14 Sunday Apr 2019
Posted in colonial lake, Photography
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american robin, colonial lake, mallard, mourning dove, photography, postaday, red-bellied woodpecker
Storm clouds.
Mourning Dove.
American Robin.
Mallards.
Mallards.
Mallards.
Red-bellied Woodpecker.
06 Saturday Apr 2019
Posted in colonial lake, EBF Refuge, Photography
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american robin, canada geese, colonial lake, diamondback terrapin, Edwin B Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, great egret, photography, postaday, snowy egret
American Robins don’t migrate during the winter, merely keeping out of sight most of the time. They reappear with the coming of spring, when the ground is no longer too hard for them to try to pull out worms.
American Robin, 2019 spring.
Flocks of Canada Geese flying overhead is another sign that the seasons are changing. However, I can’t figure out what they are doing since they seem to be flying in all directions.
Canada Geese flying East.
Just a minute after the above shot, those Canada Geese reversed direction and flew over me again.
Canada Geese flying West.
I thought that was the last of that flock and started walking toward the woods. Then they flew North and passed overhead once more.
Canada Geese flying North.
Another sure sign of spring is the return of Great Egrets and Snowy Egrets. They appeared two weeks ago, then went away when the weather turned cold. Now they are back.
Great Egret and Snowy Egrets at Edwin B Forsythe NWR.
Great Egret.
Finally the turtles are out sunning themselves. I think they are Diamondback Terrapins, but am not positive. They all jumped into the water as I tried to come closer to them to get a better look.
Seven turtles at Colonial Lake.
30 Sunday Dec 2018
Posted in colonial lake, Photography
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american robin, blue jay, cosmos, great egret, mallard, montezuma national wildlife refuge, northern cardinal, photography, postaday
In 2018, some of my photos did not appear on this blog, normally because I didn’t want to have too many in any post. Now at year end, looking at them, some actually deserve to be shown, and here they are.
Northern Cardinal in January 2018.
Mallard mother and ducklings, May 2018.
Great Egret at Montezuma NWR, September 2018.
American Robin, November 2018.
Blue Jay, November 2018.
Cosmos brought inside, October 2018.
14 Monday May 2018
Posted in Photography
The American Robin shown below was making so much noise and movement that I had to take its picture.
American Robin, excited and shouting.
The target for its cries was another Robin, who watched it very nonchalantly.
American Robin, cool and relaxed.
Here are the two of them in one photo.
Two Robins.
Perhaps the shouting Robin was a juvenile clamoring for food, and the older bird did nothing, as a way of telling the younger one to go find its own worm. Just my guess.
09 Sunday Apr 2017
Posted in EBF Refuge, Photography
Two different kinds of birds, an American Robin and a Great Egret, with two different ways of finding food.
Male American Robin looking for worm.
He dove toward one.
Maybe not this time.
Great Egret diving after fish.
Caught one!
07 Wednesday Sep 2016
Posted in Photography
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american robin, chipping sparrow, downy woodpecker, photography, postaday, snowy egret, wordless wednesday
Downy Woodpecker.
American Robin.
Chipping Sparrow.
Snowy Egret.
