Friends,blue jays are being very active around our house, they must be hungry as they appear at the suet feeder when we are not around, this jay was foraging in Crex Meadows, a wildlife refuge near our home. They are very noisy and demand attention where ever they go. The snow is melting and the roads are muddy but spring is slowly making its way north. So take a lesson today, make a little noise, til Tomorrow MJ
Mar 31
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Friends, a day in my life is sometimes a bit fictional, but i try to be in Crex at Sunrise when the Cranes are flying from their roost to the fields, I also like to do my WordPress blog, photograph some birdies, post-process some images with photoshop and last but certainly not the least, […]
Friends, this tiny bird is a red-breasted nuthatch, found around here in the winter months, they find their food in the bark of trees and in friendly bird feeders, they prefer the feeders with suet in them. Getting ready for the Easter holiday, Happy Easter to you who celebrate with us, til Tomorrow MJ
Friends, raiding my archives from last spring, i found this hooded merganser who was grocery shopping in the open water, not much open water available yet, I must have been a surprise cause his crest is raised, today warmer weather is thawing the snow, sloooowly but surely, til Tomorrow MJ
Friends, these Trumpeter Swans are waiting, patiently for the snow and ice to melt, I am not so patient, I go to the Meadows in expectation to find nothing new, bummer, maybe i will have to visit elsewhere to find some action, maybe the waves on Lake Superior will talk to me about spring, but last time i visited there, the waves were washing in the ice shards, sharp and glasslike panes, having family for Easter, so I guess cleaning house is the order of the day, til Tomorrow MJ
Friends, getting desperate for new images, these milkweed pods were interesting but kind of drab in colors, but the snow made a great background, these pods are empty of the silk that emanates from them in the fall, now they are empty but a short stem remains, see the macro below to see what is left in the pods, til Tomorrow MJ
Friends, this small hawk is the Broadwing Hawk, one of several species that pass over Hawk Ridge in fall migration. I am practicing my black and white conversions, how do you like? til Tomorrow MJ
Friends, this boy has found a birch tree to nibble on, he is a porcupine but his quills are not erect so you see his guard hairs on the surface of his coat, The quills are laying down and he is climbing up the tree to get away from me. Porkies are active in the winter but don’t get around very well in our deep snow, so tree climbing is a way of life. His quills are small compared to those of the African variety. til Tomorrow MJ
Friends, this sandpiper is a yellowlegs, but i do not have the expert birding knowledge to identify it definitely so I will leave that to my viewers who have that knowledge, I just like his fishing pose and the circles of water in front of him, i think it tells a story, but some are more interested in the details, the feathering is very mottled in colors to blend into the marsh grasses of spring, still no water around here but hope is in the air, til Tomorrow MJ
Friends, this great gray owl is flying at you in black and white, still practicing my black and white conversions, the background provides a web of branches that makes a statement about his environment. The owl and the web waiting for an unsuspecting lemming to venture out under the snow cover. The round parabolic face serves to concentrate sounds so the owl can detect small critters under the snow. They dive feet first into the snow and can retrieve food six inches under the snow. til Tomorrow MJ
