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i saw so many robins around the park probably getting ready for fall migration south, I think this is the last robin picture for a while until they return on spring I"m going to miss them so much!
have a lovely weekend!!
Sadly this species is vulnerable to habitat loss in parts of its wintering range. The song is distinctive and sounds like, "trees trees I love trees."
The only side of this bird I saw for the first 1/2 was its rump as it bounced about the trees like a ping pong ball. Luckily she sat long enough for a quick mosh on the shutter.
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Had the good fortune to see and photograph this beautiful and not often seen sparrow yesterday. The last time I saw one was Oct 2016. My camera date was incorrect it should read the 10th.
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This Snow Goose, with her two offspring, was the only goose at the "point" of Whitefish Point in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
Snow Geese breed in the tundra of northern Canada, wintering in some southern States and in Mexico.
Life Bird Photograph #230.
I just love her elegant white eye liner and her sweet yellow feathers. In the fall they migrate on the eastern side of the states to S Am.
Did my best to get a good detailed shot, its not perfect but I'm okay with the ability to see her markings:)
Weighing 6 - 10 grams they are able to flit about in the tops of the canopy for bug, and they are very good at catching them. While watching most of them had some creepy crawler in their beaks:)
Theme:
Fabulously Cute
ME, MT, and WI
Taken at Reifel.
This is a bird that many confuse for a yellowlegs and dowitcher.... and by the way it looks and acts I can see why. It is always a treat to see a few juveniles passing through our area during fall migration.
The Canadian Wildlife Service estimates the population of Stilt Sandpipers at 500,000- 1 million birds. This is another species that is declining. They are declining due to habitat degradation on their breeding grounds by geese and habitat loss on their wintering grounds in South America due to development. The federal government of Canada has added this species to the Northern Shorebird Conservation Strategy. Canada has a large percentage of the global breeding population. Therefore, Canada's responsibility for the species is very high since they are moderately decreasing here at a rate of over 25% since the 1970's. The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC), plans to review this species shortly after the Lesser Yellowlegs, which is declining at a more rapid rate in Canada than even the Stilt Sandpiper.
This species looks similar in plumage for both male and female and in both Spring and Fall. This bird may be a first fall bird as its tail feathers appear rather narrow and sharp. 09/23/2020.
Here this bird is showing how acrobatic it can be while foraging and perhaps in so doing reminds us of how a fresh perspective from another point of view may indeed be fruitful at times!
I've never seen this discussed in text anywhere but it seems to me that many fall birds of this species which I have photographed have a more olive coloration of the center stripe between the two top black head stripes. In the Spring this center stripe seems to be more uniform in color with the other rich colored buff areas including those between the lower and upper black head stripes.
Georgia Mountains.
Monhegan Warblers #5
This image shows how white they are in their fall plumage (even with berry juice on the chest). At first I was really stumped what they were but read of other characteristics....the pale, broad-based bill, bold white eyering on a clear background and an overall chunky look. Obviously getting a good view wasn't the issue....with the thick fog and so many warblers feeding all around me, they came too close.....I was constantly backing up!
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08/13/2021. This adult male doesn't breed in the Georiga Mountain location where we found him. This species begins moving south in August in Georgia. The fall plumage for the adult male doesn't show as much black in the cap and the black necklace is somewhat muted compared to Spring. I did a partial background replacement using photoshop to clean up the background. I don't see as many adult males in Fall migration as I do other plumages for this species and this is probably my best detailed image of a Fall adult male. They are a whole lot easier to photograph on breeding grounds in the Spring.