Summer Solstice Sunset

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Sunrise 5:46 A.M. Sunset 8:30 P.M.

This is the time when more people stay outdoors

It is also the time of the warmest weather

Summer is just around the corner

Great Egret

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The great egret is a large slender white heron that lives in North, Central, and South America, east Europe, Africa, and North Asia. It’s habitat are fresh and salt-water wetlands, marshy ponds, and tidal flats. It eats fish, amphibians, small animals, and insects. In the late nineteen and early twentieth centuries many were killed by plume hunters but soon recovered due to protection efforts.

Last Days of Spring

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The warm days in spring causes green algae to grow in size. They like warm weather in order to grow and thrive. During the springtime you can see them in the pond. Once the hot days of summer arrive scenes like this will vanish.

Persimmon Leaves

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During the Springtime the leaves grow and the bees pollinate the tree. This occurs when the temperature and the soil rises during the warmer months of Spring to produce the leaves. It was just a few months before the tree lay barren without any leaves. But in another six months in October and November the persimmon tree begins to dispense fruit.

Springtime

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After a series of early Spring rainstorms, the flowers started to bloom. Flowers seem to like a good downpour. Catch them now to view them before there are gone.

Storm Clouds

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As I was taking photographs of I noticed some striking and captivating cloud formations and I clicked the shutter. Only in the Winter can you view scenes like this.