Kip’s Comments - April 14, 2026 — LadagePhotography.com

Visual Trait I Cannot Explain

This morning as I was driving along a wet meadow I somehow spotted a group of shorebirds that I would imagine other motorists did not see. Or, if they did notice them, they did not stop to study them. From the vantage point of my truck I was able to photograph several Wilson’s snipes. What was interesting was I first noticed seven snipe. Eventually the snipe count approached close to two dozen birds. Notice in one image how one of the birds is displaying.

For fun I am including a wide shot of what I first saw and somehow picked out the birds as I was moving down the road. Do you see any birds?

In the general area where I found the snipe I came across a number of crawdads. I am not sure where they were going, but the crawdads were on the move.

Near the crawdad hiking area I noticed many striped orb weaver spider webs covered in dew with most backlit by the rising sun. I shoot a couple of pics of the spiders.