Springtime in Virginia spring in Virginia features temperature swings. This photo was from April 23, cold! Yesterday afternoon temperatures were in the low 90s
Chris Christopher Robin visit Glendale Chris and Austin Austin graduates Christopher and Dylan at Austin’s wedding. In the blink of an eye. Christopher, a kind, gentle, skilled and wonderful man. Farewell.
fish hawk Worldwide!Taxonomy and systematicsThe osprey was one of the many species described by Carl Linnaeus in his 18th-century work, Systema Naturae, and named as Falco haliaeetus.[2] The genus, Pandion, is the sole member of the family Pandionidae, and used to contain only one species, the osprey (P. haliaetus). The genus Pandion was described by the French zoologist Marie Jules César Savigny in 1809.[3][4]Most taxonomic authorities consider the species cosmopolitan and conspecific. A few authorities split the osprey into two species, the western osprey and the eastern osprey.The osprey differs in several respects from other diurnal birds of prey. Its toes are of equal length, its tarsi are reticulate, and its talons are rounded, rather than grooved. The osprey and owls are the only raptors whose outer toe is reversible, allowing them to grasp their prey with two toes in front and two behind. This is particularly helpful when they grab slippery fish.[5] It has always presented something of a riddle to taxonomists, but here it is treated as the sole living member of the family Pandionidae, and the family listed in its traditional place as part of the order Falconiformes.–Wikipedia
mother and child 310 W Main Charlottesville Virginia. Once upon a time it was a Trailways station. I rode a lot. This was in 1970. Thanks to Ryan Jones at ProCamera, 711 W Main. He fixed the Coolscan, my door to the past.