CAPE Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 What a difference a week makes. Last Saturday am was maybe the most strikingly beautiful morning of the entire winter...4 degrees, and this imby.... A week later, 44 degrees and this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kay Posted March 14, 2015 Author Share Posted March 14, 2015 It was great seeing the Ospreys back at Fort Smallwood Park today. This osprey caught its dinner and then was chased around by 4 Gull's. Wow. Very nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Kay Posted March 14, 2015 Author Share Posted March 14, 2015 On 2/22 snow cover everywhere looked oddly like a mattress - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhotoGuy Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Photoguy, I'm not sure who got better capture, you or the Osprey. All the pictures in that series are wonderful! Especially the gulls chasing Mr. O. I'm still waiting for Hector (then his mate Hannah) to arrive imby. Wow. Very nice. Thank you!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhotoGuy Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 On 2/22 snow cover everywhere looked oddly like a mattress - 2-22-2015.JPG Very cool! I think I remember seeing that during the 2013-2014 winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evaporativecooler Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 On 2/22 snow cover everywhere looked oddly like a mattress - Was this taken on a lake? Seems like the matressing is caused by drainage of melt water through ice. example from little seneca lake, plus bonus pic taken two days ago at same spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
das Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Was this taken on a lake? Seems like the matressing is caused by drainage of melt water through ice. example from little seneca lake, plus bonus pic taken two days ago at same spot. It may have been on a lake but the same effect was all throughout Maryland. There was 12" of snow on the ground, completely frozen ground underneath so when it was super warm and sunny a couple of days later, the snow melted from the top down but the meltwater ran off underneath the snow but on top of the frozen ice, creating the effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozz Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Yeah my yard had that same mattress look after 2/22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kay Posted March 19, 2015 Author Share Posted March 19, 2015 It may have been on a lake but the same effect was all throughout Maryland. There was 12" of snow on the ground, completely frozen ground underneath so when it was super warm and sunny a couple of days later, the snow melted from the top down but the meltwater ran off underneath the snow but on top of the frozen ice, creating the effect. My pic was on land and yeah, it was like that everywhere. Do you think a layer of sleet/freezing rain glaze on top plays any role, or not really? It's a strange but cool effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhotoGuy Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 A snowy spring day! I guess it is time for a Spring Photo thread? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhotoGuy Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 Found this on bayphotosbydonna.com Anyone who travels the Rt 50 area around Kent Narrows in the summer has surely see the nest this guy builds on the highway sign. He arrived yesterday. It's SPRING!!! Went to Blackwater NWR in Cambridge on Monday. Saw this osprey on the sign and the sign right after is there were 2 Ospreys and another nest! I never saw an Osprey past Kent Narrows on Monday but per Facebook birding groups, they were spotted at Blackwater arriving on Tuesday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
das Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 A snowy spring day! I guess it is time for a Spring Photo thread? Nice shot. "Spring" photos from Clarksburg: Brrrrrrrr: Waiting for rain, getting something else: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnis Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 Nice shot. "Spring" photos from Clarksburg: Brrrrrrrr: image.jpg Waiting for rain, getting something else: image.jpg More spring photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stradivarious Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 My Mom and Dad always marked their calendar when the Ospreys can back in the spring. First one would come, and three days later the other. Always around St Patrick's day. On cuckold creek, up the Patuxant from Solomon's Island..Now that Mom is gone, it's even more special for Dad. They are back... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kay Posted March 27, 2015 Author Share Posted March 27, 2015 My Mom and Dad always marked their calendar when the Ospreys can back in the spring. First one would come, and three days later the other. Always around St Patrick's day. On cuckold creek, up the Patuxant from Solomon's Island..Now that Mom is gone, it's even more special for Dad. They are back... That's a very nice remembrance and connection each year. Unloading a few last winter pics before heading to the spring thread... March 6 - Fallen soldiers - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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