Geese

Geese or Canadian Goose, no matter what you call them, I love to take photographs of them. I was watching Emma as she was waiting for a ride to a play day with a friend. Ian called and said there was a hundred or two geese in a field along White Rock Road. So after Emma left, I headed to White Rock Road, west of Eldersburg. I wasn't disappointed as Ian was correct there was a big flock of geese in a corn field covered with snow. I plan to return a few times to get more images of the birds. I would love to shoot them at sunset. I missed a good shot on the way back from Gettysburg when the sun was setting the other day, so now I am pumped up about this cornfield.

Back to Gettysburg

I went to Gettysburg again Saturday. I was joined by Ian and Emma as we headed out to visit Uncle Wayne and Aunt Laura. We went to Boyd Bear Country and enjoyed lunch before heading back to Littlestown. I gave my camera a workout on the way as we made a couple stops. One of the stops was a covered bridge near Gettysburg. I also captured a few barns and landscape before visiting my brother and his wife. With the snow it gives a completely different view, even to scenes I have shot before. I would like to get another shot or two of Adams Country before the snow disappeared.

Bird Count

I took part in the "The Great Backyard Bird Count" over the weekend. I have stated before it is fun to watch the birds. We had a lot of Tufted Titmouse, Cardinals and various sparrows visit our feeders along with some of their feather friends. Besides having paper and pencil handy, I also had my camera. I know what a surprise. Here are some of the visitors during the time I counted. Of course we also had squirrels visit at the same time.

Gettysburg

Looking ahead to next year, Celebrate Gettysburg asked the photographers if they had any winter scenes from the recent snowfalls. So today I went north with Shirley, Becca and the granddaughters. I shot some images along MD 97 coming and going and also in Adams County. I captured some good images on the battlefield as the snow was blowing around. There were some neat icicles at the Outlet stores and some footprints to a riding horse which I thought was funny. We had the battlefield to ourselves which made it easy to shoot. I know I have said it before, but winter is a good time to visit the battlefield with a camera. It was a great afternoon for all of us, even if we were tired when we got home. A big thank you to Becca for driving and putting up with me stopping to take photographs.