Pat's Photo Blog

These 5 will be my entries for the State Fair this year. Not as solid as the Uganda photos that got 2 first prize ribbons last year, but I'm still fairly pleased with them.

Looks like these 5 will be the entries for this year’s State Fair. Some of the categories (”animals not pets”) get a little ticky tack for fitting in, since Wildlife is its own thing... but looking forward to seeing how they do!

For some reason the last post only uploaded like 1/3 of the photos I wanted it to, so here are more.

I spent most of the last 2 weeks in Uganda... it’s going to be a long while before I go through all 4,000 photos to find the best and edit them up, but here’s a preview. It’s a gorgeous country and it was an amazing trip. If you’re vaccinated for COVID and can do it, they really need the tourism business as well...

Bald Eagle at Conowingo Dam, heading back to enjoy its meal. They migrate through this northeastern Maryland spot in the early winter each year, and can get pretty lively in fighting over their fish. They displace the resident black vulture population for a little bit, and tend to piss off the local peregrine falcon too.

Great Black-And-White Heron... well, Great Blue taken in black and white anyway. Downshore from Conowingo Dam, so a bit of a side show compared to the eagles this time of year.

Over the dunes on Assateague Island, Maryland’s Eastern Shore. A small strip of barrier island, best known for its wild ponies (related to the much more famous ones on Chincoteague to the south). 

Aptly named strawberry anemone. Gorgeous reef dwellers, this one was probably at the National Aquarium in Baltimore.

Some variety of sea nettle, thankfully not in the wild. Baltimore (National) Aquarium. Gorgeous, but definitely not interested in encountering a swarm of them face to... not really face.

Across the marsh/bay side of Assateague Island, Maryland’s eastern shore.  Not too far from Chincoteague, of children’s pony book fame, a lot of wild horses can be found here too. Not, you know, in this particular photo... but they’re around.

Shore-bird type critter, picking along some mossy rocks on the shore of Lake Kivu. Western Rwanda, walking distance of the DRC border.

Vervet monkey, Akagera National Park, eastern Rwanda. Usually found in decent size troops, this one was just a tad apart from his buddies (plenty more out of the frame). Pretty common in eastern African countries, stretching from about the center of the eastern coast all the way down to South Africa and a decent ways inland as well.

Douc Langur (pronounced “Duke”) having a snack. Probably at the Philly Zoo - they’re pretty rare in captivity and I believe that’s the only one semi-local to me that has them. Southeast Asian monkey species.

Sadly, I’ve never been to any of those places. I’m 90% sure this one lives in Tennessee, Knoxville Zoo.

I enjoyed how the sunlight and shadow split this patch of fungi. Not sure which hike this was, but probably somewhere in central Maryland. 

Railroad trestle at dusk, near Havre de Grace, MD. One of those rare ones that’s not a totally wild landscape or animal. Also almost certainly a repost, but COVID has me running short of material...

Great egret complete with mallard duck photobomb in the background. Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens near DC. And yeah, another reflection.