Plants

Hempstead Lake and LI Shore

Sherry Felix8 Comments

On Saturday April 17th we went on a birding trip with the Linnaean Society of NY to Hempstead Lake SP, Point Lookout and Nickerson Beach in Nassau County, Long Island. It was a lovely group of people and a lovely day. I enjoyed the new Spring growth. It wasn’t a good bird shooting day for me. A highlight was a black-capped Chickadee collecting nesting material a couple of feet away from me. Another was the Harlequins.

  • Maple, Hempstead Lake SP, LI 4/17/2021
  • Sycamore Maple (Acer Pseudoplatanus), Hempstead Lake SP, LI 4/17/2021
  • Sycamore Maple (Acer Pseudoplatanus), Hempstead Lake SP, LI 4/17/2021
  • Sycamore Maple (Acer Pseudoplatanus), Hempstead Lake SP, LI 4/17/2021
  • Tree, Hempstead Lake SP, LI 4/17/2021
  • Red Maple (Acer rubrum), Hempstead Lake SP, LI 4/17/2021
  • Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata), Hempstead Lake SP, LI 4/17/2021
  • New Leaf, Hempstead Lake SP, LI 4/17/2021
  • Painted Turtle (Emydidae Chrysemys picta), Hempstead Lake SP, LI 4/17/2021
  • Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens), Hempstead Lake SP, LI 4/17/2021
  • Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus), Hempstead Lake SP, LI 4/17/2021
  • Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus), Hempstead Lake SP, LI 4/17/2021
  • Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus), Hempstead Lake SP, LI 4/17/2021
  • Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus), Hempstead Lake SP, LI 4/17/2021
  • Hempstead Lake SP, LI 4/17/2021
  • Common Eider (Somateria mollissima), Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyyemalis), Point Lookout, LI 4/17/2021
  • Brant (Branta bernicla), Point Lookout, LI 4/17/2021
  • American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus), Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola), Dunlin (Calidris alpina), Point Lookout, LI 4/17/2021
  • Northern Pintail (Anas acuta), Point Lookout, LI 4/17/2021
  • Point Lookout, LI, NY 4/17/2021
  • Harlequin Duck (Histrionicus histrionicus), Point Lookout, LI 4/17/2021
  • Linnaean NY birders, Point Lookout, LI 4/17/2021
  • Nickerson Beach (location of the Piping Plover sighted), LI 4/17/2021

Spring in the Park

Sherry Felix20 Comments

It was a chilly day in Central Park on Wednesday the 31st of March. It was so lovely to see early signs of Spring.

  • Crocus (Crocus sativus), Central Park 3/31/2021
  • Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor), Central Park 3/31/2021
  • Crocus (Crocus sativus), Central Park 3/31/2021
  • Dwarf Iris (Iris reticulata), Central Park 3/31/2021
  • Daffodil (Narcissus), Central Park 3/31/2021
  • Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis), Central Park 3/31/2021
  • Central Park 3/31/2021

HL Plants Before and After

Sherry Felix15 Comments

Before photographs with minimal processing and after with full editing and processing of winter plants photographed on the High Line Park in New York City. The yellow flowers are Witch-hazel. I just learned from a fellow blogger that there is a before and after slider. It is one of the blocks we can use in WordPress. This gives you and idea of how much I enhance images in Lightroom and Photoshop to make them look how I feel they should.

Move the sliders to see the before (left) and after (right).