April 19, 2021:
Riverbend Park Finale:
Today, for your enjoyment, I would like to share a final set of images from my excellent April 2nd visit to Riverbend Park:
Red-shouldered Hawk; Red-tailed Hawk; five shots of Ospreys; Northern Rough-winged Swallow; Great Blue Heron; and an Eastern Phoebe.
Enjoy!
Stay safe and have a great day!
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April 18, 2021:
Happy Sunday!
For your viewing pleasure, today I would like to share a penultimate set of images from my April 2nd visit to Riverbend Park:
Common Raven; Bald Eagle; Bald Eagle & Osprey; Osprey; three shots of Great Blue Herons; two photos of a hovering Belted Kingfisher; and a Double-crested Cormorant.
Enjoy!
Stay safe and have a great day!
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April 17, 2021:
Riverbend Park Swallows:
Easily the most difficult avian subjects to photograph during my April 2nd visit to Riverbend Park, were the many swallows incessantly skimming over the surface of the Catawba River, hunting insects.
Due to their small size, and their rapid and unpredictable flight patterns, they posed quite a challenge to image!
There were many more deleted photos than keepers!
Today, for your viewing pleasure, I would like to share some of my more successful efforts, along with a few Great Blue Herons, (significantly easier photographic subjects), thrown in:
Four shots of Tree Swallows; what I believe is a Purple Martin; two images of Northern Rough-winged Swallows; and three Great Blue Herons in flight.
Enjoy!
Stay safe and have a great day!
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April 16, 2021:
More From Riverbend Park:
As we head into another beautiful Spring weekend, I would like to share several more images from my April 2nd outing at Riverbend Park:
Two photos of Double-crested Cormorants; two shots of Bald Eagles; Ring-billed Gull; four Osprey images; and a Great Blue Heron in flight.
Enjoy!
Stay safe and have a great day!
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April 15, 2021:
Mainly Ospreys:
Today, I’d like to continue sharing images from my excellent April 2nd visit to Riverbend Park.
These photos mainly feature Ospreys, four or five of which were fishing in the Catawba River throughout the day:
Seven shots of Ospreys; two images of Bonaparte’s Gulls; and a soaring Bald Eagle.
Enjoy!
Stay safe and have a great day!
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April 14, 2021:
Continuing From Riverbend Park:
I am working my way through images from my April 2nd visit to Riverbend Park.
Today, I would like to share several more photos from this outing:
Seven shots of Bald Eagles; a gulp of Double-crested Cormorants; a pair of Great Blue Herons in flight; and a soaring Osprey.
Enjoy!
Stay safe and have a great day!
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April 13, 2021:
Riverbend Park Wows Again!
On April 2nd, I returned to Riverbend Park, located along the Catawba River near Conover, NC, for the fourth time.
As previously, I was hoping to observe and photograph Bald Eagles.
Once again, I wasn’t disappointed!
Four or five Bald Eagles were around intermittently throughout the day!
In addition, four or five Osprey fished in the river pretty much all day!
There were also many Northern Rough-winged Swallows and Tree Swallows, skimming the water’s surface, hunting insects!
At least a half dozen Great Blue Herons, many Double-crested Cormorants, and occasional Gulls were also around!
It was a great day, and I took a ton of photographs, which I have barely begun to review!
For a start, today I would like to share a few images from this outing:
Two shots of soaring Bald Eagles; a fishing Osprey; and a Tree Swallow skimming the river’s surface.
(Over the next few days, I plan to post additional images from this fun and productive day, as I have the opportunity to review them.)
Enjoy!
Stay safe and have a great day!
