Flower Bee

I was asked to lead a photowalk for the National Park's Bloom Week festival on Saturday, so off we went in search of wildflowers around American Camp. Just as I was shooting this one a bee came along and landed on it. Apparently, he wanted to be in the photo too.

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Birdhouse

Shannon put Cody's birdhouse up on our shed, oh maybe 2 years ago, and now we finally have a couple of birds raising a family in it. I sat in a lawn chair this afternoon with a pair of binoculars on a tripod and put my iPhone up to the binoculars and a got a few shots. Anyone know what kind of birds these are? Let me know in a comment -

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East Waterway

That's the bridge we walked across yesterday and tonight we went down to get a night shot of it and lower Manhattan. And again, too many shots to pick just one, so here's a couple more. The night shots are from Brooklyn Bridge Park and the cute little fuzzy things were shot in Central Park.

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Snake

Walking home from my day job today, I saw this guy on the sidewalk, (yes, it's an asphalt sidewalk) and I was a bit surprised that he didn't slither away onto the lawn right there. In fact, when I got close to get this photo, he kind of lunged at me like I would imagine a cobra or rattler would strike. So I didn't get too close. Just close enough to get this shot.

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