Moondance

Sometimes one does not understand...

Eagles Rule!!

For those who may not understand, here are some pictures to illustrate:

The eagles are all over in the trees by the river.

And ice means...

EAGLES!!!!!

Then everything into white

Everything into brown

Fall color explosion

This year fall felt a long time coming with the extended heat. BUT when it came...it was lovely.

A turbulent afternoon

This was a STORMY afternoon - really I felt quite foolish for standing out taking pictures.

Another beautiful evening

Living tsunami

Throughout the fall there are huge corridors of migrating birds. These are red-wing blackbirds.

Magritte -esque cloudy fall day

I had to stop on the side of the road to capture this. Unfortunately the limitations of a lens cannot capture the magnificence of a fall midwestern country sky. Expansive.

Rollin' up river

LOTS of barges pass through during the unfrozen months.

I saw this guy from the bridge walkway. He was below me on the bank - thank goodness for zoom!

I started seeing these guys in early September but could not ID them.

I was really hoping it was a sea hawk but I just was not sure...

But FINALLY she got close enough to see clearly, and I managed to get her in my camera frame. What a beauty! We've got ospreys over the dam, folks! Here he is enhanced: