Summer Remembered

Some neighbors and friends asked me what happened to my summer because I had not shared photographs of Brightwood.  Although I did take a couple vacations, I still carried out my park ranger duty when I was home.  I was just too busy to get organized.  Here are a few sets of pictures taken in August.

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​Are you able to see one sleepy face and a smiling one on the mushrooms?

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​While many birds migrated away because of the drought, the frogs and the turtles seemed to be unaffected and still enjoyed their lives in the pond.

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You can tell that I had a lot of appreciation for the tail feathers of ducks.  Are you able to tell wood ducks (all in the pictures are female) from mallard ducks?

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​The ducks were probably affiliated with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.  By singing you can tell how happy they are when a test launch completes successfully.

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​I think the beautiful bird I saw is a kingfisher.  Can you help to confirm or identify it?

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​​I caught a moment of spacewalk by a spider.  I wonder who will be the winner if a spider and a lightning bug ever got into a duel.

I have a lot of admiration for spiders and regard them as remarkable artists.  I was also glad to be able to record a dancing party of dragonflies.