Just a few of the birds hanging out around the mill these days.
Just a few more of our feathered neighbors at the sawmill.
Great Blue Heron
Mallards
Me and Bliss.
This morning’s sunrise over the otter pond at the sawmill.
This morning, sunrise was quite a treat for the eyes. Even in the middle of a large industrial site you can find a moment to enjoy nature.
Looking east over the mill site toward Lassen Peak.
A red tail hawk perches on a log deck while on a morning hunt.
The big log deck forms a wall of wood.
A great blue heron gets in a bit of morning fishing.
Who is the brightest of them all?
It is a new year with new pictures to take, and new art to make. I’m back at work and it is a beautiful, cool and sunny day here in Northern California. I spend part of my time at an industrial mill complex. When folks think of an industrial site they rarely think of doing wildlife photography. Although, it seems counter-intuitive, this site is a magnet for wildlife. There is water all around the site and the wild areas here, get little disturbance. This morning I took a few pictures of some of our residents. I have taken so many pictures of wildlife here at the mill that I am going to start a new catagory called Wildlife At The Mill.
I’m not sure they are speaking to each other.
Mist forms as the icy logs begin to warm
The Great Blue Heron, also known as “The Fly Up The Creek”.
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