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Indigo Bunting
Today’s post comes from my recent visit to the Loess Bluffs NWR, in northwestern Missouri. As I drove the auto tour route, I was fortunate to have a beautiful, male Indigo Bunting up close. As I sat in my vehicle, using it as a blind, I photographed this beauty for several minutes before it decided […]
Sunrise Silhouette
A while back, I learned that lake refurbishment at one of the area’s local Missouri Conservation Area’s lakes was complete. The area still needs to have fish restocked and will not be open to fishing for several years. Since the refurbishment was complete, I thought I’d take the kayak out and see what I could […]
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Tags: behavior, Bird, bird photography, birding, Birds, birdwatching, Blog, Cass County, cormorant, kayaking, Missouri, nature, nature photography, summer
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Fun Friday: Looking for a Snack
Today’s “Fun Friday” post was captured earlier this week, while kayaking a local Missouri Conservation Area. With several species of warblers now in the area, I was photographing Yellow Warblers and Prothonotary Warblers from the kayak. One Prothonotary Warbler was very active, hunting insects/spiders around the trees that are standing in the creek. It was […]
The Spring Migration Continues
After my outing last week at the Burr Oak Woods Conservation Area, we stopped by the James A. Reed Conservation Area on the way home. Among the many active critters there were some Baltimore Orioles that have just migrated back into the area for the summer. Here are a few of my favorite images I […]
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Tags: behavior, Bird, bird photography, birding, Birds, birdwatching, Blog, James A. Reed CA, Missouri, nature, nature photography, Oriole, spring
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Prothonotary Warblers
Yesterday’s post featured the Yellow Warbler during my recent kayak outing. Today’s post features the Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea), also captured during that outing. Both of these species of warblers are abundant and active right now. I also heard a couple of Common Yellowthroats while kayaking, but could not find them in the dense undergrowth […]