Picture-A-Week 2022 - Week 45

[pierces]

Pictures taken between Monday, November7 and Sunday, November 13.

 

I don't know...maybe take pictures of your neighbors that still have their Halloween decorations up?

 

Rules: See above

That's it. This isn't a contest.

All photos taken this week are welcome (not just cruising).

Prizes will not be awarded. Discovering the joy of photography is the prize.

The idea is to get folks out using their cameras for more than vacations and toddler birthdays.

Post one. Post many. Up to you.

Have fun with your camera and share your fun with others!

[pierces]

"Red sky at night, sailor’s delight; red sky in the morning, sailors take warning" according to the old saying. Supposedly a colorful sunset meant the clouds were breaking up and the weather would be good the following day. A crimson morning sky meant a storm was gathering and rough seas were ahead. To me, this seemed to lack some basic data such as the direction of the wind and notably, whether it had stormed during the night and those red clouds at sunrise were the remnants of the storm breaking. Catchy saying though. In this case, it turned out to be accurate since this was taken at sunset after two rare days of water falling from the sky in our semi-arid desert biome and the next day was lovely as predicted.

 

Red Sky at Night

 

 

 

 

Dave

[Oviedo32765]

 

Sailor’s delight:

 

[Oakman58]

Two days ago it was 81 degrees and set a record for high temp.  This morning we received the predicted "dusting" of snow.

 

[Docker123]

 

Well, those red skies at night may have been a bad omen

 

 

 

[zackiedawg]

Both weekend days were lovely, so I got two afternoon visits to the wetlands again...and got some nice surprises this week:

 

A yellow-rumped warbler, a winter visitor:

 

One of the more limited woodpeckers to see - the yellow-bellied sapsucker - they seem to only hang around our wetlands in winter, and even then, only once every couple of years:

 

Right after seeing the sapsucker, I got an even better surprise - an American lifer bird for me (I've seen them before, but only in Costa Rica)...a yellow warbler:

 

And just minutes after the yellow warbler, I was pleasantly surprised to run into these visitors - ruddy ducks.  It's only the second time I've seen ruddy ducks at this park in 15 years, and only the third time I've seen them anywhere:

 

Closeup of one of the ruddy ducks:

 

A male downy woodpecker:

 

A grey-headed swamphen coming up the bank from the shadows of the trees:

 

An anhinga drying itself off:

 

A tricolored heron in lovely light and lovely sky reflections in the water:

 

A black-crowned night heron, sitting in the shade backlit by the sun, and looking pretty happy and relaxed: