The cool brisk air and winds blowing 20 mph begin pushing the Chesapeake Bay across the mainland. White caps rapidly arriving to the sandy beach indicates just the beginning of the power of Hurricane Sandy.
Due to hit full force mid-afternoon on Monday, light raindrops began encouraging all living creatures to take cover.
Although a gaggle of Canadian Geese think that they have found a protected pond to weather the storm, they hunkered down for a long 36+ hours of hurricane force winds.
I went to Fort Smallwood park in search of birds, but found few. I really should take a hint – two days in a row and no birds. What does that tell you? Stay tuned for the next storm update from the Chesapeake Bay.
Categories: Birds, Foot Prints, Maryland Area Hikes, Nature
Emily Carter ~ Nature as Art 
Thinking of you and saying a prayer for you all over there. Blessings.
Thank you Lizzie ! I think your prayers will certainly help.
I think the birds don’t need any meteorologists to tell the weather forecast, they are smarter than us humans… 😉
Take care, dear americans – I worry about the safety for you all…
HAHA ! You think Drake ? It’ll be a mess for sure…I’ll capture what I can so that I can share.
Take care, Emily!
Sure will Bente. Thank you!!!
stay safe.. I am sure those geese are going to move inland..
Love your blog Vicki ! Thank you so much, and you would think the geese would move to higher ground at least. Watch them show up at my house. 🙂
I’ll keep my fingers crossed that all will be well with you! Take care!
Thank you so much Pit. At least it’s not hitting Texas this time right?
Texas is out of the woods for this storm. And we have been really lucky with hurricanes this year. But, on the other hand, we desperatley need rain, rain, and more rain – which tropical storms sometimes bring. If it were not for the destruction they also bring!
Take care, and I hope it won’t be too bad,
Pit
Wonderful photos. Yes, it is rather worrying that the birds have flown. Stay safe, Bella.
Thank you so much, you are so kind.
Watching the news this morning, and holding thumbs for everyone up there.
Hi Emily
Am following the course of Hurricane Sandy and hoping that you will stay safe. Marvellous photographs of the calm before the storm and am hoping that your next post will show that all is well.
With love
Corinne
I hope to capture some of the storm tomorrow, but don’t want to ruin my camera equipment, so will probably use my iPhone. Thank you so much Corinne.
You are right, it seems the birds know.
Hope you remain safe and all goes well.
The photos are excellent BTW… 🙂
Thank you so much Phil ! I just stumbled across some photos I hadn’t shared from the botanical gardens, think you’ll like those tomorrow. Sleep well.
Again… stay safe! Oh, second photograph is my fave too! Nice movement & is that fishing line on the log as a bonus? 😀
LOL ! I knew I could count on you to see that fishing line. Yep, love the driftwood on the little beach at Fort Smallwood park. All quiet for now, it’ll be interesting when I wake up. Thanks Ian.
Hehe. They say the devil is in the details don’t they? 🙂
Beautiful photos. 🙂 🙂 best to you and Bella!
Thank you so much Maggie ! Went to visit Bella Remy today and she was a saint. Wasn’t worried at all about the storm. She’s so awesome. Would love to have you and Maggie come and visit one day.
We might just do that! 🙂 🙂
Thank you for sharing these photos at such a worrying time for you. Keep safe and let us know how you came through the storm.
You are so kind Gerty. So far so good. I appreciate you taking the time to stop by and share your kind comments. As of now, about 50 mph gusts and the worst is throughout the night. No storm surge though which is awesome!
All these photos are worrying. Take care and stay safe Bella. Praying the storm won’t be as bad as expected.
Funny Madhu. Actually I didn’t worry a bit until I was out and a 40 mph gust hit me. I quickly scurried home. Now off to grill and crack up a beer for my little storm party. 🙂
How did you fare in Sandy’s wake? I hope that you came through unscathed.
LOL ! Keep reading ! All is well and I appreciate you asking about me.