I shot a lot of pictures of a pair of ospreys making a nest up on a tree top in Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge earlier this week. However, I did not realize I captured some rare moments of the pair until I uploaded the images […]
Month: April 2015
A Pair of Bald Eagles at Blackwater NWR
Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) located on Maryland’s Eastern Shore is an important waterfowl sanctuary for migrating birds such as Canada geese, snow geese, swans, etc. along the Atlantic Flyway. There are also hundreds of varieties of birds that can be spotted in the Refuge […]
Spring Display at Brookside Gardens
Brookside Gardens is a beautiful park year round but very special in the spring when all the flowers begin to bloom. The peak of magnolia blossom has passed but tulips are in full bloom now and pretty soon we will see azaleas and roses in […]
Spring Reflection at Chesapeake and Ohio Canal near the Great Falls of Maryland
Construction of Chesapeake and Ohio Canal began in late 1790’s as the young Nation was expanding westward. However, the Canal never played an important transportation means as the railroad was introduced. Today, National Park Service maintains two short reaches of Canal including locks in Georgetown […]
Cherry Blossom at Tidal Basin, Washington, DC
Cherry Blossom Festival has always been a big event in Washington, DC, especially this year with the peak blossom happened during last weekend under the superb weather. I dragged myself to get to the Tidal Basin an hour before the sunrise. It was all worth […]
Magnolia Blossom at National Arboretum, Washington, DC
Magnolia Garden in the National Arboretum has a collection of different species and different colors of magnolia trees and when the blossom peaks this week (more or less coincide with the cherry blossom in Washington) it is just beautiful.
White Egret
I was very happy to see a beautiful white egret showed up in my nearby Lilypons Water Gardens today. Hopefully, it is a sign of the coming of spring. I took these pictures using my new Nikon Coolpix P900 camera which has up to 2000 […]
Stephen Hung Photography 