Blue Gray Gnat Catcher

I was looking through some photos that I had taken last summer and came across a bird that I did not have in my bird photo album.

When I took the picture I thought that it was a wren of some kind and did not give it much thought. When I got home I dumped it into my computer and there it stayed.

The other day I came across this little bird and realized it was something new. So here it is, a Blue Gray Gnat Catcher. This little bird was photographed not far from the Mississippi River in Western Wisconsin.

You are a Crab

I was a visitor to the beach front property of this little fella and it was obvious that in spite of all of the arrangements made to get to his estate I was still not welcome. I placed my camera as close to the sand as I could and he got a little aggressive and began to charge at me. I could only assume that he did not want me around, at which point I stated the obvious, "What a Crab".

A Very Fun Trip

I bet you will never guess where this photo was taken. It was the week of my wife's 40th birthday; and perhaps the only really big trip we took as a family. My kids were about 15 or 16, (three kids and only two birthdays...twins). We took the Amtrak all the way to Seattle. I want to go back there some day.

This photo was taken 13 years ago with a film camera; what else would I use it was the only reliable way to get a good photo? I scanned it into my computer years later with an old scanner (new at the time) with poor resolution capabilities.

I have had quite a few digital cameras since then, now my phone would likely take a better photo than this. Thats the way technology goes I guess.

I will try to dig up more Seattle pics someday.