Category Archives: photography
Feeding the Little Red Neck
Dear Friends, the Red Necked Grebe young have arrived, i think there are two and this shows one of the adults feeding one of the babies, til Tomorrow MJ
Yellow-Headed Blackbird
Dear Friends, while sitting in the marsh watching for baby Red-necked Grebes to hatch, the Yellow-Headed Blackbirds were calling for a mate, til Tomorrow MJ
Ring-Necked Ducks
Dear Friends, this lovely pair of Ring-necked ducks are motoring across a nearby pond, these ducks are common in Crex Meadows and some nest here. You can see the ring around the male’s neck as a bronze coloring and i love the gold eye. They also have a distinct ring around the bill and the female bill ring fades as the summer progresses. til Tomorrow MJ
Copulation Red-Necked Style
Dear Friends, i know these are lousy images but i have to share this magic moment with my readers. The Red-Necked Grebes in our neck of the woods are pretty rare, but we have one pair that return every year. I watched them for three hours and witnessed copulation three times in that period of time, what a thrill, til Tomorrow MJ
Meeting of the Minds
Dear Friends, last night just a sunset (with no sun visible) we found a small flock (10-12) of white pelicans floating on a pond in Crex Meadows. I had to shoot at a very high iso, so sorry for the noise, but could not resist this image. They do not stay, just passing through. til Tomorrow MJ
Another Grouse
Dear Friends, I call this image “Low Rider”, with his tilt and low to the ground dance i think he looks like a motorcycle coming around a corner, this is a male Sharptail Grouse dancing in the spring, soon they will be active again at sunrise on the lek, til Tomorrow MJ
Do you Like Purple?
Dear Friends, the color purple in an abstract, experimenting with photoshop, til Tomorrow MJ
Spring is Here
Dear Friends, the ice has melted and the Swans now have a place to land, courtship displays will begin soon and i will be back in the swamp chasing elusive images or the birds. Hope to see you out there, til Tomorrow MJ
A Winter Visitor
Dear Friends, this my dear friends is a Lewis Woodpecker who has flown a bit off course, he belongs west of the Rockies, but somehow has drifted into Wisconsin. I and two friends traveled all day ( in the comfort of a lovely modern pickup) and found this bird in a rural farm yard, he had been reported here previously. I am in love with the feathers on this bird, til Tomorrow MJ
Day Seven Nature Challenge
Dear Friends, this is an image from my archives that i titled Father’s Day, This particular swan pair used to bring their cygnets right up to the road and sometimes i saw them on the road. They reached adulthood successfully and they were not banded so who knows where they are now. til Tomorrow MJ
MJ Springett 