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Monarch butterfly migration through Oklahoma City, September 28, 2018. The monarchs had spent the day feeding on butterfly bushes, native sunflowers, and other flowers that they could find.
A Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator) with its wings fully outstretched is an impressive sight! The shear size of this beautiful bird inspired naming this image after the jumbo jet. A Trumpeter Swan wingspan can reach over 6 and a half feet and this swan is the largest of all North American waterfowl. I enjoyed watching a migrating group of both Trumpeter and Tundra Swans (23) that stopped off in Wisconsin Rapids on a rare sunny afternoon in mid-November.
Three or four times a year I get visited by these big beautiful doves. This time two of them dropped by. One stopped scarfing down seeds long enough to give me a profile shot.
Eurasian Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
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There were soooooooo many of these precious creatures out on the Drive this day. I have never, EVER had one sit still this long, and be all fluffed up and cutier than a patootier! Thank you, Jesus, for letting me see this beautiful creature.
Such a quick and lively little cutie patootie during Fall migration.
Painting this beauty is fun for me. Texture by Jai Johnson!
Woodcock Creek Lake, Crawford County, PA. Higher numbers of Cape May Warblers tend to pass through our area in the fall than in the spring. This year the numbers were particularly high. I found this one (female/immature) considering whether to make a meal of a nearby flying insect. Thanks for looking and any comments or feedback.
It's always a good idea to keep a warbler shot like this to refer to in the future. With warblers, this may be the only view you get of your subject, they tend to stay high in leafy trees.
Female Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechial)
Garland, Tx
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This was my second Northern Parula this fall, but picture I got on Friday was kind of crappy. Sunday, the place was crawling with them.
Murray Marsh, Sturgeon County, AB, Canada
I would like to name it "The Yoga Pose" again, but then it's been done. I think this title fits this young Black-bellied Plover quite well. This Plover wasn't camera shy at all and was willing to approach the photographer at close proximity (as seen in the portrait shot below). Enjoy!
Monarch butterfly migration through Oklahoma City, September 28, 2018. The monarchs had spent the day feeding on butterfly bushes, native sunflowers, and other flowers that they could find.
White-crowned sparrows breed in Alaska and arctic Canada. They migrate through Wisconsin in October to spend winter in southern United States and Mexico. Few of them might even stay here during the winter! These little birds have been tracked moving 300 miles in a single night!
Monarch butterfly migration through Oklahoma City, September 28, 2018. The monarchs had spent the day feeding on butterfly bushes, native sunflowers, and other flowers that they could find.
Parula americana
Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada
August 2014
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(Setophaga palmarum) -- Palm Warbler
A warbler that doesn’t act like one, the Palm Warbler spends its time walking on the ground, wagging its tail up and down. This brownish-olive bird has a bright rusty cap and a bold pale eyebrow stripe. They breed mainly in Canada’s boreal forest, but most people see them during migration or on wintering grounds foraging in open areas. You may see two forms: an eastern subspecies that’s bright yellow below, and a more western subspecies with a pale belly.
Read more at: www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Palm_Warbler/overview
First fall male. Kennesaw Mountain. 7/27/2014.
Hard to believe fall migration has begun but it has. This is one of the earliest fall migrant warblers, and is not a breeder in this area of Georgia. As I have remarked previously, in prior posts of this species, Kennesaw Mountain is probably the best place in North America to see this warbler during it's fall migration. It can often be found there from now thru the end of August. In comments below is a dorsal view of the same individual. I also saw a female plumaged bird today.
After a birding hiatus of 16 years, I came out of retirement and bought a Canon 500mm f/4L IS v1.
I'm a full-time wedding photographer, but I missed photographing wildlife and being a business owner and stay-at-home dad, im at home ALL THE TIME. I need to get out of the house for sanity. Hahaha
A northern harrier (Circus hudsonius) swoops down to catch its next meal. This large hawk was observed during fall migration, 2018, at Northerly Island Nature Sanctuary, a recently established sanctuary on a man-made island along the shoreline of Lake Michigan near downtown Chicago.
A series of 5 images, all of the same bird. they show the strength and weakness of the D6 when it comes to warbler photography. When you can get close to the bird, the D6 is wonderful (see images I posted railer). From near by, you get beautiful detail and superb low moise at high ISO (all images were shot at ISO6400, 1/2500, f5.6 with spot metering). the strength? full frame, 14ffps and a super sticky autofocus captures an entire sequence of a jumping warbler, every frame a keeper. the weakness? cropping a full frame 21mp Chip leaves lots of detail to the imagination. I would love a DX version of the D6, or a D6 with a low noise 36mp chip...Note the bird must be well fed since it ignores a katydid nymph and a cricket.
I am always looking for something a little different when I am out photographing birds. A couple of time this juvenile red knot would stand on one leg and stretch itself.
On Friday I was standing in my front yard hoping the hummingbird would come back. No luck but suddenly a warbler landed on my bird bath 15 feet away from me. I was able to take several shots as it drank. It was 110 degrees & the bird was so hot & thirsty that it decided to ignore me. It kept coming back over a period of 3 hours & I was able quietly walk out with my camera several times. This was a lucky shot I didn't even know I'd captured until later that night.
Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechial)
Garland, Tx
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Some of my favorite fall visitors that I hope to see again in a few months
Spizella arborea
Lambton County
Southern Ontario
Canada
Fall 2014
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Another beautiful little migrator! Unlike other warblers, Yellow-rumped Warblers are able to survive harsher winters due to their ability to eat waxed berries when insects and other foods might not be available. Therefore, they do not migrate quite as far south as other warblers do.
Yellow-rumped Warblers are also widely called "butterbutts".
Can you guess why? :)
Painted Bunting Female PABU (Passerina ciris)
Somewhat stumped at first as I had warblers on the brain during fall migration and had never seen a Painted Bunting with a very streaky breast (not shown too well by this view)......but as I looked at other images I saw the streaks in several females. This was a sunrise shot, hence the background color, but not enough light for the sharpness I desired. So shy......
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During the month of October, I finally saw several monarchs migrating thru DFW but there were not that many of them. This one was taking a pit stop in a wildflower meadow.
Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus)
Spring Creek Forest Preserve, Garland Texas
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