[Itsed65]

Took a drive out to Pt. Reyes yesterday to escape the craziness surrounding the Golden State Warrior parade that started about a block from my office. Not much going on this time of year out there, but I did find this fellow obligingly posed on a fence post.

California Quail by lennycarl08, on Flickr

[dcstep]

Super quail shot Ed.

Here's a robin's nest that I found:

MORE WORMS!!! by David Stephens, on Flickr

[M_Six]

Very cool, DC. Momma doesn't look happy with you, though.

[Itsed65]

That is a really cool shot Dave!

[Itsed65]

I went out to a new place where I heard there was an Osprey nest and hit the jackpot. I have never seen this behavior with them before, but there were at least 10 different birds orbiting around and making a lot of noise. I could only manage to get 6 in any one frame, but there were more. It was quite a sight to see and hear. I had to grab my camera with the 24-105 to get a wide enough shot to include more than one bird. This was at another abandoned navy base right along San Pablo bay, butting right up against the Chevron Refinery in Richmond California. I also got a few hundred close ups of the different birds with my 7DII.

Osprey Fest 2015 by lennycarl08, on Flickr

[bosstones]

Originally Posted by allachie9

Thanks Andy, Mark and Jeff.
That's a great shot Jeff. Is that the Washington subway ?

Thank you, sir. Yup, the Smithsonian stop after hitting up some of the monuments on my way back to my hotel.

Managed to make a stop on my way back to DCA.

[dcstep]

Originally Posted by M_Six

Very cool, DC. Momma doesn't look happy with you, though.

Thanks.

That's after she made about 8 trips. I think she was used to me by then.

[dcstep]

Originally Posted by Itsed65

That is a really cool shot Dave!

Thanks Ed.

[allachie9]

No chance of a summer solstice sunset here. The weather has again been wet and miserable.
So here's a sunset from Easter.
This is Lossiemouth West Beach, looking west towards Inverness, just moments after the sun had gone down.

Easter Sunset_1 by Alan Butterfield, on Flickr

[dcstep]

Originally Posted by allachie9

No chance of a summer solstice sunset here. The weather has again been wet and miserable.
So here's a sunset from Easter.
This is Lossiemouth West Beach, looking west towards Inverness, just moments after the sun had gone down.

Great shot. The afterglow is best. Spectacular things happen.

Here's one of my favorites from last year, looking toward 14,000+ foot Mt. Evans:

Sunset Over Rockies - Explored by David Stephens, on Flickr

[allachie9]

Great shot Dave, a wonderful range of colours.

[allachie9]

Surprising what you can get on the garden bird feeder sometimes !

Micky by Alan Butterfield, on Flickr

[dcstep]

Originally Posted by allachie9

Surprising what you can get on the garden bird feeder sometimes !

Hawk food...

[Itsed65]

There is less man-made clutter along the bay where I found this other osprey nest. Still, the behavior is the same. Mama stays home while papa goes out for food and home improvement materiel

Home Improvement by lennycarl08, on Flickr

[dcstep]

Originally Posted by Itsed65

There is less man-made clutter along the bay where I found this other osprey nest. Still, the behavior is the same. Mama stays home while papa goes out for food and home improvement materi

Great shot with nesting material.

[allachie9]

+1
Amazing detail.

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by dcstep

Great shot with nesting material.

Guarantee that Mama Osprey won't like it.

[allachie9]

This one might appeal to Ed. Looking on Flickr, I notice you have lots of great railway shots.

87002_Royal Sovereign by Alan Butterfield, on Flickr

Class 87 loco 87002, built at Crewe in 1973 and named 'Royal Sovereign' in 1978.
The loco is now owned by The AC Locomotive Group.
Seen here at Edinburgh Waverley, looking resplendent after a recent repaint.

[dcstep]

Originally Posted by allachie9

This one might appeal to Ed. Looking on Flickr, I notice you have lots of great railway shots.

I think that Ed may need to excuse himself for a minute...

[Itsed65]

Originally Posted by dcstep

I think that Ed may need to excuse himself for a minute...

LoL. I'm always up for interesting train pics. It's interesting how the same basic technology looks so vastly different between the continents.

[dcstep]

Originally Posted by Itsed65

LoL. I'm always up for interesting train pics. It's interesting how the same basic technology looks so vastly different between the continents.

Most of your shots are diesel/electric where this one looks 100% electric. Our electrics from that era weren't all too different, but there is a certain styling cue to the UK rail cars.

[Itsed65]

Speaking of trains, I spent Sunday along the Feather River. One of my favorite areas of the state.

Climbing the Canyon Wall by lennycarl08, on Flickr