Archive for March 2015

Dinosaurs are Cool. And there are a lot of their bones, and other cool stuff at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia.

It seems like only yesterday that I got my first book on dinosaurs. It was a  How and Why  Wonder Book.   I was in first grade and I was fascinated. Back then all we had were the basics. The Brontosaurus,  the Tyrannosaurus, the Stegosaurus. and a few others.  I was so excited seeing them when my dad took me to…

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Crooked Tree, Belize, Up Close.

On my recent trip to Belize there was just so much to see. I’ve already shared some photos from my visits to Belize City, the Mayan ruins at  Lamanai and Altun Ha, Crooked Tree and the Belize Zoo.   I also shared photos of the beautiful animals and birds i encountered on my walks and boat…

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Back to Belize and my visit to the Community Baboon Sanctuary.

It was two weeks ago today that I visited the  famous Community Baboon Sanctuary located in the rural Belize River valley. The sanctuary protects Howler Monkeys, an endangered species , which are locally known as baboons. The 20 square mile sanctuary protects the monkeys environment. Local farmers agreed to protect the monkeys and the trees…

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Black-collared hawk Crooked Tree Belize

Don’t want to put our local turkeys on the spot but I like this magnificent bird, a black-collared hawk .I photographed  this one in Belize  and I think it has the wild turkey beat in appearance. Here is a link to  some more photographs of this beautiful bird. https://keepyoureyespeeled.net/photographs-2/belize-february-2015/nggallery/belize-2015/black-collared-hawk belize#gallery/5489f221decc881b58f85fc6be80668e/850

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It’s Time For Spring!!!

It’s that time again. I have enjoyed this MGM cartoon for many years. So appropriate when that same battle with old man Winter is going on here in the northern climes.  Great cartoon and worth watching if you haven’t seen it before, or re-watching if you did. And I’m not saying who wins the battle,…

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Birds of Belize.

I finally got around to putting together an album of all of the different species of birds I photographed on my recent trip to Belize. Here is the link to the album.   It can also be found on my Belize photograph page.https://keepyoureyespeeled.net/photographs-2/belize-february-2015/nggallery/belize-2015/birds-of-belize-february-13-20-2015#gallery/1b3db4187a3c1ae17741376927f6e2f7/1020. I tried to name the ones I could identify and guessed at others.…

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Robins, Welcome Back!!! We Sure Missed You.

They are late this year. They weren’t braving that  deep snow cover and cold temperatures.  I’ve been out looking for them for a over week now and I knew as soon as I began my walk this morning they were back. I heard that beautiful song in the morning twilight and knew I would spot…

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Birds In My Backyard

Although a lot of snow melted this past week, there is still a pretty  deep snow pack in the woods so I wasn’t going out hiking this afternoon.  Decided to just sit and relax and watch my feathered friends show up for dinner. I love watching birds at my feeders. Cardinals, downy woodpeckers, house finches,…

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More Backyard Visitors.

Not being a cold weather person, I waited a long time for the arrival of Spring and was very disappointed when it arrived with four inches of snow here in Northeastern Pennsylvania. But it still did arrive and so did the robins and geese. There still is not a lot of plant growth because of the deep…

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