Catching up

Life has been busy and complicated and my daily walks have suffered as well as staying up to date with social media. I keep promising myself I will get better at it and then so many things get in the way. Just an update with photos taken over the last couple of years that I never got around to posting here.

Indiana has been blessed with several amazing displays of northern lights that we don’t get to see very often and I have been figuring out how to photograph them. Witnessing them is awe-inspiring and magical. The display of colors was unexpected.

Indiana northern lights

I love how you can see the big dipper so clearly in this one.

Indiana northern lights

The big dipper is there but not as noticeable.

Indiana northern lights
Indiana northern lights

I had a couple of new visitors to the bird feeders this year and a red-headed woodpecker that I haven’t seen for a few years. I was thrilled to see one again.

Indigo bunting

Indigo bunting

Eastern phoebe

Eastern phoebe (new!) There was a nest on my porch light that they used twice. One clutch had four eggs and one had five. It was incredible to watch them from egg to fledgling.

Male pileated woodpecker

Male pileated woodpecker

Red-headed woodpecker

Red-headed woodpecker

White-throated sparrow

White-throated sparrow (new!)

Male rose-breasted grosbeak

Male rose-breasted grosbeak

Leucistic finch

Leucistic finch (new!) It stayed around all summer.

A few more long exposure fireworks…