9F1nO2gO6tHXWpHibUHTYcvc6jroNJZMEowWqbRPM/s5184/Bay-breasted+Warbler+-+Middletown+Home+May+17+2020+%252824%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYLzhm0hZG0MTkQ-ewCalRC_iAlDwxNcDxzO6l_Z4PjzWc4DArMyV38IzmjZdpCH2HhFojZE1mXSCTidlqEG8kjqLsvCj38Pt6ft9F1nO2gO6tHXWpHibUHTYcvc6jroNJZMEowWqbRPM/w640-h480/Bay-breasted+Warbler+-+Middletown+Home+May+17+2020+%252824%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Bay-breasted Warblers</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjnr1lPWVAcp8KwI7y4-n7GNUIBUWkOIPwESO_Wp73PJs4B2A45DHU5KlrywUZM1YqCMh-KEovm7uxg9muuxSKsgE9t5nKw_rjkR67b4nxvbFxr7B32aNigmfJ3SDnNrMCduk-pO4sGKE/s5184/Bay-breasted+Warbler+-+Middletown+Home+May+17+2020+%252826%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjnr1lPWVAcp8KwI7y4-n7GNUIBUWkOIPwESO_Wp73PJs4B2A45DHU5KlrywUZM1YqCMh-KEovm7uxg9muuxSKsgE9t5nKw_rjkR67b4nxvbFxr7B32aNigmfJ3SDnNrMCduk-pO4sGKE/w400-h300/Bay-breasted+Warbler+-+Middletown+Home+May+17+2020+%252826%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Bay-breasted Warblers</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR4WaugjyrO6lBT7jhjjqPb2skSclftTwg9ohATMonl6cnnFJw-BV5R3w7b3-QGgVKSwEeDMmfd7ItqYx4_3W_MwIpdT_tl2wCIGxrGoQx_sPXSzC1TLoRCLEkPGwy11FWJw_HVZYviqc/s5184/Black-and-White+Warbler--Backyard+Sep+17+2020+%25282%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR4WaugjyrO6lBT7jhjjqPb2skSclftTwg9ohATMonl6cnnFJw-BV5R3w7b3-QGgVKSwEeDMmfd7ItqYx4_3W_MwIpdT_tl2wCIGxrGoQx_sPXSzC1TLoRCLEkPGwy11FWJw_HVZYviqc/s320/Black-and-White+Warbler--Backyard+Sep+17+2020+%25282%2529.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Black-and-white Warbler</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsjJ5lwFBN2x6ML9y0qBpcU905xor-SEwlr3JYmrvivNDFEKE5iPItqDJv4jWqSIsirVEQHXNeKI_VovN753r4c8QnV60bQPrLaYrc7q0kVUi_WDqwX5kfFaGcK4ToF6WgwtUVlc6-26s/s5184/Black-and-White+Warbler--Backyard+Sep+17+2020+%25284%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsjJ5lwFBN2x6ML9y0qBpcU905xor-SEwlr3JYmrvivNDFEKE5iPItqDJv4jWqSIsirVEQHXNeKI_VovN753r4c8QnV60bQPrLaYrc7q0kVUi_WDqwX5kfFaGcK4ToF6WgwtUVlc6-26s/s320/Black-and-White+Warbler--Backyard+Sep+17+2020+%25284%2529.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Black-and-white Warbler</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6IGGxEvg1F2O2ZfrmWVVgk7J6O77pVz3x-EfVoMjSP1kxN2y4AD8M1EbOnKmOzFjtwVPh23E8Lqt0f_0XNKMn94nPKHSWDoXw9AFlIewBtdSi0jK62_ImO-1AfIxiZg3SjXYZeDYRIgs/s5184/Black-and-White+Warbler--Backyard+Sep+17+2020+%25286%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6IGGxEvg1F2O2ZfrmWVVgk7J6O77pVz3x-EfVoMjSP1kxN2y4AD8M1EbOnKmOzFjtwVPh23E8Lqt0f_0XNKMn94nPKHSWDoXw9AFlIewBtdSi0jK62_ImO-1AfIxiZg3SjXYZeDYRIgs/s320/Black-and-White+Warbler--Backyard+Sep+17+2020+%25286%2529.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Black-and-white Warbler</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiClDTvFMnzxN6jJUu1vram-7Nclr01gK-amQNmc5Mct0aMC2eF6yXHwUPKuZtNE2DCr0E9G-vu_XLTGRbFX84I4xVwh3AfJUxrSArbT-HEciN9KePASIhRacHaoGpH1oho2AzRMGdJ_hA/s5184/Blackburnian+Warbler+-+Home+-+Sept+1+2017+%25281%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiClDTvFMnzxN6jJUu1vram-7Nclr01gK-amQNmc5Mct0aMC2eF6yXHwUPKuZtNE2DCr0E9G-vu_XLTGRbFX84I4xVwh3AfJUxrSArbT-HEciN9KePASIhRacHaoGpH1oho2AzRMGdJ_hA/w640-h480/Blackburnian+Warbler+-+Home+-+Sept+1+2017+%25281%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Blackburnian Warbler</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0YbmwqD_3xYkFjAxufG-AYRPn9VUTTuJDpbkwM1avTfdHxTMTKTnpBbyUCLPUqsHlwh6Pf7PqSuCEYB8t9tqgf-PnhpgO-v39cIyQnnmNmGJfE93tnOucbMWwndC-j70oG9EvM_t_dY4/s5184/Blackburnian+Warbler+-+Home+-+Sept+1+2017+%25282%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0YbmwqD_3xYkFjAxufG-AYRPn9VUTTuJDpbkwM1avTfdHxTMTKTnpBbyUCLPUqsHlwh6Pf7PqSuCEYB8t9tqgf-PnhpgO-v39cIyQnnmNmGJfE93tnOucbMWwndC-j70oG9EvM_t_dY4/s320/Blackburnian+Warbler+-+Home+-+Sept+1+2017+%25282%2529.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Blackburnian Warbler</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq9YY-4wPYueyGTVsl5wrmrs7FC97o-L0v8JMx2qthK0OIThHDkrn608WoFunDXbB4iN0ZKDfb46nSBK3ihDwz1qejp_HB4i2xNgRHYCsEa0Sqoec5W-W2Tjt34hGNyrl-I4feOF9Kse0/s5184/Blackburnian+Warbler+-+Home+-+Sept+1+2017+%25284%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq9YY-4wPYueyGTVsl5wrmrs7FC97o-L0v8JMx2qthK0OIThHDkrn608WoFunDXbB4iN0ZKDfb46nSBK3ihDwz1qejp_HB4i2xNgRHYCsEa0Sqoec5W-W2Tjt34hGNyrl-I4feOF9Kse0/s320/Blackburnian+Warbler+-+Home+-+Sept+1+2017+%25284%2529.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Blackburnian Warbler</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvgt_U4EfxJM7ofww8EUM8v04kRL5AMm2CRtK11_4dirf2xeHjJKAw27wiWcGzTKbeQ1apIjsi-3mgKXlyFARD2qdxMKKFq8sKWzn8-nAhOocG2uwl8JLkOJm1hfRMsNgEmisFV1WokZ8/s5184/Blackburnian+Warbler+-+Home+-+Sept+1+2017+%252810%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvgt_U4EfxJM7ofww8EUM8v04kRL5AMm2CRtK11_4dirf2xeHjJKAw27wiWcGzTKbeQ1apIjsi-3mgKXlyFARD2qdxMKKFq8sKWzn8-nAhOocG2uwl8JLkOJm1hfRMsNgEmisFV1WokZ8/w640-h480/Blackburnian+Warbler+-+Home+-+Sept+1+2017+%252810%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">(L to R) Cape May, Blackpoll, and Blackburnian Warblers</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgShKzO_N7wgMx5sp_cJdKE6pnQfx3jT8TmAmITlZi1vWblnSNsZfyUSYi6LTVNDUVBqJU2CMKMB8xb3cS9PWEnf5QST6ocwjfTxWwyYvy68TCunpB3ZgtCKf7mJHyVl2c8LfI8jsJzNzo/s5184/Blackpoll+Warbler+-+Home+-+Sept+1+2017+%25282%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgShKzO_N7wgMx5sp_cJdKE6pnQfx3jT8TmAmITlZi1vWblnSNsZfyUSYi6LTVNDUVBqJU2CMKMB8xb3cS9PWEnf5QST6ocwjfTxWwyYvy68TCunpB3ZgtCKf7mJHyVl2c8LfI8jsJzNzo/w400-h300/Blackpoll+Warbler+-+Home+-+Sept+1+2017+%25282%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Bay-breasted Warbler</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0HwITQyjyCJsgjaiyTPwc9Ip8s7RrLpEAqPS_W-A-ikgOt8Vq7X9q9G8c6CqHFxkcYd5LKZDdU4dQPek5iuk3l_P0tTRDd4nJwGJ8XhnBs0OzAgJcyTAFsCVi00a5cC677TKhj_9crXs/s5184/Blackpoll+Warbler+-+Home+-+Sept+1+2017+%25285%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0HwITQyjyCJsgjaiyTPwc9Ip8s7RrLpEAqPS_W-A-ikgOt8Vq7X9q9G8c6CqHFxkcYd5LKZDdU4dQPek5iuk3l_P0tTRDd4nJwGJ8XhnBs0OzAgJcyTAFsCVi00a5cC677TKhj_9crXs/w400-h300/Blackpoll+Warbler+-+Home+-+Sept+1+2017+%25285%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Bay-breasted Warbler</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh30RvXaCbBDIk3Mtm-NN2YGP0fMKVGr9CWUdwBwPz5PYI3qnx3LiX7TI1HdSJnfwZQj-wrQgJzwvmHDrDUit-BMQKpItslY5DeMwkXWgwA627ZJcreddXuHqlMazSQ1jO3aIEqmo5QCv8/s5184/Black-throated+Blue+Warbler--Backyard+Sep+17+2020+%25282%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh30RvXaCbBDIk3Mtm-NN2YGP0fMKVGr9CWUdwBwPz5PYI3qnx3LiX7TI1HdSJnfwZQj-wrQgJzwvmHDrDUit-BMQKpItslY5DeMwkXWgwA627ZJcreddXuHqlMazSQ1jO3aIEqmo5QCv8/w400-h300/Black-throated+Blue+Warbler--Backyard+Sep+17+2020+%25282%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Black-throated Blue Warbler</span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> </span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"></span></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU4txkcdtg8LNlBhmEEIf8Efb98vudas4-aVQj38M5vt7UK5zfx8GFiOn6fBHaV46nas5-NuGIqd7xrb0fR8FrKwYegn3ufJaf-1p_C7-BvyTMz03LIHFp2wbBJbS6vz93IdqWwZIEdYw/s5184/Black-throated+Blue+Warbler--Backyard+Sep+17+2020+%25284%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU4txkcdtg8LNlBhmEEIf8Efb98vudas4-aVQj38M5vt7UK5zfx8GFiOn6fBHaV46nas5-NuGIqd7xrb0fR8FrKwYegn3ufJaf-1p_C7-BvyTMz03LIHFp2wbBJbS6vz93IdqWwZIEdYw/w400-h300/Black-throated+Blue+Warbler--Backyard+Sep+17+2020+%25284%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Black-throated Blue Warbler</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitvVg2555Bqjb5xDo_P1x4rmdWoaz5B-y2pJ0yM2SPw-AIT6O5dusQeoZz-D0RBhp57_Y2hoGIQxwy_uU-7Gj7XH3Vdi35bf214sJ3U3deibscgk3wzYaptrPM2FZgvTcvwpeH7gmxEjo/s5184/Cape+May+Warbler--Backyard+Sep+17+2020+%25281%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitvVg2555Bqjb5xDo_P1x4rmdWoaz5B-y2pJ0yM2SPw-AIT6O5dusQeoZz-D0RBhp57_Y2hoGIQxwy_uU-7Gj7XH3Vdi35bf214sJ3U3deibscgk3wzYaptrPM2FZgvTcvwpeH7gmxEjo/w640-h480/Cape+May+Warbler--Backyard+Sep+17+2020+%25281%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Cape May Warbler</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgieUsBo8LsoZbGBi02E5fS04tsBMgOHJuTAPAwZY9AggKmg3Eu9H4uQGMjrtVdePS2iTgZPPqyyC_JTDnwrdeFQNkpKq9_GYsmxnfH67zeAL9Sa1WYY_YnnsNjFCc90lIRvpSuZONnCws/s5184/Cape+May+Warbler--Backyard+Sep+17+2020+%25286%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgieUsBo8LsoZbGBi02E5fS04tsBMgOHJuTAPAwZY9AggKmg3Eu9H4uQGMjrtVdePS2iTgZPPqyyC_JTDnwrdeFQNkpKq9_GYsmxnfH67zeAL9Sa1WYY_YnnsNjFCc90lIRvpSuZONnCws/w400-h300/Cape+May+Warbler--Backyard+Sep+17+2020+%25286%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Cape May Warbler</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjReehorT-xJ-g7iB-5vZqZsr8furLyxDiV54BT-MEP54MAgN6n85jdIboQ0arQed2fS4sDSCRJYVSs0hZprLMCqMhj4wEOHycdpdr9gSVRJwDgEqWfEgPpNk3S1uCwkDi_zJF3Z3yr88g/s5184/Cape+May+Warbler--Backyard+Sep+17+2020+%25288%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjReehorT-xJ-g7iB-5vZqZsr8furLyxDiV54BT-MEP54MAgN6n85jdIboQ0arQed2fS4sDSCRJYVSs0hZprLMCqMhj4wEOHycdpdr9gSVRJwDgEqWfEgPpNk3S1uCwkDi_zJF3Z3yr88g/s320/Cape+May+Warbler--Backyard+Sep+17+2020+%25288%2529.