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Mother’s Little Helper (baby photos) – Repost from 2010
(This post originally published in June, 2010) A few evenings ago, while strolling around our acreage, I checked our Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) trail nestboxes and found that the bluebird pair that had fledged 4-5 bluebirds just a few short weeks earlier, had started their second brood with 4 beautiful, blue eggs! Thursday evening, my […]
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Tags: behavior, birding, Birds, birds, birdwatching, Blog, bluebird, Cass County, cute, Eastern Bluebird, Missouri, nature, nature photography, nestbox, nesting, spring
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Fun Friday: “Follow My Lead …
“… and raise your beak high in the air, and look downward while keeping your beak high. Then that person with the silly box in his hand won’t know we’re watching him!” This image was made a year ago at the local Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) rookery. Wishing everyone a […]
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Tags: behavior, birding, birds, birdwatching, Blog, Cass County, cute, great blue herons, herons, nature, nesting, rookery, summer
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Landscaped Nesting
Almost missed this one while hiking around Yellowstone National Park! I was just returning to the parking lot area from a hike down a steep trail to view the Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River. As I approached the parking lot, I noticed something that looked unusual … couldn’t quite identify what it was, but […]
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Tags: behavior, Bird, birds, birds of prey, birdwatching, Blog, National Park, nature, nesting, osprey, travel, Wyoming, Yellowstone NP
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And Now, the Rest of the Story!
While photographing at the Lee Metcalf NWR, near Missoula, Montana, I posted an image of a fledging Osprey (Pandion haliaetus). And now, the rest of the story: Immediately after arriving at the Lee Metcalf NWR, I drove to a long-time osprey nest, located next to the refuge road. When I pulled up, I noticed a […]
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Tags: birding, birds, birds of prey, birdwatching, Blog, fledging, Lee Metcalf NWR, nature, nesting, osprey, travel
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Tuesday
Been busy traveling, finally reaching the destination for catching the ferry to Alaska, which happens tomorrow. On the way, however, had a wonderful day Tuesday at a favorite location I love shooting … Lee Metcalf NWR. Lee Metcalf is a wonderful wildlife refuge, located about 20 minutes south of Missoula, Montana. One of the subjects […]
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Tags: Bird, birding, birds of prey, birdwatching, Blog, Lee Metcalf NWR, Montana, nature, nesting, travel
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