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Lower half of Kennesaw Mountain. Today. Also below is my first of the season Magnolia Warbler from today 9/8/2010.
Had a great view from 5 feet away of the Maggie but this is the best photo I was able to manage. Of course my camera was pointing the other way when the Maggie decided to get close. It was like "I see you. Oops. Too close. Later dude."
Also below is a much closer view of a male Summer Tanager from more than a week ago from the top of the Mountain. The top of the Mountain is very dry now and the leaves are beginning to fall there.
Summer Tanager. Male above and female below. Kennesaw Mountain.
From my archives from summer 2010.
Merry Christmas to all my contacts!!!!!!
Photographed 16 September 2018, Smith Point Hawk Watch, Candy Cain Abshier WMA, Smith Point, Chambers County, Texas
I took this Oct 10 this fall during the height of monarch migration time. Saved it for a cold winter day and this feels like a good time to upload and share it. The sight of bright sunlight on the butterfly and flowers cheers me up and hopefully does for you too.
Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus)
SUNSET / BLOOD FLOWER Scarlet Milkweed (Asclepias Curassavica)
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The flock of blue-winged teal finally landed, in a straight line, a distance out in the bay. They don't look nearly as pretty when you can't see the wing colors.
Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors)
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Joshua Tree, Yucca brevifolia, in the Mojave Desert, Pahranagat National Wildlife Refuge along Highway 93 in Nevada, USA
American Oyster Catcher - Red W34
Frequent verified sightings:
#1 Fort De Soto Park
#2 Anna Maria Island
Originally banded at Shell Key in 2020 as a pre-fledgling (about 5 or 6 years old in 2025) as part of a research project.
Other locations sighted: As far south as Longboat Key, Braden River and Manatee River
Joshua Tree, Yucca brevifolia, in the Mojave Desert, Pahranagat National Wildlife Refuge along Highway 93 in Nevada, USA
I guess it overheard me say it was beautiful.
Juvenile Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus )
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One of the best parts of the hike was seeing the cranes on their way south. They use the Rio as a migration route, it's an easy road to follow and there's food along the way.
Since I took this photo, we've been to Bosque del Apache (new photos soon, here's some older ones), we might have seen some of these same birds!
A migrating flock of some kind of Ibis few over me yesterday. If you enlarge this & look at one of the front birds, it appears to be eating a mid=-flight snack. Their bills are very distinctive but they were not close enough to get detail for specific identification, there are several different species of Ibis they might be.
Unspecified Ibis flock My photos can also be found at kapturedbykala.com
I was so focused on the hawk, that I forgot about the deer fence. I'm not sure how I got a focus lock through the fence for this and the next shot.
On Monday, I decided to see if there were any interesting birds in Lake White since fall migration has begun.
I saw and photographed various ducks. I believe the majority of them are mallards, but since I saw some of different sizes, I am hoping that I am wrong and perhaps there are some migrants in the flock. However, I need help from others, as my duck and bird identification skills are a work in progress.
Information for the Bird Identification Group: taken in Lake White State Park, Waverly, Ohio, USA on September 12, 2016.
The "deep" part of Lake White is so large that it is hard to distinguish birds that are far out on the water, even with my lens at 400mm. (I should have brought my extender.)
The lake is currently lowered and will continue to remain low while the earthen dam and spillway are being rebuilt. So this does allow for the possibility of some wading birds in the "deep" part.
On their wintering grounds Ruddy Turnstones congregate along rocky shorelines, mudflats, deltas, and sandy beaches.