Nature Walk and new lens

So this is very much just a photo post. I got a new lens for my Nikon, 55mm-200 mm telephoto lens and thanks to my good friend Magda I have been slowly learning how to take pictures manually with my Nikon D60. This Christmas I will have had my camera for two years and now I finally set the ISO, the aperture, and the shutter speed and let the camera do the auto focus but I do select my light metering and my area of focus. It has taken me a long time to get to this point but it is all starting to come together now that I have a selection of lenses. Still so much to learn but sooooo fun!

This week we met field naturalists, Barbara Gartener and Rob Reid at Stony Swamp with the Nature Walk group I am now organizing. It was a wonderful turn out and in a time span of 2 hours we made it about 1000 ft. through the woods and in the field. There is just so much to see with every step when you have someone to point everything out. We learnt so much in such a short time. Rob showed us flora, and ruins from an old house, an old well, animal bones, bugs and birds. It is an awesome time to learn and play with friends. With the wind it was -10 but we bundled up and enjoyed the sun as best we could. Thankfully the kids don't seem to get cold.


Discovering milk weed pods

Sue and Gwenael watching Tristan feed the chickadees


Isabella warming her hands in her moms coat while sneaking in a cuddle


Little Ika exploring an old log that we found animal bones in!

Rodent bones of some type. Rob showed the kids how to sketch them and then let them take some pieces home. (ewwww)

Sid and her friend Bella playing hide and seek. Sid is counting while Bella is hiding!


More hand warming for Bella

Bella, Sid and Sabine planning their next game


Sid giving her friend Tristan a hug and kiss goodbye.

Some of the local wild life hoping to score some seeds

Doesn't it look like the squirrel is saying "Brrrrrrr

anti-gravity chickadee