Posted in Amphibians, Nature, Photography, spring, toad, tagged Anaxyrus fowleri, Canon 50D, contemplation, Fairfax County Virginia, Fowler's Toad, Tamron 180mm, toad on June 2, 2020| 18 Comments »
Last Tuesday I spotted this cute little toad—I think it may be a Fowler’s Toad (Anaxyrus fowleri)—while exploring the wilds of Fairfax County. The toad was just chilling (or more accurately may have been warming itself) on a rock ledge with a bumpy texture and mottled coloration that matched those of the toad pretty well.
It is hard to know what the frog was thinking, but it appeared to be in deep contemplation. “I think, therefore I am.”
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Posted in Birds, Nature, Photography, Winter, tagged Alexandria VA, Ardea herodias, Canon 50D, contemplation, Great Blue Heron, Kingstowne, new year, Tamron 150-600mm telephoto on January 1, 2015| 14 Comments »
As you contemplate the promises and possibilities of the new year that has just begun, are you more like the pensive Great Blue Heron in the first image or the intensely focused heron in the second photo? (For the record, the Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) in both photos is actually the same one that I photographed last weekend at a local water retention pond.)
I’m more like the first heron—I am full of optimism and hope, but don’t have specific plans or resolutions.
Best wishes to all of you for a healthy, prosperous, and blessed new year.
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