Friends, Happy Thanksgiving from our wild turkey who drifts through the yard with her family every now and then. til Tomorrow MJ
Friends, this ring billed duck is on rough water but still diving for his food. Happy Thanksgiving to all and hope you all have a safe and wonderful holiday. til Tomorrow MJ
Friends, the morning this was taken, the ice had covered the flowage and this little muskrat was perched on top, munching away on some vegetation that was protruding from the ice. I like the light of the evening sun. These rodents make houses of the reeds and sedges that also stick up out of the ice. They say that the height of these houses predicts the snow fall depths this winter. til Tomorrow MJ
Friends, I was chasing cranes and trumpeter swans at Crex, these chickadees called to me to come watch their antics while eating some knap weed seeds. Some were hanging upside down and other right side up, but all were having a thanksgiving feast in the weed patch. you may click on each image to see a full resolution image. Love their feather details til Tomorrow MJ
Friends, this friendly pheasant was showing off his finery on this chilly fall day on a field of brown, unlike the green of yesterday’s post. I think they are the king of the marsh. The top image is color as i found it and the bottom image is a little warm up added. Beautiful bird ! either way. You can click on either image to see a full resolution view, til Tomorrow MJ
Nov 17
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Friends, green is hard to find this time of year in our country. Going back through my archives, these green images struck me. A storm was whipping across Crex Meadows, a green hummingbird, green background with yellow swallowtail butterfly, green tree abstract, and a hooded merganser swimming across a green pond. til Tomorrow MJ
Friends, this redtailed hawk is leaving with his new bracelet on his leg. Those talons are pretty fierce hunting weapons and the image below shows a closeup of these sharp tools that keep him supplied with food. You can see the dark patch on the wing rib and his dark belly band that mark him as a redtail hawk. til Tomorrow MJ
Friends, this young whitetail deer is a male and was following some girls that were roaming through our woods in the backyard. We live in the Wisconsin wilds and it is not uncommon to see the female whitetails in our woods. But we rarely get a chance to photograph a buck. I was sitting in my elevated deer stand that is suspended from a tree about twelve feet off the ground, when this boy came into view and peeked around a tree at me. The top image shows his response when the camera started to click and he saw me. Which pose do you like, the relaxed (bottom image) or the all-alert image (top). til Tomorrow MJ
Friends, Daylight finds the Sandhills on cornfields adjacent to Crex Meadows. This immature Sandhill Crane is gleaning corn from the field after the picker has gone through. The cranes alternate from the corn fields in the daytime to the marsh in the evening hours, think i am running out of images for this blog. Need to go to Crex today and see what is up, til Tomorrow MJ
Nov 13
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Friends, this is not good photography, but i wanted to show you the mass take-offs of Sandhill Cranes during a Crex sunrise. Yes i can rise early but i don’t make a habit of it. If you click on the large image a slide show will take you through the sequence as the birds lower […]
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