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Cape May Warbler</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrB3pkoCN6dfZiR83STevK3SVSILQSJH8suaSct1mrSDiy2Vv7wXKleQxBdyS55xzGwveDJfNOHyUQnAYjUGfnuytaxm_5ZEYCbvWde4ve2dju8hUZtBrvJHXJSfB6Rx2Quh4bSEEAY58/s5184/Cape+May+Warbler--Backyard+Sep+17+2020+%252813%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrB3pkoCN6dfZiR83STevK3SVSILQSJH8suaSct1mrSDiy2Vv7wXKleQxBdyS55xzGwveDJfNOHyUQnAYjUGfnuytaxm_5ZEYCbvWde4ve2dju8hUZtBrvJHXJSfB6Rx2Quh4bSEEAY58/w400-h300/Cape+May+Warbler--Backyard+Sep+17+2020+%252813%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Cape May Warbler</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"></span></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk16S8GQqJB-toZ29LC7i74s2KPl66ts6RYxvY1PdPXv7gK2SVeIdbSSohUvSSrUuNwD2KQEqq5P1_9pXrS60qNYa1RnIeBIBWFf5COeC0MqfySKx8HGuihKJuZIPjNt_QhMzBiNaW1Bw/s5184/P1220817.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk16S8GQqJB-toZ29LC7i74s2KPl66ts6RYxvY1PdPXv7gK2SVeIdbSSohUvSSrUuNwD2KQEqq5P1_9pXrS60qNYa1RnIeBIBWFf5COeC0MqfySKx8HGuihKJuZIPjNt_QhMzBiNaW1Bw/s320/P1220817.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Black-throated Green Warbler</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="color: #2b00fe;">B</span><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh__htMF6z3oYYYwslPPDuBjrRStt0_SH0Zn7gkD7qX9EbS2Z3GCRPgy762LTGTPht0BlipX0IA5huSBMr-Cu5AkFsJtEtwtZzmRJKbwLm_4eiz9VjBSiOiR7VJeZjjXlIPhKqpqc9u198/s5184/P1220849.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh__htMF6z3oYYYwslPPDuBjrRStt0_SH0Zn7gkD7qX9EbS2Z3GCRPgy762LTGTPht0BlipX0IA5huSBMr-Cu5AkFsJtEtwtZzmRJKbwLm_4eiz9VjBSiOiR7VJeZjjXlIPhKqpqc9u198/w400-h300/P1220849.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Parula</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw9B5I6OZnYSbFI-oks_H_zqHR2TiUN3pawSqrn-etKOhhQSyruY8xmgYW5eiB00pA967k7igIrf1rdjHyVekny7A4bMpklGNCc0TKr3zR3H00qBj4VKIujtTJxk2pMowv_dmuovGg77E/s5184/P1220850.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw9B5I6OZnYSbFI-oks_H_zqHR2TiUN3pawSqrn-etKOhhQSyruY8xmgYW5eiB00pA967k7igIrf1rdjHyVekny7A4bMpklGNCc0TKr3zR3H00qBj4VKIujtTJxk2pMowv_dmuovGg77E/s320/P1220850.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Parula</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"></span></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVxDw-D0K35vrczSgtPpfWGjFY0D9ynWP8Sxb6ovXIsHlrTP1QIPeVuf7Fu2iuTg9drHAlIJCaDcxsaWtxFtSrPtbw2rkAn3JWmcDvtvm_ATmCOAx-VE98pRKvwNedSFkX13D6cDoRvGw/s5184/P1220846.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVxDw-D0K35vrczSgtPpfWGjFY0D9ynWP8Sxb6ovXIsHlrTP1QIPeVuf7Fu2iuTg9drHAlIJCaDcxsaWtxFtSrPtbw2rkAn3JWmcDvtvm_ATmCOAx-VE98pRKvwNedSFkX13D6cDoRvGw/w320-h240/P1220846.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Pine Warbler</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxePeZT3YUK9pf0MVbiKHujLqgvxswQBy_kepRN4qB_EAT8Odx08i58sEBrYXZ2w7gOm-AetSrqmLwTzu6dbuYasa9IYrfRUIDJMrfbkx6frwrnTB7JmyKJAiGgZICWfrIjeyKT3BpXQo/s5184/P1220853.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxePeZT3YUK9pf0MVbiKHujLqgvxswQBy_kepRN4qB_EAT8Odx08i58sEBrYXZ2w7gOm-AetSrqmLwTzu6dbuYasa9IYrfRUIDJMrfbkx6frwrnTB7JmyKJAiGgZICWfrIjeyKT3BpXQo/w640-h480/P1220853.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Pine Warbler</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtKsV4sutu6i-fwjhuL08L-0-l_s5m5jXNLReul5HX2iRwQ1bVg59Fx1CCwvGToHsZmBudynm8I0-aJ8o4uRtwUG6dmir1unkTdsPSFuQfMiEjmG_mKDPyvdqi-rQFMBPOw_kDkpqG3FM/s5184/P1220859.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtKsV4sutu6i-fwjhuL08L-0-l_s5m5jXNLReul5HX2iRwQ1bVg59Fx1CCwvGToHsZmBudynm8I0-aJ8o4uRtwUG6dmir1unkTdsPSFuQfMiEjmG_mKDPyvdqi-rQFMBPOw_kDkpqG3FM/s320/P1220859.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Pine Warbler</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAvqGR1-1a4pU8mPL_pOeT00tTAx97ft8jYyyJKFgHPSzlD7A3BgcCvF2uioxP0pIxYMEQyrO00H7g9uNir3uHvFL8SCOa9j9Yh-B7fr6TJ0Fo_KNi8FyPhnqRlMbCgN09CBLC-Sc_lNI/s5184/Chestnut-sided+Warbler--Backyard+Sep+17+2020+%25286%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAvqGR1-1a4pU8mPL_pOeT00tTAx97ft8jYyyJKFgHPSzlD7A3BgcCvF2uioxP0pIxYMEQyrO00H7g9uNir3uHvFL8SCOa9j9Yh-B7fr6TJ0Fo_KNi8FyPhnqRlMbCgN09CBLC-Sc_lNI/w320-h240/Chestnut-sided+Warbler--Backyard+Sep+17+2020+%25286%2529.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Chestnut-sided Warbler</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUZwZL2jQnWsapdCGuWtyq8KT-PArCB4pp-SgirCgJu8DRa1M1sHKGYDE65I4jQ6ng0xIlQ-ybZ2j2EcodfeA6ZgAkqxZx1hod8wPu4wpH0RDv4L-_Y3tmgIEd5KR_Jh0Pqo28-UHg1Lo/s5184/Chestnut-sided+Warbler--Backyard+Sep+17+2020+%25288%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUZwZL2jQnWsapdCGuWtyq8KT-PArCB4pp-SgirCgJu8DRa1M1sHKGYDE65I4jQ6ng0xIlQ-ybZ2j2EcodfeA6ZgAkqxZx1hod8wPu4wpH0RDv4L-_Y3tmgIEd5KR_Jh0Pqo28-UHg1Lo/w640-h480/Chestnut-sided+Warbler--Backyard+Sep+17+2020+%25288%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Chestnut-sided Warbler</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzh35RJ_KsZifTVHC2HMQ0e9TzrnRnPbapo_a8tf2qxBeY7d_WfQkVwhg4GiVniPx-tFKoUKHU2FgJ-gtzXN9zK0nn-G6PliGhBcQHFZfOTQYq8ZUWBmxCpigaj2tCTn4cmT-e0F2ADSU/s5184/Northern+Parula--Backyard+Sep+20+2020+%25288%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzh35RJ_KsZifTVHC2HMQ0e9TzrnRnPbapo_a8tf2qxBeY7d_WfQkVwhg4GiVniPx-tFKoUKHU2FgJ-gtzXN9zK0nn-G6PliGhBcQHFZfOTQYq8ZUWBmxCpigaj2tCTn4cmT-e0F2ADSU/w400-h300/Northern+Parula--Backyard+Sep+20+2020+%25288%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Northern Parula</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsRqhtkk6mNqc1-Ene1azJaP0-BGzaC4yZrGx0Nijj853e9AlFzkarO24kP6SxxWoYMrGMZtj3akVGr1JtNcK5ppt932uuDkldMh0dVGAkiDyxwbexU2NZyFVde19GUEB9HQm8nQvT7JM/s5184/Northern+Parula--Backyard+Sep+20+2020+%252818%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsRqhtkk6mNqc1-Ene1azJaP0-BGzaC4yZrGx0Nijj853e9AlFzkarO24kP6SxxWoYMrGMZtj3akVGr1JtNcK5ppt932uuDkldMh0dVGAkiDyxwbexU2NZyFVde19GUEB9HQm8nQvT7JM/s320/Northern+Parula--Backyard+Sep+20+2020+%252818%2529.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Northern Parula</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTkZbzm2hFefaAhNbqBMOhc4dZYk0pqnC_hhsO5WlqePgjaE1a54DSJ3dXNAxfO_iuQSoNhqpZqoGsVgMcUV_4grYPZtMU2QJdKTPPXbpAcMRn7Z_c3XU5kchOzYgsYMx0b-x_gVY1MFg/s5184/Pine+Warbler+-+Home+Apr+5+2020+%25281%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTkZbzm2hFefaAhNbqBMOhc4dZYk0pqnC_hhsO5WlqePgjaE1a54DSJ3dXNAxfO_iuQSoNhqpZqoGsVgMcUV_4grYPZtMU2QJdKTPPXbpAcMRn7Z_c3XU5kchOzYgsYMx0b-x_gVY1MFg/w400-h300/Pine+Warbler+-+Home+Apr+5+2020+%25281%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Pine Warbler</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvqHGaPxcb8RyB25kdIxRaqmYM0tTJ2s_ES02LJXctQ77XsY_Z8JubgYpis5AdmR9CjkgkRgVA3YWx6SIcjrsIjAgqtTu_qmMh52gWyNd8y1B7HG3q9seOApeHqGnhjkDmN7WFEyHiRxc/s5184/Magnolia+Warbler+Sept+16%252C+2017+%25284%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvqHGaPxcb8RyB25kdIxRaqmYM0tTJ2s_ES02LJXctQ77XsY_Z8JubgYpis5AdmR9CjkgkRgVA3YWx6SIcjrsIjAgqtTu_qmMh52gWyNd8y1B7HG3q9seOApeHqGnhjkDmN7WFEyHiRxc/w640-h480/Magnolia+Warbler+Sept+16%252C+2017+%25284%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Magnolia Warbler</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTehZUhIXl2TuBA6HVw7UY6KWZdrJC3Ggq7ka0bD_M4bjKbqiQ2H2g0fsty0t5oTjHvlj-8f20fnujyAtflRo4ojBtfaI0Kr0RLzLQf_Qsd0fDDdEoa0s_nhYrAd1qrlRQKL7o5PJ_Bf8/s5184/Magnolia+Warbler+Sept+16%252C+2017+%25287%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTehZUhIXl2TuBA6HVw7UY6KWZdrJC3Ggq7ka0bD_M4bjKbqiQ2H2g0fsty0t5oTjHvlj-8f20fnujyAtflRo4ojBtfaI0Kr0RLzLQf_Qsd0fDDdEoa0s_nhYrAd1qrlRQKL7o5PJ_Bf8/w400-h300/Magnolia+Warbler+Sept+16%252C+2017+%25287%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Magnolia