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WINTER SCENE IN THE GLENCOE march 12th

Dennis managed a few days out in the field shooting landscapes whilst the snow is still around, during the week he visited he visited Glencoe and took this shot of Buachaille Etive Mhor with a wide lense on his canon EOS1Ds Mk 3 .Although this is one of the most photographed mountains in scotland he still feels it is also one of the most impressive Mountains to photograph

The winter finally arrived../L’hiver est enfin arrivé..

And I promised I’ll try to get so nice pictures in the snow. When I tried to do so, I tried to focus on snow bunting which have finally arrived down-town with the snow. When I did that, I could not stop to think about Dave from “Birds from behind” because this nice bunting would simply not turn in the right direction and will show me his butt!!! All the time!!! I gave up after twenty minutes getting only these two pictures:

Et j’ai promis que j’essaierai de faire des photos avec la neige en fond. Quand je me suis concentré sur mon objectif, je n’ai pas pu m’empêcher de penser à Dave de “Birds from behind“, car les bruants n’ont tout simplement jamais voulu me montrer leur bon côté.. J’ai donc arrêté après 20 minutes de tentatives infructueuses, et ai seulement deux photos de ceux-ci:

Snow bunting/Bruant des neiges.

I was not going to stop taking pictures because of that and I tried several other species. Sorry if they are the same as the ones I published before, but we do not have that many species around nowadays.

J’ai quand même pris d’autres sujets, je n’allais pas m’arrêter là. Désolé si ce sont les mêmes espèces, encore une fois, mais nous n’avons que très peu d’oiseaux en ce moment.

Turnstone/Tournepierre à collier.

Whooper swan/Cygne chanteur.

These pictures were taken at Bakkatjörn, and as promised a bit of the landscape.

J’ai pris ces photos à Bakkatjörn, chose promise chose due, une petite photo de paysage.

Now, I wanted to get something new in my blog for those who are interested about bird life around here. So I decided to add a “Rare birds news” over here, just to tell you which rare species have been spotted in Iceland. Just quickly, a velvet-scoter was spotted on the southeast coast, lots of king eiders in the southern area, not even one hour from home (might go to see some), some common goldeneye on the southeast coast too, 3 bohemian waxwings have been spending the whole winter in Husavik on the Northeast coast as well as a blackcap, a robin and a brambling, and to make it short, ring-billed gulls are spotted everywhere around the country.

Maintenant, je voulais rajouter quelque chose de nouveau sur mon blog. J’ai donc décidé de vous donner des infos sur les espèces rares observées ces derniers jours en Islande. Une macreuse brune a été vue le long des côtes du sud-ouest, beaucoup d’eiders à tête grise ont été vus dans le sud-ouest (j’irai peut être en voir, ils ne sont pas si loin), un garrot à œil d’or se promène sur les côtes à l’est, 3 jaseurs boréaux ont passés l’hiver à Husavík au nord-est, tout comme un pinson du nord et une fauvette à tête noire, et pour faire court, des goélands à bec cerclés ont été observés tout autour du pays!

Here we are. Enjoy your spring time while we enjoy snow. Have a good birding day.
Cheers,Chris.

Voilà voilà. Apprécier le début du printemps pendant que nous profitons de notre hiver tardif, et bonnes observations de dame nature à tous.
A bientôt,
Chris.

WINTER SCENE IN THE PASS OF GLENCOE

Dennis too this shot today which was a wonderful day in scotland with thick snow covering many places including the pass of Glencoe from where this picture was taken from the shore of the Loch.more at http://www.scotphoto.com/

Outlook: Optimistic

The snow is shrinking, and I am thinking of Spring.

After

Some photos taken yesterday (Thursday) of the snow in Ballard Park from Wednesday’s storm. Alas, I wasn’t the first one in! There were lots of footprints in the snow in some of the more accessible areas of the park. Oh well…

Atop the quarry rim.

A lacy ice arbor over the Twin Ledges Trail.

The Joseph Cotton Overlook in snow.

The path down to the old stone crusher.

© 2010 by A. Roy Hilbinger

Salt Lake Wedding Photographer {Bridals}

I’m reeeeeeally starting to ache for summer. Even though the winter hasn’t been much of a winter {where’s the snow???} I’m ready to move on to a new season. As much as I whine about being cold, I don’t think I’d actually like to live somewhere where there’s no winter. I like change. I like freshly fallen snow, and how it makes the bare tree branches sparkle with white glitter. I love seasons. I love winter weddings. But I really love weddings in the summer. All that green….









A Cold Winter Day

The snow of the last few days kicked up a notch or two overnight; we got some more snow, but the temperatures plummeted and the wind earned itself a high wind advisory. At 8:30 this morning it was 15º F (-9º C) with a windchill of -3º F (-19º C). I was considering forgoing my usual Sunday constitutional. But I went out to shovel and sweep the night’s very light snow off the walk and porches and in the process decided I could keep warm in this, so off I went after the shoveling was done.

