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Swans in Autumn Reflections

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I stopped by Lake Padden on the way to the boardwalk. And I’m so glad I did! There was magic there! A flock of trumpeter swans was on the lake, quietly floating around in the autumn reflections.
(Photos by Karen Molenaar Terrell.)

Oh! There They Are!

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Skagit County, Washington State: First, I heard them – a great wild cacophony of honks and squawking. And then I saw them – in perfect formations of “V” flying above me. I knew that somewhere near by there was a field filling with snow geese. I grabbed my camera and set off in my trusty little Ford Fiesta, Rosalita Ipswich O’Molenovich, to see if we could find them. I drove down Worline, turned right on Sunset, turned left on Chuckanut, and right on Field Road. No geese anywhere. Well, that was alright. I thought – I’d just drive to the end of Field and then go up Farm-to-Market to Edison and grab my mail at the post office.

And then – magic!!! As I was coming near the end of Field Road I started seeing more geese flying above me and then, at the end of Field Road, there was a field full of them – thousands and thousand of snow geese honking, flapping, gliding, feeding, taking off and landing. It was AWESOME!

Here are some photos…
(All photos by Karen Molenaar Terrell.)

(In one of the photos below you’ll see a bald eagle flying with the snow geese. I think he’s the reason they ARE flying, actually.)

Rainbow, Barn, and Bay

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It was drizzling when I left the house, but I was determined to take a walk along Padilla Bay today – come hell or high water. And I found magic, my friends. As soon as I pulled into the muddy parking lot the rain stopped and a rainbow appeared over the bay…

(photos by Karen Molenaar Terrell)

Rainbow and old barn at Padilla Bay, WA. Photo by Karen Molenaar Terrell.
Rainbow over Padilla Bay, WA. Photo by Karen Molenaar Terrell.
Rainbow and barn at Padilla Bay, WA. Photo by karen Molenaar Terrell.

On my way back from my walk I spied a bald eagle sitting in a tree near the road. I pulled over and snapped a photo and then he took off – and I caught a quick shot of him glaring at me indignantly as he flew to a tree on the other side of the road. (I apologized to him for intruding on his privacy.)

Eagle giving me the stink eye. Photo by Karen Molenaar Terrell.
Flying Eagle in Skagit county, WA.
Eagle flying to a tree. Photo by Karen Molenaar Terrell.