New York

Shawangunk Bluebirds

2021-03-10Sherry Felix22 Comments

At the Shawangunk Grasslands NWR feeders there were lots of electric blue Eastern bluebirds. They are so lovely. It is the New York State bird. It is pictured on my conservation license plate. Part of the money to buy it went towards conservation.

Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis), Shawangunk Grasslands NWR 3/6/2021

Shawangunk Birds

2021-03-092021-03-09Sherry Felix11 Comments

We went on a field trip with the Linnaean Society of New York. I got to see many of my old friends. It was below freezing on Saturday, March 6 at the Shawangunk Grasslands NWR in Ulster county, New York. Formerly the Galeville Military Airport, it was decommissioned in 1994 and turned over to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service in 1999. It serves as a waypoint for grassland-dependent migratory birds. Area: 0.84 sq mi (2.2 km²).

The hawks were seen at great distance. More to come…

American Kestrel (Falco sparverius), Shawangunk Grasslands NWR 3/6/2021

The High Line edits

2021-03-082021-08-25Sherry Felix12 Comments

Before and After editing images of the High Line taken on March 1, 2021.

HL Plants Before and After

2021-03-052021-08-25Sherry 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).