Warbler</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXTY3spnaAy_yIx-_2o_5tbtuiYRFF1eTK0T_L6wOJ3PeppM-RZIXXSL5WTojlGYp6i9BejplKF_CsK9BXmcpKNH1n5uFZe2LaTcsPysyOCKE7qb9Z2ORyd6BurzjI1UuwowXT6J-y4iE/s5184/Yellow+Warbler+-+Home+-+Sept+1+2017+%25283%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXTY3spnaAy_yIx-_2o_5tbtuiYRFF1eTK0T_L6wOJ3PeppM-RZIXXSL5WTojlGYp6i9BejplKF_CsK9BXmcpKNH1n5uFZe2LaTcsPysyOCKE7qb9Z2ORyd6BurzjI1UuwowXT6J-y4iE/w400-h300/Yellow+Warbler+-+Home+-+Sept+1+2017+%25283%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Yellow Warbler</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgboL6lGssDpeAp-_Yl-JmFmD8WDUg6pr-0qvGzS5U2Ae10fYOoiRSVVlRIOOLhi73Yf2aYFb0da5nb9IeGOyB42SZymqr5ih7qacqCcDbQ16rhE9a3oEIJvs8dANv8wupfw6Z5d-WrmVw/s5184/Yellow+Warbler+-+Home+-+Sept+1+2017+%25284%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgboL6lGssDpeAp-_Yl-JmFmD8WDUg6pr-0qvGzS5U2Ae10fYOoiRSVVlRIOOLhi73Yf2aYFb0da5nb9IeGOyB42SZymqr5ih7qacqCcDbQ16rhE9a3oEIJvs8dANv8wupfw6Z5d-WrmVw/w640-h480/Yellow+Warbler+-+Home+-+Sept+1+2017+%25284%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Yellow Warbler</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #2b00fe;">I have also had other birds in the stream like Hermit and Swainson's Thrush and Pine Siskins that I didn't have a camera ready to photograph. So as I stated above I think everyone needs a water feature in their yard. Hope you enjoyed the photo.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span> <br /><p></p><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5560944675285746101.post-55164340973565784432020-07-21T07:34:00.001-04:002022-11-27T20:56:24.234-05:00Delco sightings during June and July 2020<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: blue;">June is considered by most birders to be a slow month for birding. But just so you are aware many decent sightings were still reported in June and for that matter the first half of July. This is just an update to let birders know what has been seen in Delaware County during the month of June and the first half of July.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"> On June 2nd Sharon and I were in Cape May when a report came from Hoy's Pond at Heinz (Delco) that Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks were roosting at the far side of the pond. Being in Cape May, I figured I wouldn't be able to see them because I wasn't leaving for a few more hours plus driving time to get home to drop off Sharon and pick up my bike, I assumed they would be long gone. On the way home I got a call from Jim McConnell that the ducks were still present so when we arrived home I loaded up the bike and off I went. I was fortunate that the birds hung around all day long and that I was able to add them to my county list (#301).</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"> During this summer period, four species of Vireos were recorded throughout the county, including Yellow-throated Vireo. There were several reports of Wild Turkey throughout the period all of them from the Chadds Ford area.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"> Rob Fergus kept busy birding during these summer months and was able to find some really good birds. He discovered a small colony of Cliff Swallows under the bridge on Rt100 that crosses the Brandywine River in Chadds Ford. Cliff Swallows have been absent from the county for the last three years, at least in their previous nesting site in Ridley Creek State Park. It's good to have another nesting site in the county. He also was able to hear a Yellow-crowned Night-Heron at the Chadds Ford Marsh behind Hanks Restaurant along Rt 1. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"> Black-bellied Plover was still present behind the Phila Airport into early June as were a few Bonaparte's Gulls. Yellow-billed Cuckoos were apparently nesting at First State National Historic Area.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"> Also present at 1st State were at least three Blue Grosbeaks seen and recorded by Dave Eberly.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"> Caspian Terns were recorded on the flats behind the airport in both June and July. I always enjoy seeing these large terns fishing in the river and roosting on the flats. Fortunately, I was able to see the terns both in early June, before my hip replacement, and in late July, after my recovery.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"> <span style="color: blue;"> Debbie Beer and Adrian Binns had a remarkable find at Ridley Creek State Park on July 11th when they came across a breeding plumaged White-throated Sparrow. Very rare for this time of year.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"> An Eastern Meadowlark has been hanging around the eastern tip of the airport for some time leading to speculation that there might have been a possible nest.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"> A Yellow-breasted Chat, hard to find in Delco, has been sticking around First State National Historic Site for most of the period and is probably breeding there. Fourteen species of warbler have been noted throughout the period also.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"> Another great find was a pair of Whimbrel on the flats behind the airport by Jason Horne during tropical storm Fay. The two birds were only seen for a few seconds as the heavy rain slowed down enough to see the flats. They then took flight quickly after that.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">I thought that I would post a few photos of some birds that have been around the area in the days past.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Sharon and I decided to make a trip to Florida, Georgia and South Carolina this winter for a winter getaway. Sharon wanted to visit a plantation in South Carolina and to the town of Helen, Ga which was redesigned to replicate a German village. So we then decided to add Florida to the itinerary. We flew into Fort Lauderdale and then worked our way north.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"> After picking up our Hyundai Santa Fe and going to Subway for a picnic lunch we drove to Brian Piccolo Park. As we were sitting at the picnic table we heard a bunch of parakeets squawking in the distance and then flying over towards our table. They landed about 100 feet from us and we discovered they were Monk Parakeets.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Other species seen in the park were Boat-tailed Grackles, Kestrel and many White Ibis. But the highlight of the park and the reason we came here was to find a Burrowing Owl. The park didn't let us down.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"> After leaving Brian Piccolo Park we headed to another park named George Snow in search of an Orange-crowned Warbler. We were fortunate enough to find it but getting a photo just wasn't going to happen. That evening we stayed in the Springhill Suites in Boynton Beach. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"> The next morning we were heading to Loxahatchee NWR but before we left the hotel we walked the El Rio Trail just across the street from the hotel. We found Brown Thrasher, more White Ibis, and Common Gallinule.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"> On the drive to Loxahatchee NWR, I spotted two parakeets flying overhead. They turned out to be Nanday Parakeets. This was the same area where I saw my first ones on our last visit to Florida a few years back. Loxahatchee is a great place to go birding. </span><span style="color: blue;">Loxahatchee NWR is 145,189 acres of northern Everglades and cypress swamp. It helps protect the integrity of the remaining Everglades ecosystem by allowing the free flow of water from north to south Florida. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"> On our walk around the refuge, we managed to find many birds but the best was the Snail Kite and Limpkin. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"> Most of the refuge has to be seen by walking around many lagoons, but the walk is well worth the effort. Although I was hoping to find a Smooth-billed Ani like on our last visit, it didn't happen. However, we got Purple Gallinule, Mottled Ducks, Sandhill Crane, Anhinga and most of the herons.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;">By the time we finished up at Loxahatchee we headed for lunch at a nice little eatery named Dune Deck's Mimosa Cafe in Boynton Beach. We had been here before and enjoyed it both times. From there we went to Wakadohatchee Wetlands Preserve to walk the boardwalk trail. This is a very popular spot for photographers as the boardwalk allows easy access and close up views of the birds.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Looking right into the nest. I'll let you guess what species these young birds will grow up to be.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">One of everyone's favorite species and an iconic species of Florida is the Roseate Spoonbill. Well, not only did we see them but also Black-bellied Whistling Ducks.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"> Wakadohatchee also had other critters besides birds.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;">Basilisk Lizard -</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;"><span class="ILfuVd"><span class="e24Kjd"> has the amazing ability to run on water thus giving this species its most recognizable moniker: the Jesus Christ lizard.</span></span></span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: blue;"> After enjoying a great stay at the wetlands we moved on to the town of Lake Worth and stopped at the Lake Worth State Park beach and pier. We found some Forster's & Royal Terns, Sanderlings running on the beach and Gannets over the ocean. Brown Pelicans were sitting on the pier waiting to grab some unsuspecting fisherman's catch of the day.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"> Before we even arrived in Florida I was watching eBird reports of a Heermann's Gull in Lake Worth and this was the real reason that we made it a point to visit here. I figured it was a long shot to find one gull among all the other gulls on a beach jammed with beachgoers. But we tried anyway. </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"> But before going to the refuge Sharon and I headed to a place called Dixie's Park that I saw on eBird. When we drove into the place I was a little nervous. It appeared to have been a park at one time but it was run down and overgrown. One of the gates to enter was closed so I wasn't sure we should be going in there to bird. When we got out of the car and started walking around we came across two older women birders walking the roads. We asked if it was ok to be here and they said sure. The park was scheduled to be reopened soon but no repairs had been made yet. </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"> After talking with the women, we drove further in the park to where the ladies told us to bird. At that spot, we found two very good species for Florida. In one treetop there were two Western Kingbirds and a few minutes later we came across an Ash-throated Flycatcher.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"> Leaving Dixie Park we headed to Merritt Island NWR. That morning Holly Merker texted me and asked if I was near Merritt Island. I thought that was a strange question, but then she explained that she noticed my eBird posts from the area and that she was also on Merritt Island and was going to the refuge that morning. Although we never managed to connect up at the refuge we kept in touch with sighting we were observing. </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"> I always enjoy this place because you can drive through the refuge like you can at Bombay Hook. We stopped at the visitor center and were walking to the building when we saw this Cardinal attacking his reflection while sitting on the door of a pickup truck. </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"> At the center, we tried to find the Painted Bunting that was coming to the feeder, but no luck with that guy. Walking out back of the center I happened to look up in the sky and saw a soaring buteo that I just couldn't ID. It took a while before I realized I was staring at a light morph Short-tailed Hawk. I texted Holly to be on the lookout for it and about 45 minutes later I received a text from her that she found it inside the refuge and managed to get a photo.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"> On the loop road, we found the walking trail that was supposed to house the rare bird that I came here hoping to find. In with a large group of Blue-winged Teal was a stunning Cinnamon Teal.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">There were plenty of other birds we saw like more Roseate Spoonbills, most herons except the night herons, and lots of ducks. Another bird that was reported there was a Great White Pelican. After searching through several hundred American White Pelicans we couldn't come up with that individual.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"> Connected to the Merritt Island NWR is the Canaveral National Seashore. We made a quick drive through there to check the beach accesses and found lots of Gannets over the ocean and Sanderlings on the beach. As we were just getting onto one of the boardwalks to walk over the dunes to the beach Sharon yelled out "I found a Painted Bunting". Then she said there were three of them. </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"> This was basically the end of the birding trip and we started driving north to Jacksonville. The other part of the trip included visiting some national monuments, some old Spanish forts around Jacksonville and St Augustine and the Chinese Lantern Festival at Magnolia Plantation in Charleston, South Carolina. From there we headed to the Congaree National Park and then to Georgia to visit the small town of Helen and the MLK Historic Site in Atlanta.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"> We left from the Atlanta airport where I flew home and Sharon went to Denver to stay with my son Chris and his family, visit with Bryan and his family and also (mainly) to go to see the 2020 Oprah Winfrey Tour at the Pepsi Center in Denver. Seeing Oprah has been on her bucket list forever and exceeded her expectations. By the way the quiz with the baby birds; they will grow into Anhingas.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"> It was an unusual trip but we got to see so many birds and visit National Parks and National Monuments that we had not visited before. When I returned I had five days to go birding in PA and DE with no restrictions while Sharon was in CO. All this worked out, right before the Coronavirus hit the US.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"> Stay tuned for our next Guarente adventure.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">After getting a tip yesterday, I drove out to Lancaster in search of a Painted Bunting coming to a feeder. When I arrived the feeders were empty and stayed that way for about 10 minutes. Then the activity started picking up with Juncos, Cardinals and even Eastern Bluebirds appearing. I looked away for a few seconds and when I looked back the Painted Bunting was eating at the feeder. It was a male bird in gorgeous plumage. I had a special invite to visit, but unfortunately at this time, the property owner is not permitting visitors to the house.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">After viewing this gem I decided to head to Woods Edge Park on Centerville Rd. A Pink-footed Goose has been hanging around on the pond there for three days now. On my arrival, I met up with Chuck Berthoud who told me the goose left the pond around 7:30 this morning. That was when I was watching the bunting. So I decided to drive around the farmlands in search of the flock. I came across a flock of 5-10 thousand Snow Geese and starting searching through them for the Pink-footed. After forty-five minutes I still hadn't found the bird. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">So I decided to get something to eat and come back later in the morning. According to eBird reports the goose usually returns to the pond in the park in the late morning hours. So when I returned it was about 11:15AM and I walked over to the pond which was now filled with Snow Geese. After a quick scan, the Pink-footed Goose was spotted and photographed. Although it was fairly easy to spot the Pink-footed Goose, it was amazing how much they resembled the gray-colored immature Snows.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Anyway, I added two new Lancaster County birds today.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Two years have passed since I have written a summary of eBird reports in a blog. So this report covers the years 2018 and 2019.</span><br />