In town and in the trees of Ballard Park it was just a cold day that I had no problems with, but Hazard Rd. at Gooseneck Cove is wide open to the wind, and it was downright frigid there. There was still some snow falling, and in that wind it was coming down almost horizontally. Still, I got some decent shots before my fingers threatened to freeze and fall off after being exposed in order to work the camera; five minutes was all they could stand. Anyhow, here are today’s frigid photos.

Icicles on the rock face along the Twin Ledges Trail.

The rock at the intersection of the Twin Ledges and Southwest Trails.

A female Downy Woodpecker in the reeds along Hazard Rd. She was pecking away at the reed stems and I caught sight of something in her beak once or twice. Either she stored things in these hollow stems earlier in the Fall, or there were frozen bugs in there.

A Red-breasted Merganser couple on Gooseneck Cove. Yes, those streaks are the snow in that wind. You can see why I only lasted 5 minutes there!

A Hooded Merganser drake on Gooseneck Cove. There were several out there, but he stayed the closest.

© 2010 by A. Roy Hilbinger

It’s Still Snowing

I woke up to find that 4 more inches of light, fluffy snow had fallen overnight, and the forecast is for about that much more in light snow before the front finally moves off Sunday afternoon. This is real Roy-Heaven! It hasn’t really stopped snowing all day today, it’s just been a very, very light snowfall. As I had to go to the library today, I decided to wander a bit on the way home to get some nice, scenic shots. Tomorrow I’ll do the grand tour of Ballard Park and Gooseneck Cove, which I’m sure will produce another crop of scenery. But today yielded some nice, almost domestic shots in a gentle walk around town.

My favorite cemetery, the Clifton Burying Ground, tucked in amongst the neighborhood’s backyard gardens on the hill behind the Newport Public Library, today was tucked in snugly under a comfy blanket of snow.

The shops in the Victorian storefronts on the upper end of Bellevue Ave. across from the Viking Hotel.

A Federal-style brick house on Kay St, with it’s wreath still on the door and the evergreens surrounding it covered in snow. This one’s another candidate for a Christmas card!

© 2010 by A. Roy Hilbinger

Seasonal Scenes

Just some shots taken while walking the streets of Newport today and yesterday, catching the town in festive garb amidst the snow of the weekend storm. Even though the next two days may take us close to 40ºF (4ºC), most of that snow will still be there for a white Christmas.


Okay, I can’t help myself. I deliberately mentioned a white Christmas up there because that’s where my mind is these days. I just contributed a post to the Just A Song blog yesterday, the subject being Irving Berlin’s “White Christmas” as sung by Bing Crosby, and I posted the famous clip from the movie Holiday Inn. So forgive me if I post the video again. I just can’t help myself!

Photos & text © 2009 by A. Roy Hilbinger

One Year to the Day

Last year on Dec. 19 we got a monster snow storm which lasted into the morning hours of Dec. 20. I wandered around on the 20th taking pictures and posted a photo essay on Gather.com. Wouldn’t you know it, but this year we got another monster storm on the same dates. So of course I was out with the camera today after I shoveled the walks here.

There were differences between the storms. Last year’s storm happened in warmer temperatures and the snow was heavy and wet, so while it was heavy as all get-out to shovel it was also very scenic because it stuck to everything and it was warm enough for me to cover a lot of territory in comfort. This year it was much colder and the snow was lighter and drier, so while it was a joy to shovel, I couldn’t stay out in certain places because the wind and cold were more than I was willing to put up with. I pretty much stuck to Ballard Park because the wind whipping across Hazard Rd. made it to tough to photograph due to frozen fingers. So here’s Ballard Park in the snow again this year, and on the same date as last year.

The Wickham Rd. entrance to the park. As you can see, I was the first one to walk in that snow!

The Twin Ledges Trail above the Quarry.

Looking down into the swamp from the Joseph Cotton Overlook. As you can see, it was still snowing.

The path down to the small stream that runs through the middle of the park. I loved the lacy look of the snow on the shrubs.

The Southwest Trail. Still no footprints. I was all alone in the park with ALL THAT SNOW! This is called Roy-Heaven.

There were a whole flock of Robins feeding on the berries in this tree on the fringes of the Quarry.

The Quarry face in snow. If you look closely you can even see icicles hanging from the rocks.

The snow was very deep in the park, deeper than last year. There were times along some of the trails when it was up past my knees. Coming down the trail from the Joseph Cotton Overlook I found a hole that the snow had successfully hidden. I went down, and I found out that at that point the snow was waist deep to me, so figure at least three feet (approx. 1 meter). Heh, heh! It took me a while to get out of that one.

But walking in snow that deep (O how I wish now that I’d bought those snowshoes 5 years ago!) got to me; my back hurts (I have the heating pad back there as I type this) and I have no legs at this point. But I was well-dusted in snow and breathing nice, crisp, clean air. I’m tired and sore, but boy howdy am I happy!

© 2009 by A. Roy Hilbinger

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