Incomplete rainbow?

The weather in the afternoon was not as good as the morning; it was hazy and warm.

I have no idea what this phenomenon is, but there was just this patch of "rainbow" in the hazy sky.

A better Easter than expected

I was thinking about dividing this post up into two parts since I got too many pictures to share, but I don't like backing up posts so just bare with me and enjoy my Easter Saturday with me.

Cloudy and rainy weather. The rain stopped in the afternoon and was quite nice afterwards.

Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)

American Robin (Turdus migratorius)

As I approached the slough, several Wigeons flew up - exposing this lonely Killdeer by itself.

I found the Northern Shrike again today. But no good photos to share as I was looking at the Bumblebees nearby.

Yellow-faced Bumblebee (Bombus vosnesenskii). It was quite difficult getting the auto-focus to focus on the Bumblebee properly. Such a shame since they were quite close to me today.

While going back to a spot where I saw hummingbirds earlier, I saw this American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) hunting in the ditch. It made two small successful catches while I was looking at it.

Heading back, I saw this gruesome scene - a dead gull with a part of its body and head connecteed only by its guts. Yuck.

In the fields beside the community garden, they sheltered these small spiders that hid when I walked across the grasses.

The day was getting clearer when I was heading home.

A miniature giant forest of Common horsetails, Equisetum arvense. Imagine hundreds of millions years ago, when similar plants such as these were hundreds of feet tall. Amazing!

Trying to photograph an American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis) through the branches again.


Meanwhile, a Black-capped Chickadee provided a much easier subject to photograph.

My hummingbird photo of the day. One of these days, I will/am bound to get a good shot of them.


I thought it was quite pretty for these rain droplets to be collected by the Lupine leaves.

View from above.

A worn-out, old-looking Bald Eagle.

Cherry blossoms are finally in full blooms. The blue sky appeared for a bit so I thought it was nice to capture the moment.

Sakura and my bike.

Right where I was photographing the flowers, a female Northern Flicker was digging in people's lawns.

Turned out it was hunting for food. Neat!

Beautiful Cherry Blossoms to end today's post. Hope you enjoy it.
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