Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge

Another beautiful Sunday morning in the Twin Cities. Went taking nature pictures along the Hog Back Ridge Trail.

A number of egrets:



This one caught a fish just as my view got obstructed!



Great Blue Heron


Female Cardinal


Blue Jay


American Bittern (hiding) and Green Heron



Cormorant


Deer

Wood Lake Nature Center

Beautiful sunny morning in this park sandwiched between Interstate 35W and planes taking off from MSP. No flash used for any of these photos.

Lots of Mallards


Wood Duck in a pond of algae


Cormorants



Coypu swimming and another one eating (which is what they mostly do)



American Goldfinch


Tree Swallow


Tiny Turtle dangling a leg in the water

Great Blue Heron

Squirrel quicker than me


Rabbit trying to hide

Salvador (2)

My hotel (room first floor on the left in the yellow building)

Breakfast



San Francisco Church and Convent





Historic interest?



Sra do Carmo Church



Largo do Pelourinho



Medical School



Street scenes

Salvador

Streets in the Pelourinho historic centre of Salvador Bahia

The famous Elevador Lacerda links the Pelourinho and the Cidade Alta to the Cidade Baixa

A lot of the lower town is decrepit

Capoeira: a kind of martial arts / dance, banned by slave owners and now used to keep kids out of trouble and entertain tourists





Lighthouse and beach at Barra

The sunset is a big event - unusual to see the sunset reflected in the ocean in Brazil