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Here and There…Now and Then |
Sunset, Bend, Oregon
We had a pretty spectacular sunset this evening. This panorama is stitched together from seven shots taken from in front of Brian and Lisa’s house, which faces west. The two peaks partially behind trees about a third the way from the left are Middle and North Sister. South Sister is hidden behind the tree on the far left.
Steller’s Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri)
In the late morning Cathy and I drove to Pilot Butte. We had come up here with Brian and Lisa the other day I I tried to get a photo of where they lived but I just missed it. Having consulted a map, I wanted to try again. After doing that, Cathy and I walked a little way down the trail that climbs the butte. We saw this Steller’s jay (Cyanocitta stelleri), moving from the ground, up into a tree, and then back onto the ground again. We also saw a hummingbird of some sort perched on a branch. Google says it’s an Anna’s (Calypte anna) but my photo isn’t quite sharp enough to be able to identify it conclusively. But I’m pretty pleased with this shot of the jay.
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)
Cathy and I drove to Pine Nursery Park this morning and walked around it. It’s a fairly large park with softball and soccer fields, a disk golf course, pickleball and volleyball courts, as well as a small pond and the Forest Supervisor’s office for the Dwschutes National Forest. The pickleball courts were full with folks from a league playing in a round-robin tournament of some sort. We enjoyed the birds throughout the park and near the pond I was able to get a few nice photos of this adult, male red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus). He was one of a large number making a pretty good racket. The pickleball players were making a racket, as well.