August 19, 2008

MORE BIRDS AFTER THE STORM

Tomorrow I hope to get some Great White Egrets and also the Snowy Egret…perhaps even a Great Blue Heron.  The White Ibis come in large flocks while the Great Whites and others  come one at a time..sometimes two will be out there but not often.

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August 19, 2008

FIRST BIRDS AFTER STORM – WHITE IBIS

I went out in the rain and got  a few of the White Ibis that were back in my yard. They are always the first to come back after a storm and the last to leave before the storm. Must have had 35 of them out there. I have more pictures but wanted to get [...]

August 19, 2008

HOW DO I SHOW BIG WIND AND POURING RAIN?

The storm, Fay, has kept me inside half the day. I can’t even go out to walk the dogs.  So I wanted to figure a way to show you how much wind and how much rain we’re having out there.  This is all I could think to do.
I shot this from my garage with the [...]

August 19, 2008

LIGHTING 101 – Video -While Waiting to go Outside after the Storm.

I’m waiting for the wind to die down and the rain to diminish so I can go outside and get pictures of the debris and birds after the storm. It’s still dark out there and there’s no way I can go out for another couple of hours.
In the meantime I found this video on UTube [...]

August 19, 2008

Tropical Storm FAY- It Didn’t Reach Hurricane Force

The storm never got to hurricane strength of 75 MPH so we’re all doing fine.  We started hearing the strong winds at 3-4AM and from then on it’s been very windy and lots of rain.  I’ve taken the dogs out twice and they don’t like it at all.
We are fortunate to have not had a [...]