I went to a conference in Asheville, NC and took lots of pictures of course.
From the third floor of the hotel with my phone
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Rain over the Blue Ridge Mountains |
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Clear skies and blue haze |
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Partly cloudy with awesome blue skies. |
I stepped out of the hotel the first morning and was greeted with song! So I went back in and grabbed my camera.
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Gray Catbird |
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This Northern Mockingbird was at the tip top of a 60-ft tree in bloom, singing his heart out. |
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Black-capped Chickadee |
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A pair of Tufted Titmice were busy collecting materials for nesting |
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The mockingbird moved down to a much easier height to shoot |
On the University of North Carolina-Asheville campus, everything was in bloom and buzzing.
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Carolina Wren |
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House Finch |
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Song Sparrow |
The next few days were windy and the birds were scarce. On a flight of my own, I got a glimpse of the Blue Ridge Mountains at sunrise
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Blue Ridge sunrise from the plane with my phone |