Category Archives: Birds
Yellow Rumped Warbler
Friends, this little warbler (yellow-rump) is showing off his three patches of yellow feathers, one on each side of his chest, one on top of his head and one on his rump. There were hundreds of yellow-rumps in Crex Meadows this spring, but now that it has turned to summer (85 degrees F) they have gone further north. til Tomorrow MJ
Cape May Warbler
Friends, this bird was found on a colder day and he was fluffed up to keep warm, today was 85 degrees F so birdies are not fluffed up today. This is a male Cape May Warbler and i love his feathering. Below is a frontal view of his streaked chest. til Tomorrow MJ
Nashville Warbler
Friends, sorry for the lousy background but this was the only decent shot of this Nashville Warbler as it passed through Crex Meadows this week, now the mosquitos have hatched making a photographer’s life unbearable. But a great picture is worth all the suffering, so think of me sitting in the marshlands waiting for nature to reveal herself to me. til Tomorrow MJ
Tennessee Warbler
Friends, this friendly Tennessee Warbler is looking right at me, but being a brave bird, he let me take his picture before he flitted off into the brush. I like that the green leaves are popping showing that it is finally spring here in the northland. til Tomorrow MJ
Yellow Warbler
Friends, this Yellow Warbler has a beak full of flying insects for his lunch. I think that they provide a great service by removing some of our insect population. I can’t imagine how many insects there might be without our warbler invasion every spring. til Tomorrow MJ
Wilson Warbler
Friends, this Wilson Warbler is known for his black cap and is hiding in the brush, The bokeh is not good but wanted to share with WordPress friends. I have been busy this spring chasing the migration, first the ducks, then the dancing sharptail grouse and now the tiny little warblers. Wild life photography is work, and if you don’t love it, you wont do it. Yesterday started at 3am and a sunrise visit to Namekagon Barrens to shoot the Sharptail Grouse, then onto Crex for midmorning and afternoon, Finally home at 5PM, supper, but when the feathers grow sharp in my viewfinder and the light is just right, my clock is ticking til Tomorrow MJ
Dancing of the Grouse
Friends, a ballet dancer, nope, a male sharptail grouse on the attack. The image below shows the more typical dance position, but when two males come head to head, there is a lot of bluffing, then one or both birds may rise up and try to spur the other bird. When the female appeared on the grounds, there was only horizontal dancing and no more spurring.. til Tomorrow MJ
Yellow Rumps
Friends, this Yellow Rumped Warbler (below) is busy hunting insects along Phantom Lake in Crex Meadows. She is showing off her id feature, the yellow rump. The above image is probably a male, with his head stripe of yellow and yellow shoulders. Spring is truly here and it is raining again today (sigh) til Tomorrow MJ
Blue Heron Lunch
Friends, on my way home from Crex Meadows I pass a small watering hole where this blue heron likes to hunt, i disturbed his hunt by stopping and pointing my telephoto out the car window. He flew but remembered to take his lunch with him, til Tomorrow MJ
Horned Grebe
Friends, this is a friendly horned grebe on Phantom Lake, the afternoon light was just right for a closeup portrait. Those yellow feathers on each side of her head are the “horns”. I don’t always get this close but he didn’t mind my vehicle. til Tomorrow MJ
MJ Springett 