This Sedge Wren is unofficially our 4,000th photo uploaded to Flickr. Sedge Wren taken on August 16th at Horicon Marsh in Wisconsin Canon Rebel XTi, 400mm
Category: Photography
Phriday Photo – Great-crested Flycatcher
Great-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
Deer Run Loving
It isn’t just the birds that make Deer Run Prairie so lovely… Click photo to enlarge This is our submission for the way too cool Skywatch Friday!!
Phriday Photo – Roger Tory Peterson’s Birth Town
On our trip to Rhode Island, we stopped into Jamestown, New York, birthplace of Roger Tory Peterson. We didn’t have time to visit the Roger Tory Peterson Institute, but it was nice to tour the town for a bit.
Sandhill Crane in Flight
This week’s Skywatch Friday submission is one of our favorite local birds, the Sandhill Crane.
Shorebird Battles – Semipalmated Plovers
In a much more relaxed argument than the fighting Ruddy Turnstones, these digiscoped Semipalmated Plovers were trying to work out their disagreements through words (or peeps). Step one – stick out your booty Counter-attack with another booty raise Peep out your problems… Take a nap when done Thanks to Swarovski Optik for loaning out a
Digiscoping – Arctic Tern
There is something unequivocally impressive about a bird that can travel 25,000 miles a year. Arctic Tern Read more about the cool facts about Arctic Terns. Information on population status for Arctic Terns is limited but “southermost populations [are] declining and listed as of special concern.” – Cornell Lab of Ornithology Digiscoped with a Swarovski
Shorebird Battles – Ruddy Turnstones
Getting a chance to digiscope courtesy of Swarovski Optik North America on the Cape of Massachusetts led to some interesting shorebird interactions. Here we have a duel between Ruddy Turnstones that got pretty violent. Ruddy Turnstone Faceoff Take Down!! That’s gotta hurt! Rough fight, yet so beautiful Not sure what this move is called… wing-flashing
