The first section are pictures that I captured, and the second is what Bill took. I had a hard time deciding on which ones to post as we have many to choose from. These are some of our favourites. To see a closer up view you can click on each picture.
My pictures:
This juvenile male wood duck was just moving ever so slightly across a small little pond just off the road way when we arrived.
We were sitting in the car on the side of a dirt road, and I happened to see something moving in the trees behind the fence line. All of a sudden this Flicker was flying toward the car, and he landed about 20 feet in front of me on top of a bird house! How cool was that? Bill is saying "there you go, he is right in front of you, hurry up take the picture" as these birds are very skittish, so I was panicking, trying to focus and click away, I managed 3 good pictures of this guy! I"m surprised he sat as long as he did.
This next bird, is the whole reason we traveled so far . This is a Golden Winged Warbler, and we were thrilled beyond words when we found him. We have tried to see this bird during spring migration here in SW Ontario at Pt Pelee, but always seemed that we were never in the right spot at the right time when it is spotted. So after a few years of trying to photograph this beautiful bird we were successful! If you look closely you can see his tongue as he is singing!
A Common Yellowthroat Warbler landed on a branch as he was fluttering around.
Another pose of the Golden Winged Warbler - looks like he has lunch in his beak!
As we decided to head home (on our 2nd visit to this area) we were traveling down another dirt road and Bill happened to see this guy wandering around in the meadow. This is a Sandhill Crane.
Next up, and last for my photo's is the Male American Redstart.
Bill's Photos:
A Common Yellowthroat Warbler - looks like he has his meal all planned! Not one but two worms!
Sandhill Crane - this was taken the first time we ventured up to this area.
The Golden Winged Warbler - love him perched against this branch covered in lichen. He sat for quite a while as we photographed him .
And lastly, another pose of the Common Yellowthroat Warbler.
I hope you enjoyed the pictures. I have some more to share of this past weekend. Will post those next week.
Have a wonderful day!
Pauline
5 comments:
Oh, boy, I really enjoyed these, Pauline! The juvenile wood duck looks like a scruffy adolescent, tee hee! He's a character! Your photos are every bit as beautiful as Bill's. He's been a good teacher! We get a lot of the Flickers at the feeders and, of course, in the woods edging our yard. I sure haven't had the patience to get photos. They're one of the more interesting looking birds we get. Their markings are spectacular and you've captured it beautifully in your photo. The warblers are sweet and pretty. Really love the gray and yellow markings on the Golding Winged Warbler. Congratulations on getting that pic! We get the Thompson's Warbler at the feeders. And, wow, that crane! Never saw such a pretty crane, and wandering around in a meadow, no less! Our cranes are all at the water's edge. The Redstart is gorgeous! Oh, the colors! The close up pics just take me away. Thanks so much for this, Pauline!
What terrific shots you got Pauline ... Such lovely colourful birds... Ours are quite dull in comparison but I love to watch them nevertheless. Enjoy your weekend!
These are fabulous! What a joy for you to have not only photographed these beauties but were able to see them first hand. We actually have a Sandhill Crane refuge down here. Hubby and I saw a whole flock of them flying out over the water when we were fishing the other day. We were really surprised to see some when we went on our trip to Yellowstone a few years back. Awesome pics as always. Thanks for sharing them.
WOW! Beautiful photography!
We have day trips like that all the time, not crazy at all. Great photo's. The one that Bill took with the two worms, he is CHUBBY! I guess that is why he gets two worms. hee hee!
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