Four ears and four eyes......... what are the odds that the two does can line up to the remote camera like this? About like the MEGA jackpot.
Early Blooming Plant....Every spring about the middle of February,I see this little plant start to bloom.For Southeastern Indiana this seems very early. I often wonder about what allows it to stand the cold weather an produce blooms so early. It doesn't seem to matter how cold the winter,how much snow or ice.
Maple Sap beginning to run.....Have several maples along my driveway, try to collect some sap each year to boil down for maple syrup. Tapped this a week ago, just started to run today. First this is not a profit making thing, I could buy enough high grade maple syrup to last 2 years for what it costs me to make 4 ounces at home. However, it is very good and allows you to see how the tree reacts to spring weather changes. Literature indicates if the low temp. is under freezing and the high temp. is above approx. 45 F,the sap will run. The photo show my simple collector, drill the tree with 1/2 inch hole, about 1.5 inch deep,insert plastic tubing, using a clean milk bottle as storage. Tie a rope around a limb, to hold the bottle. After collecting is over, I coat a 1/2 inch dowel rod with glue and drive in the hole ( see to right and near rope,a 2yr old plugged hole). Concentrations range from 40-1 to 80-1, this tree ran 55-1. That means I will have to evaporate 54 units to get 1 unit of syrup.
Gulls andTerns....just hanging around...... all face in to the wind for quick flight take off. Ornomd Beach, Florida
Whitetail and Mineral block...New block and game camera back up and running. Good food so far this winter, very mild. Does seem in very good shape. Had herd of ten yesterday morning, always a day before I charge up the camera. Look forward to the 2012 Deer photo season.
Ring-billed Gull rests on piling at Ormond Beach,Fl. Large size(length 16 inches) withblack ring around yellow bill,greenish- yellow legs. Feeds on insects,mice, eggs of other birds.
Micrograph of sand from Ormond Beach,Fl.........took this sample of sand at water edge ,low tide, to compare to the sand on the Gulf of Mexico side. This is more compact ,that can be used for auto driving,thus was used for early auto racing. Seems to more crystalline. Approx. 150x magnification.
Great Horned Owl visits meadow....Was looking out the window several days ago and saw this large bird fly into the top of my White Cedar tree. Thought it was a hawk ,but when I viewed it through the video camera, saw the ear -tufts. Have seen it once before this year,in early morning. Many years ago,the land adjacent to where we live was a large turkey farm. I worked for the owners ,as a kid, once a year a great horned would come thru the area and destroy a large amount of birds,sometimes 50 or so.Black & white was used to eliminate the red fringes in the color video capture.
Tired Buck lies down at edge of meadow..... this buck was herding two does. Have not seen a buck lie down during the rut, but this guy simply flopped down for 2-3min. for a quick rest. He was approx. 50 ft. from the house,being gun season starts in 5 days , and his carelessness, I don't expect to see him again!!!!
Size Between Buck and Doe....Photographed this buck and doe in the meadow, and realized the size difference between the two. The doe is approx. 1.5 yrs old, an not of breeding size, in fact the buck ran her off and went the other way. For several years now,I have noticed these yearling ? seem to be highly intrested in the big bucks.
