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Apr 24, 2019 18:30:21   #
jaymatt wrote:
Nice photos--can’t go wrong with lighthouses.


You are 100% correct in your analysis!

Thanks for looking in and commenting.
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Apr 24, 2019 18:29:16   #
Chadp wrote:
Very nice. I have lived in Virginia Beach for 20 years and haven’t managed to capture those lighthouses. Funny how we sometimes overlook things in our own backyard.


You are correct. I was born in Queens (NYC) and had never been to the Statue Of Liberty, the UN building or any other tourist site in Manhattan until we had a visit by cousins from the UK.

At the moment, neither of the lighthouses can be entered, but the area around them is quite beautiful. There is also a state park nearby, I believe its called First Landing. I wish I'd been up to visiting it. You can go, record it it pictures, and post them for my benefit!

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Apr 24, 2019 18:21:38   #
nimbushopper wrote:
Nice shots Larry!


Thank you, glad that you thought well of my photos.

We need to get together again soon.
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Apr 24, 2019 18:19:27   #
Doddy wrote:
Nice set.


Thank you Doddy. Glad that you liked my photos.
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Apr 24, 2019 18:17:39   #
J-SPEIGHT wrote:
Nice set.


Thank you Jack. Glad that you liked my lighthouses.
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Apr 24, 2019 18:16:06   #
angler wrote:
Great set.


Thanks Jim, glad that you liked my photos. Cheers.
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Apr 24, 2019 18:15:16   #
NMGal wrote:
Enjoyed all of these.


Thank you NMGal. I'm glad that you looked in and found my photos enjoyable.
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Apr 24, 2019 18:14:00   #
Canonshooter21 wrote:
Great lighthouse shots.


Thank you for looking in and your kind comment.
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Apr 24, 2019 18:13:02   #
Cwilson341 wrote:
Very nice shots. Love your lighthouses.


Thank you very much for looking in and your kind comments. I find that it's hard to ruin a picture of a lighthouse. They are very photogenic and generally located in naturally beautiful locations.
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Apr 23, 2019 22:30:13   #
Swamp-Cork was relating his recent experiences near his Virginia home; I realized that I had been to Virginia during the holidays and have some photos that I have not shared.

I made the trip to visit my son, who at the time was attending Old Dominion University. It came at a time when my hip was giving me the most trouble, so the birding I had wanted to do didn't get done.

I rented a primitive cabin at the Fort Story Naval facility. Nearby, were two lighthouses at Cape Henry. Did get some photo of them, my cabin and the Chesapeake Bay shoreline. I will also post link here to the history of the lighthouses.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Henry_Lighthouse

1881 Lighthouse

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1792 Lighthouse

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Chesapeake Bay

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1881 Lighthouse

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1881 Lighthouse

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1792 Lighthouse

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Home away from home. (Sepia)

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Home away from home. (Color)

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Chesapeake Bay

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Apr 23, 2019 21:40:34   #
Swamp-Cork wrote:
Excellent and a very beautiful series, Larry with beautiful downloads and know Greg would have put his stamp of approval on them also. Really miss him and still seems strange not seeing his topics on here. We live on a little cypress tidal river which greatly resembles some down your way but unfortunataly seldom see nearly as many different species of wading birds as in Florida--mostly great blues and green herons with only occasionally anything like great egrets and when they do make a rare appearance the great blues usually drive them away almost immediately, but on this particular occasion just before dark my wife spied about five great whites which had stopped by to roost across the creek from us. I ran to get the camera and of course, the short lens was on so fumbled around trying to replace it with the 150-600. Well, miraculously after post processing you could make out the image of at least three of the great whites roosting along with what appeared to be several great blues, but after observing all the aggression we had witnessed by the great blues figured that perhaps what appeared to be great blues were perhaps immature great whites and had mentioned this to Greg and had attempted to send him an image by P.M. but it did not make it through, and kept putting off sending another, but finally did several weeks before he passed and received a note back from him saying that he believed that they were indeed great blues roosting with the whites and maybe they became a little more peaceful with each other at roosting time and that was about the last conversation we had, except for getting well notes that I sent which he probably never saw. So sorry that you are having hip problems, and like you say getting old is no fun! Take care!
Excellent and a very beautiful series, Larry with ... (show quote)


Thanks for your exciting message. Glad that you liked my photos and your comments about our friend Greg.

I only recall seeing a great white once - several years ago near the Anclote River.

I was in Virginia Beach during the holidays. My son was living there while attending Old Dominion Univ.
I rented a cabin at Fort Story for two weeks. I'd forgotten how cold winter can be up there (spent a lot of time in Norfolk back in the eighties.) It was at the time that my hip was the most painful. Had to climb stairs to my son's apartment and walk about an 1/8 of a mile to the bathrooms/shower facility/laundry from my primitive cabin.

I'd wanted to do some birding while I was there, but couldn't do it. My son, his girlfriend, my niece and I did spend some time viewing the two lighthouses at Cape Henry. I'll post some photos.

Our friend Greg may be gone but he will never be forgotten. I was privileged to witness his ashes being scattered over his favorite place in the Glades, also witnessed by a snowy egret watching from a nearby tree. I am hoping that his tradition of guiding other Hogs to the Everglades does not end.
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Apr 23, 2019 12:52:30   #
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Apr 22, 2019 23:29:44   #
Nice, thanks for sharing.
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Apr 22, 2019 23:26:08   #
Great photos of two birds that I have never seen.

Thanks for sharing.
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Apr 22, 2019 23:16:20   #
Excellent captures, thanks for sharing.
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