Wildlife in Photography

The predicted thunderstorms held off on Friday and it turned out to be a great day. I visited two sites, but this first post will be about Hillandale Park in Harrisonburg.

Hillandale Park is a city park but it has a great network of trails in the back called Rocktown Trails. You can read a past article I wrote about them here.

Earlier in this project I had visited the trails a few times and it had seemed like it took forever to complete the circuit. It’s amazing what a few extensive hikes in Shenandoah National Park will do to change your mindset. Friday’s outing was literally a walk in the woods.

One of the first things to catch my eye was a single scruffy cardinal just singing away.

I made a few images but I’m pretty sure I’m set in the cardinal department. I also made a little video of the cardinal singing that’s kind of interesting. I’ll sit on that until a lull in activity next week and then I’ll post it for you all.

On the backside of the trail system I also spied a deer standing in the distance. Along the trail it is common to see deer tracks, but I don’t recall actually seeing any before.

I was hoping for a little bit more action (raccoons, opossums, chipmunks, etc) but maybe next time. It was still a good trip.