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<b>***Species reported for each month for 2011 through 2019; year total for
2011 through 2019; and All-Time totals for each month and year for all years
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</span><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "" serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">2011: J-077, F-071, M-083, A-134, M-140,
J-100, J-078, A-119, S-098, O-128, N-089, D-092, Y-211<br />
2012: J-081, F-080, M-084, A-134, M-135, J-098,
J-084, A-102, S-124, </span><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: "" serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">O-146</span><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "" serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">, N-084,
D-086, Y-216<br />
2013: J-084, F-079, M-098, A-130, M-147, J-087, </span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; font-size: 10pt;">J-102</span></span><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "" serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">, A-109</span><span style="background: white; color: #1f497d; font-family: "" serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">, S-129</span><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "" serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">, O-113, N-087,</span><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: "" serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"> <span style="color: blue;">D-098</span></span><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "" serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">, Y-214<br />
2014: </span><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: "" serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">J-093</span><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "" serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">, </span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; font-size: 10pt;">F-089</span></span><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "" serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">, M-100,
A-135, </span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; font-size: 10pt;">M-155</span></span><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "" serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">, J-098,
J-099, A-112, S-123, O-130, N-097, D-097, Y-220<br />
2015: J-081, F-081</span><span style="background: white; color: #1f497d; font-family: "" serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">, <span style="color: blue;">M-104, A-150</span></span><span style="background: white; color: #002060; font-family: "" serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="color: blue;">,</span> </span><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "" serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">M-152, </span><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: "" serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">J-112</span><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "" serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">, J-082, </span><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: "" serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="color: blue;">A-120</span></span><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "" serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">, S-129, O-124, </span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; font-size: 10pt;">N-098</span></span><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "" serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">, D-089, </span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "" serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Y-223</span></span></div>
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</span><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "" serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">J-087, F-087, M-104, A-133, M-153, J-101, J-095, A-102</span><span style="background: white; color: #1f497d; font-family: "" serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">, S-134</span><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "" serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">, O-118,
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J-093, F-087. </span><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: "" serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">M-115, A-153,<span style="color: blue;"> </span></span><span style="background: white; color: #1f497d; font-family: "" serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="color: blue;">M-152</span></span><span style="background: white; color: #002060; font-family: "" serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="color: blue;">, J-097,</span> </span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; font-size: 10pt;">J-105</span></span><span style="background: white; color: #1f497d; font-family: "" serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">, </span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; font-size: 10pt;">A-131</span></span><span style="background: white; color: #1f497d; font-family: "" serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">, </span><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: "" serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">S-156</span><span style="background: white; color: #1f497d; font-family: "" serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">, <span style="color: blue;">O-124</span>,<span style="color: blue;"> </span></span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; font-size: 10pt;">N-099</span></span><span style="background: white; color: #1f497d; font-family: "" serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">, <span style="color: blue;">D-097</span>, </span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; font-size: 10pt;">Y-231</span></span></div>
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All Time: J-152, F-143, M-156, A-226, M-240, J-169, J-162, A-200, S-239, O-235,
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "" serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">333 species have been reported to eBird all-time for
Delaware County. Five new species were added to the Delaware County eBird
list since 2017’s Black-headed Gull. These were Ross's Goose (Media), American White Pelican (Haverford College), American Golden-Plover (Delaware River), Hudsonian Godwit (Deleware River), and Gull-billed Tern (Deleware River). </span><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "" serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></li>
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2019, 5 less than in 2017 and 7 less than in 2018. The 226 species seen in 2019 was due in large part to two birders who
were very active in the county in 2019. </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "" serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">A new total species high count was set for 3 months out
of twelve: February, August and December 2019 shown in red in the above table.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "" serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">100+ species have now been reported in nine out of
twelve calendar months at least once, leaving only the winter months
December thru February outstanding. December came oh so close with 99
species recorded.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "" serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">150+ species is a tough number to reach in any month.
