The Wonder of Nature!

While in my yard I noticed one of two resident Red Tailed Hawks sitting in a tree across the way. I had to get my camera and that guy sat there a good 20 minutes. I was hoping to get a shot of his majestic takeoff but I had to wait and wait. When I zoomed in on him I noticed he was sleeping! So I started yelling and he soon woke up. Shortly he began to flutter about as I steadied the camera and began clicking away. With one last defiant look he raised his tail and instead of a majestic takeoff he he proceeded to take a majestic poop!

Lesson learned.....Never wake up a sleeping Red Tailed Hawk!

Sleeping

 He wakes up.

 Looks defiant!

 He lets loose!

 And finally takes off!

 Lots of aluminum.

 Boat in the Blynman Canal.

 Blynman Bridge open.

 A party on the "Lady Sea"!

 T-storm approaches Gloucester. Notice the column of rain on the left.

 T-storm clears out.

 Raining way offshore.

 A boat heads towards the Blynman Bridge.

 Fishermen's Memorial

 The Fisherman under stormy skies.

 My pictures!

 A gull swims across the creek at Good Harbor Beach.

 Looking out towards the Twin Lights of Thacher Island.

 A stroll in the ocean.

 Gator cloud!

 A Gloucester High School sunset!

A Little Bit of This and That!

No real theme in this post. I caught the sunrise from my office window and took a few cloudy day shots around the Boulevard and shots around Newell Stadium. The last two from last year just for the heck of it.

Sunrise

 Pine cone (The out of focus tree in the background is in the image above)

 The Beauport Hotel taking shape.

 Stacy Boulevard repairs underway.

 Little League lights emerge from the thick tree line.

 Fishermen's Memorial

 Left profile.

 The weathered face of the Fisherman!

 Harbor traffic.

 "Picton Castle" at anchor.

 Late afternoon at the New Balance Track & Field at Newell Stadium.

 A gull flies by.

 Another gull soars over the lights.

 Beach goers parking on Beach Road.

 I better duck!

 A pink creek!

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Traveling Wall Comes To Gloucester!

This past week the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Traveling Wall came to Gloucester's Fuller School. Thousands came to pay respect to the 58,300 who were lost during the conflict.

I also included images from the New Balance Track and Field at Newell Stadium.

Those from Cape Ann lost in the war.

 Display trailer.

 Large US flag flies over The Wall.

 My shadow selfie!