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American Bittern
Dear Friends, this secretive bird is an American Bittern and on rare occasions he peeks out of the cat tails to seek food. til Tomorrow MJ
Double-crested Cormorant
Dear Friends, last week i was treated to a pontoon ride down the st croix river. me and several members of a camera club went for a lovely drive. The evening could not have been better weather wise and we got a closeup view of the rookery just north of Stillwater MN. This is one of the adult cormorants that was perched above nest of juveniles that are almost fully grown. The image below shows them being typical youngsters rabbling about. so til Tomorrow MJ
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
The Bohemian
Dear Friends, two very gracious friends took me to Duluth yesterday, thanks you two, we spent the morning with brown creepers, golden crowned kinglets and these bohemian waxwings. Also cedar waxwings but this was my best Bohemian, 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
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
MJ Springett 