Previously, only three months have achieved that lofty number: April, May, and September.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "" serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">49 species have been reported for Delaware County for
every one of the eBird bar chart weeks in a year.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "" serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Here is a list of the top 15 of 50 Delaware County eBird
hotspots based on species diversity reported to date:</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></li>
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<span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "" serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">1. John Heinz NWR-wetlands (Delaware Co) –
271 </span><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: "" serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">(one new bird added in last 2 years)</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "" serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">2. Delaware River-Ft Mifflin/Hog Island
Rds-227 </span><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: "" serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">(a remarkable twenty new birds in last 2 years)</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "" serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">3. Ridley Creek SP (IBA) – 201 </span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "" serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">4. Tyler Arboretum – 188 <span style="color: red;">(3 new birds added in last 2 years)</span></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "" serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">5. Springton Reservoir (Restricted Access) – 182</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "" serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">6. Ridley Creek SP--Bridle Trail – 180 <span style="color: red;">(2 new birds added in last 2 years)</span></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "" serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">7. Darlington Tract – 174 <span style="color: red;">(2 new birds added in last 2 years)</span> </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "" serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">8. Crum Woods – 164</span><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: "" serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> (2 new
birds added in last 2 years)</span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: "" serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: blue;">9. </span></span><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "" serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "" serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The Willows – 160 </span><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: "" serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">(4 new birds added in last 2 years)</span></span><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "" serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "" serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">10. Haverford College (Delaware Co) - 154 <span style="color: red;">(7 new birds added in last 2 years)</span></span><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: "" serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "" serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">11. </span><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "" serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Rose Tree Park – 149 </span><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "" serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: red;">(9 new birds added in last 2 years)</span></span><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "" serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: "" serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></span><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "" serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: "" serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></span><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: "" serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "" serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "" serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">12. Big Bend Farm - 148</span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "" serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "" serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">13. Philadelphia International Airport – 144 </span><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: "" serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">(11 </span></span><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "" serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: "" serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "" serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: red;">new birds added in last 2 years)</span></span></span> </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "" serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">14. Hildacy Farm - 143 </span><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: "" serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">(6 new birds added in last 2 years) </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "" serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">15. Taylor Memorial Arboretum –140 </span><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: "" serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">(new to the list this time)</span><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: "" serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span><span style="color: red; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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County in 2019, go to:</span><span style="background: white; color: purple; font-family: "" serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> http://ebird.org/ebird/top100?locInfo.regionType=subnational2&locInfo.regionCode=US-PA-045&year=2019</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></li>
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<span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "" serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The top 100 birders in Delaware County submitted
226 species and submitted 4451 (a decrease of <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>49%) separate checklists. It shows a substantial lack of reporting in 2019. Why is that? I have not a clue. Perhaps the Delco birders are just getting too old to bird. I know I'm feeling the effects of too many years.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: blue;">My son Chris invited Sharon and I to Disneyland in California </span></span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: blue;">and he p</span>aid our admissions</span> as our birthday presents since our birthdays are only 33 days apart</span>. We flew from Philly to the John Wayne Airport in Orange County. We would meet up with the family there and spend three days at the park. Afterward, Sharon and I would be birding in Orange County, basically along the oceanfront but a few inland sites also.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;">None other than John Wayne himself greeted us at the airport</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;">Kylo Ren and a stormtrooper searching for Sharon in Disneyland</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: blue;"> After leaving Disney and saying our goodbyes we headed to one of the best sites in Orange County, the San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary, otherwise known as the wastewater treatment area. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"> About two weeks before we arrived, birders had found a Common Ringed Plover here. Unfortunately, by the time we arrived, it was long gone. Instead, we had to settle for Clark's Grebe, Greater Roadrunner, Allen's Hummingbirds, Black-necked Stilts, White and Brown Pelicans, Spotted Towhees and Orange-crowned Warblers.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;">Clark's Grebe</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;">Western Grebes</span></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: blue;"> The next morning we found ourselves at Bolsa Chica Ecological Preserve along the coast in Huntington Beach. This is a must-see preserve with great birding from a boardwalk and flat dirt pathways. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"> We moved further south and found Elegant Tern, Wrentit and California Gnatcatcher plus others at Crystal Cove State Park.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"> The next day we were back at Bolsa Chica once again. We added some new birds today like Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, Vaux's Swift, and Eared Grebes.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;">Vaux's Swift - identified by geography and nothing else</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: blue;"> Finally, we headed to Huntington County park, which is located inland about 5 miles. We walked around the library for about an hour and then headed to the airport to catch our flight back to Philly. We did find some interesting birds a the park.</span><br />
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Mixed in with the thirty or so Munias was one bird that I had no idea of its identity. I finally had to ask the eBird compiler from Orange County for help with ID.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Sharon and I made the trip to Colorado to watch over our grandson Max. After my son successfully piloted the Stratolaunch's first flight in California, he accepted a new job with a company called Boom in Centennial, CO. He moved there and brought Max with him, but Christine had to stay in California until the show she was directing ran it's final production on stage. So we were in charge of Max while Dad went to work. Our stay was for a two week period.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"> One of the highlights of this trip for me was a trip at dusk along the Cathy Johnson Trail. Chris, Max, Sharon and I all participated carrying flashlights to help navigate the dirt path. We arrived at the trailhead around 8:35PM and started our hike. We immediately heard a Killdeer calling on the hillside. Seemed liked a strange place for the Killdeer but nevertheless it was there. </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"> We kept hiking and saw some eye shine which turned at to be two coyotes. Max was a little nervous but quickly got over it. Finally, a 9PM we heard the call of my target bird, the Common Poorwill. It called for about ten minutes and then flew directly overhead. Awesome! On the way back to the car there were some larger type bats but I not certain of their identity.</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"> The next day we headed to Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR in search of a Badger and a Black-footed Ferret among the Prairie Dog towns. Both would be life mammals for us. Well, we found neither, but got a few birds while driving the loop.