Category Archives: birds

~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #191: Curves ~

Posted on March 26, 2022 by Lindy Le Coq

So many gorgeous curves in my archives, and everywhere I look in the gardens. Thank you Anne Christine for an opportunity to show a few. Pacific Ocean storm swells wheel steadily toward the bulging berm in the shot above, taken … Continue reading →

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~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge # 190: Closer and Closer ~

Posted on March 18, 2022 by Lindy Le Coq

A seagull, is a seagull is a seagull is a shorebird. Often raucous and bothersome to people, they are a welcome friend in flocks of other shorebirds, and are native gleaner-cleaners along the surf of the Long Beach Peninsula. Determined … Continue reading →

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~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #189: Odds and Ends ~

Posted on March 10, 2022 by Lindy Le Coq

Yippee! Tina offers us a chance to look through the archives at all those snaps taken along the way, that never quite made the cut for a post, and now have a chance to be seen. How many mossy stumps … Continue reading →

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~ Wordless Wednesday ~ Sanderling and Friends ~

Posted on March 8, 2022 by Lindy Le Coq

🐾 Wherever your camera takes you, please honor our earth, be kind and stay safe.🐾

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~ Wordless Wednesday ~ Signs of Spring ~

Posted on March 2, 2022 by Lindy Le Coq

🐾Wherever you find yourself, please honor our earth, be kind and stay safe.🐾

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~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #186: Low Light ~

Posted on February 17, 2022 by Lindy Le Coq

Fog is one of my favorite special effects with photography. Just about any time of year, fog and mist are common along the Long Beach Peninsula. I featured the first photo below for a Wordless Wednesday post last month. It … Continue reading →

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~ Wordless Wednesday + Jo’s Monday Walk ~ Birds & Fog ~

Posted on January 26, 2022 by Lindy Le Coq

Where ever your walks may take you, please be kind and stay safe. 🐾

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~ Lens-Artists Challenge # 179: Serene ~

Posted on December 24, 2021 by Lindy Le Coq

I am most serene when near a body of water. Something about the ebb and flow pulls the anxiety out of my bones, leaving me feeling much more tranquil. Blue is the color of serene to my eyes. A bit … Continue reading →

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~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #176 ~ One Image – One Story ~

Posted on December 3, 2021 by Lindy Le Coq

What bird is this, and what is it doing? Killdeer – Charadrius vociferus “Charadrius ~ Late Latin: ‘a yellowish bird’vociferus ~ vocal, strident, vehement…” Evasion dancein full-furtive flarea plaintive callsounds acrossmown fields and meadow; “follow meover hereaway from my fledglingssee … Continue reading →