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"> A few days later, we took Max up to the summit of Mt Evans, which is the highest paved road in the USA. At 14,420' the landscape is quite rugged and also treeless. This is American Pipit country. </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"> The next few days I just birded by myself in the mornings visiting many different areas. One was the Platte Canyon Reservoir where I found some Hooded Mergansers (no photos taken) which were reported as being rare at this time of year.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;">Common Mergansers(not rare)</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;">Lesser Goldfinch</span></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: blue;"> Towards the end of our stay, I visited Roxborough State Park. This is a very popular park due to great scenery and hiking trails. On the entrance road I heard than spotted a Northern Bobwhite. I was attending a scheduled bird walk and told the guide about the bobwhite. She told me it has never been reported, so I showed her the photos I had. She didn't have an answer for that. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;">I'll let the expects ID this one</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: blue;"> Finally the last full day in Colorado, Sharon and I headed to the higher elevations once more. We climbed to over 8,000' in search of American Three-toed Woodpecker. I have only seen this bird once before in Alaska. I really wanted this bird for the lower 48. We had tried for this guy about five days ago in the same area with no luck. This was going to be our last chance. We drove around for awhile and picked a spot to pull off the side of the road. I got out of the car and listened for the call notes. Instead, we heard a woodpecker drumming on a distant tree. I walked down the road about a tenth of a mile trying to track down the drummer and hoping it was the right species. There were Hairy and Downy Woodpeckers and both Red-naped and Williamson's Sapsucker in this area. Finally, I was able to spot the culprit. Not only one, but a female and a young bird following the female around begging for food.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"> Other birds in the area were Red Crossbills, Pine Siskin, Hermit Thrush and Mountain Chickadees.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"> I thought I would send out a few photos of the many varieties of mammals that we have experienced recently in Colorado. On our first full day in Colorado we traveled north to the Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR. It's a 15,000 acre expanse of short and mixed grass prairies located northeast of Denver. This area used to belong to the military and was used for storage of ammunition then converted to a wildlife refuge. </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"> Another day we visited Mt Evans, which is the highest road in all of the United States, reaching an altitude of 14,260' above sea level. Talk about having a hard time breathing, but it was worth it for the great wildlife.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"> I was surprised that we were able to find Mountain Goats here. I knew they liked high altitudes but I didn't realize they were found this far south of Montana, which is where we first saw them years ago. </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"> Our son Chris, after a successful first flight of the Stratolaunch, had accepted another job as a test pilot for a company, BOOM, near Denver, CO. He bought a house in Highlands Ranch and will be driving there, but will leave Christine and Max in California to let Max finish out the school year. Chris asked Sharon and I if we wanted to tag along as he drives to Colorado. So we decided to meet him in Las Vegas and drive from there.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"> Sharon and I flew to Vegas and arrived late in the afternoon and picked up a rental car and drove to our hotel. We stayed at South Point Hotel south of the Vegas strip and away from all the crowds. Some of you might recognize the hotel because Carl Peretta would stay there when he led his Vegas trips for the Birding Club of Delaware County.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"> We would be visiting National Parks and Monuments in Nevada, Utah, Arizona and Colorado on our road trip. Since Chris will be picking us up around 12:30 in the afternoon we decided to rent a car and visit a few sights around Vegas before he arrived. Red Rocks Canyon NCA was our first stop. This was a nice area with an 8 mile loop where you drive thru a few different habitats. Along the rock cliffs were White-throated Swifts which were impossible for me to get a picture of with my little camera. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"> After exploring this area we were going to go to Corn Creek Preserve in the desert but decided it was a little too far, so instead we choose to meander up to the top of Mt Charleston. The only time that I was here before was with Carl on the Birding Club of Delaware County trip. We didn't do much birding because of time constraints but we were able to get a snack of cheesecake at the restaurant on the summit.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: blue;">While at the summit we came across this car. It was a new model car from one of the auto makers and they paint the car like this so no one knows the make of the car. There are also no markings on the car to give away the model. Then they drive it around and test the handling of the car on various road conditions. Pretty cool. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"> Coming down from the mountain and heading back to the airport we arrived just in time to meet Chris. We had lunch at Smashburger and then started east on the road to Colorado. First stop was "The Valley of Fire State Park" about 40 minutes from Vegas.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;">Take a guess at this species</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;">Chris and I climbing the arch rock staircase</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: blue;"> It was now getting to be late afternoon and we still had an hour's drive to get to St George, Utah where we were spending the night. When we arrived we had dinner and then did a little tour of the city. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><br /></span> <span style="color: blue;"> So we ended our first day of our road trip and spent the night at the St George Desert Inn. Tomorrow we head for Zion NP, Vermilion Cliffs NM, the Navaho Bridge, Horseshoe Bend and Glen Canyon Dam. BTW, the mystery bird was a Black-throated Sparrow again but it was a juvenile. It through me off for awhile. I thought it was a Sagebrush or Bell's Sparrow.</span> <span style="color: blue;"> </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">We are once again in California visiting our son Chris and his family awaiting the first flight of the new Stratolaunch airplane in which Chris will be the test pilot. In the meantime, we are delighting in the fact that we hit the peak of the desert flower bloom. </span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: blue;">On our flight into Burbank a few days ago, we could see the thousands of acres of oranges and yellows covering the ground. It looked like a patchwork quilt welcoming us to California. </span>We drove down from Tehachapi to the fields surrounding Lancaster where we knew the flowers were showing well. Here are some photos of the area.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">After touring the Antelope Valley and seeing the poppies we headed back to Tehachapi and I dropped off Sharon and my daughter-in-law Christine. I then went to one of my favorite birding spots around Tehachapi, the Tehachapi Sewer Ponds. Being one of the few water sources in the area it attracts a good number of waterfowl and other species. </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Leaving there I headed over to the local airport where a few years ago I took a ride in a glider on my birthday. Today, however, I was treated instead to a nice view of a Lark Sparrow.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"> The following day, still waiting for the first flight, which was postponed once again, Sharon and I headed to the Piute Ponds at Edwards Air Force Base in the Mojave desert. This has to be the top rated birding site within an hour's drive from Tehachapi. You can stay in your car and drive the many dirt roads which surround the ponds and marshy areas. We were there on a good day and managed a boat load of species. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"> Finally the flight took place on Saturday, April 13, 2019. We arrived in Mojave Airport around 6AM and were given the royal treatment being relatives of the flight crew. At 7AM we were on teh tarmac as the plane started up and barreling down the runway. I thought that since it was the biggest airplane that it would use up most of the runway during takeoff but before it even reached us(halfway down the runway) the plane was off the ground. It was spectacular and brought tears to our eyes. The flight lasted about two hours then they did a flyby about 200 feet above the runwa, again to many cheers, and did one final circle and landed successfully. We were so proud and happy.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;">This hanger had to be specially built to fit plane inside</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;">One big happy family</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;">California Gull with red gonys spot on bill</span></span></td></tr>
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January 29 I took an overnight trip to an area just south of Page, AZ -
the site of the Glen Canyon dam and Lake Powell. On a steep slope at a
roadside pull-off there were a flock of Rosy-Finches which had been
coming in regularly for about a month and a half. The great majority -
about 50-60 - were Black Rosy-Finches, and in the flock were usually one
or two Gray-crowned Rosy Finches. I hoped to see the birds, which were
about 275 miles north of my base in Scottsdale. I had tried to get them a
few weeks earlier in a one-day back and forth run, but had not been
successful. In fact, I had to cut my trip off early because it started
snowing rather hard. This time, I traveled north with plans to stay the
night in Page. This would give me a brief window to see the finches on
the way up, and as much time as I needed the next day to get two lifers.</span></span></div>
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arrived at the site with not much daylight left on Monday, so I was
going to have to get lucky on Tuesday. After checking into my hotel and
having a dreadful take-out Chinese dinner (see my review at: <a class="yiv8566049787" href="http://tinyurl.com/y4gysh7o" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span class="yiv8566049787">http://tinyurl.com/y4gysh7o</span></a>), I turned in for the night to get an early start the next morning.</span></span></div>
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was up before dawn, had the hotel breakfast, and drove to the site,
where the sun was just getting up. It was about 7:15. I threw out some
seed I had brought with me to entice the birds back to their regular
spot, and sat in my car to wait. At around 9 o’clock, I saw a circling
flock of small birds which did not come in, but moved off. I was sure
they were the finches. I got out of the car to wait for their return,
and a man came by, stopped, and strew sunflower seed near the top of the
ridge, where observation would be very easy. The gentleman was a wealth
of information. He told me exactly where to sit and wait, and felt
confident I’d be successful. He then left for work in Page. Sure enough,
at about 9:15, a flock circled and finally lit near the top of the
ridge, close to where I was standing. My first priority was to pick out a
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observers said the birds might stay for 20 minutes or 20 seconds before
flying off. The chap who had stopped to put out the seed said they
seemed to be on about a 40 minute cycle of landing, flying away, and
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being satisfied that I had seen a Gray-crowned among the much more
numerous Blacks, I approached a bit and took up my camera. These birds
could not be described as shy. As I wrote in a AZNMBIRDS post, at times I
thought my shoe would appear in some of the pictures I was taking! I
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that I had gotten good looks, I decided to head off for Navajo Bridge -
a span over the Colorado at a place called Marble Gorge. It is a spot
near the Vermillion Cliffs, one of the release sites for the
reintroduction of the California Condor. My earlier visitor was an
experienced birder in the area, and he told my to try standing on the
old bridge and observing the underside of the new bridge, where a family
of condors sometimes roosted. I had the great luck of being there on an
overcast day, when there was essentially no thermal activity and the
birds would probably be earthbound. When I arrived, fortune again smiled
upon me, as the old bridge was where a wildlife biologist from the
Peregrine Fund was observing two roosting birds perched on the girders
of the new bridge, within easy telescope and photo range. This young
woman knew the pedigree of each individual, and informed me that No. 54
(a wing-tagged adult) and a juvenile with him (as yet still untagged)
were parent and child. Furthermore, the youngster had been hatched and
raised naturally in the wild, and was thus a countable bird by ABA
guidelines, unlike the parent who had received human rearing! I had seen
condors some years ago at Big Sur in California, but all were tagged
birds who had been raised with human intervention. It was truly a
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<span style="color: blue;">The previous night we enjoyed our dinner on the deck of the Sheraton Resort. We had reservations for five o'clock so we could get a front row seat overlooking the ocean. The restaurant was named "Rays on the Bay" and the name implies what we came to observe. After sunset, the Sheraton turns on spotlights and shines them on the cove right below our seats. The lights shining on the water attract plankton and the plankton, in turn, attracts Manta Rays.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: blue;"> The giant manta ray is the world’s largest ray with a wingspan of up to 29 feet. They are filter feeders and eat large quantities of zooplankton. Giant manta rays are slow-growing, migratory animals with small, highly fragmented populations that are sparsely distributed across the world. Well, we were lucky enough to be at one of those spots. As the sun fell to the horizon and the green flash was seen we were hopefully awaiting the arrival of these sea creatures. Luck would have it that we managed to see several rays feeding directly below us. It was quite the sight to see.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"> The next morning we went to Walmart and bought snorkeling equipment and headed to the beach.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"> We went snorkeling at Hapuna Beach State Park. This was one of King Kamehameha's favorite spots to swim and surf.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Back at the hotel, the sport of the afternoon was paddle boarding. It took Chris a while to get his balance but Max got right on and started paddling around the pond like a pro..</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"> What happens next is, the crew launches two flat rafts with blue lights attached to the bottom of the rafts. The rafts have handles on the sides for us to hold onto while in the water. Once you are in the water holding the raft, they give you a pool noodle to put under your feet to help you lay flat on the surface.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"> So just at dusk, we are ready to go and the lights go on. Now we just float on the surface with the snorkel and masks watching underwater for the action to start. Well, for the first half hour we just floated there watching nothing but fish feeding on the plankton. We thought we were going to get skunked. So the two crew members grabbed hold of the rope, detached it from the boat, and began swimming towards some other rafts that were there for the same purpose. Once all the rafts were in a compact area with more concentrated light, the action started. These Manta Ray photos were taken by our crew while on our dive.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"> Chris and Max went ziplining the next day but the old guy wasn't up to it this time around. I've done it many times in the past so I opted out this time. </span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"> We drove back to Hilo that day and went into a lava tube where I got the back of my leg chewed up by the lava rock. Too much action for this Pop Pop!</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"> On our last night we had a wonderful dinner at The Ponds Restaurant. They gave Max koi food and he got to feed the koi right out the window.</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"> Sharon reminded me that she had to talk me into going on this trip, I didn't want to go.</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;">It was such a great adventure. I'm so glad I went!</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"> The trip ended the next day and we flew back to California on Thanksgiving Day. At Thanksgiving dinner that night I enjoyed a nice big pizza at the hotel. This was definitely a trip to remember. Thanks for tagging along with us.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">On the fourth day Chris, Christine, and Max arrived in Hilo and we picked them up at their hotel. Now with the large group wanting to do various things birding slowed down quite a bit, so if you are expecting a large number of bird photos you can stop reading here. Our plan was to drive around the top part of the island and then head south to our hotel. So our first stop was at a black sand beach where surfing was the big thing. One surfer had a hydroplane surfboard which actually rode out of the water, floating above the waves. I've never heard of this before, but the guy must have been new at this because he was having a lot of trouble staying on the board. </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"> Next stop was the Hawaiian Botanical Tropical Gardens. Fantastic place to the see the many different flowers and trees of the island.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">While eating this we found several of these </span><span style="color: blue;">Orange-spotted Day Geckos. </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"> <span style="color: blue;">Across the street, we saw a solitary Cattle Egret.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"> Akaka Falls State Park was next on the list. A walk around the park produced many new plants, an excellent view of the large falls and a new life bird, a Hawaiian Hawk. </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Towards the north end of the island, we found Tex's Drive-In. They were selling Malasadas and we stopped in for a tasty treat. These are basically Portuguese donuts, but boy are they good. The line was out the door waiting for these treats.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">We rounded the top of Hawaii and then headed south to our hotel, the Waikoloa Hilton Resort. The hotel was real nice but way too big for Sharon and me. You had to travel by a shuttle train just to get from place to place in the resort.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"> Some of the things of interest around the resort.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"> Next day we took Ukelele lessons. I decided I'll never be a Musician</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"> Well, that's all for now. The next couple of days were fun but I'm only going to write about one day, my favorite day, with the best experience ever. See you then.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"> <span style="font-size: small;"> After finishing up touring around Hilo, Mauna Kea Volcano, and the Saddle Rd areas we decided to head south towards Volcanoes National Park and the southern tip of the island. Once again as we were leaving our jungle cabin we came across more Mongoose. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;">Our first stop of the day was at the "Star of the Sea" church, also known as the painted church.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"> After breakfast, we arrived at Volcanoes Nat'l Park. We visited here way back in 1974 and of course, nothing looked familiar. </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Even with all the lava rock around plants keep on growing.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Driving along Crater Rim Drive we stopped to view many other craters and lava flows. The National Park starts at 3500' elevation but as you drive along Crater Rim Dr the elevation eventually brings you back to sea level. As we reached the ocean we walked to the overlook and saw the "Sea Arch".</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">After finishing up at the National Park we cruised further south along the eastern coast. The rest of the journey south was mostly sightseeing, not birding. We stopped at the most southern bakery in the United States. </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"> We noticed these signs at many locations along the coast.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"> Rounding the southern tip of Hawaii we directed ourselves north, up the west coast. We stopped at one more spot to look for birds, the Manuka Natural Area Reserve. Here, we were able to find another pair of Apapane.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"> After departing the park we did an about-face and started heading back to our AirBnB. Tomorrow we will pick up Chris and his family at the Hilo airport and embark on new adventures.</span><br />
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