Sunrise, deep in the bog |
American Robin, taking a little breather, from a long night of migrating northward! |
Bald Eagle |
Black-backed Woodpecker |
Northern Harrier |
Northern Harrier |
Beaver damn, along the edge of Stone Lake |
Moose!! |
Leatherleaf in front of Labrador Tea |
Labrador Tea |
Wilson's Snipe, winnowing! |
Brewer's Blackbird - look at that gorgeous sheen! |
Brewer's Blackbird |
American Kestrel pair |
Ring-necked Duck |
Belted Kingfisher |
Adult female Northern Harrier |
Tree Swallow and Barn Swallow |
Tree Swallows at a nest box |
Blue Jay |
Lincoln's Sparrow |
Chipping Sparrow |
Chipping Sparrow, looking cute for the camera |
Magnolia Warbler |
Mourning Warbler, preparing for a double boreal dismount, hoping to stick the landing. |
Mourning Warbler |
Mourning Warbler |
Female Northern Flicker at the cavity |
Home Sweet Home |
Red Squirrel |
Swamp Sparrow |
Tree Swallow |
Spider web in the bog |
Sunrise in the bog |
Great Gray Owl |
Connecticut Warbler! |
Connecticut Warbler! |
Black-and-white Warbler |
Blackburnian Warbler |
Broad-winged Hawk (juvenile) keeping watch |
Adult Broad-winged Hawk |
Cedar Waxwing |
Chipping Sparrow |
Cape May Warbler |
Chestnut-sided Warbler |
Chestnut-sided Warbler |
Pair of Eastern Bluebirds |
Great Gray Owl in the evening |
Lincoln's Sparrow |
Mourning Warbler |
Butterbutt! (Yellow-rumped Warbler |
Nashville Warbler |
My Northern Saw-whet Owl photo, hanging up in the Alesche's Lodging near Sax-Zim! |
Olive-sided Flycatcher taking off! |
Ruby-crowned Kinglet, a little blurred, but showing off those field marks! |
Sandhill Crane |
Swamp Sparow |
Trumpeter Swan |
Wilson's Snipe in non-winnowing formation |
Wilson's Snipe Winnowing! Note the open outer tail feathers, which make the sound |
Wilson's Snipe against the moon |
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher |
Marsh Cinquefoil |
Snowshoe Hare |
Viceroy and White Admiral |
Butterfly |
Butterfly head-on |
Butterfly from the side |
Butterfly. Can you see him? |
Butterfly |
Calla lily |
Calla lily |
Calla lily |
Cottongrass |
Cottongrass |
Four-spotted Skimmer |
Flax |
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Little fox, trotting around the open field looking for rodents |
Iris |
Labrador Tea |
Black-billed Magpie, keeping cool in the shade |
Monarchs |
Polyphemus Moth |
Moth |
Moth |
Moth |
Mourning Cloak |
Porcupine |
Porcupine |
Porcupine |
Rushes are round |
Skunk Cabbage |
Sunset in Sax-Zim Bog |
My birding group for the day! We had so much fun! |
Enjoying the birds |
Watching the porcupine that afternoon |
American Redstart (male) |
Blackburnian Warbler (male) |
Cape May Warbler (male) |
Dickcissel |
Hairy Woodpecker |
Nashville Warbler fledgling begging for food! |
Nashville Warbler taking it easy |
Purple Finch (male) |
Fledgling Song Sparrow |
Wilson's Snipe winnowing (note the outermost tail feathers) |
Wilson's Snipe |
Bog Habitat |
Garter Snakes |
Spotted Coralroot |
Brewer's Blackbird female (left) and Red-winged Blackbird male (right) |
Dickcissel |
Dickcissel |
Eastern Bluebird (male) |
Purple Finches! |
Northern Pearly Eyes (group on left), Red Admiral (back right), White Admiral (front right) |
Tiger Swallowtail and bee |
Polyphemus Moth |
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This mass of water is usually about 2-3 feet wide at the most |
Iris in the bog |
Painted Turtle that I rescued from the Bagley Pond parkinglot |
Tiger Swallowtail |
Pre-sunrise. Photo taken at 4:24am |
After an hour of listening for those little, elusive Yellow Rail |
Sunrise, at 4:43am |
Bobolink male |
Train hauling iron ore pellets |
Great Gray Owl |
Great Gray Owl about to dive off! |
Great Gray Owl taking flight |
Great Gray Owl... big, deep wingbeats |
Great Gray Owl, on its way into the woods |
Wilson's Snipe... letting all of the other creatures know he's here, and ready to do some winnowing |
Lincoln's Sparrow |
Brewer's Blackbird |
Black-billed Cuckoo |
Black-backed Woodpecker |
Broad-winged Hawk (juvenile) |
Cliff Swallow |
Dark-eyed Junco |
Northern Pearly Eye |
Purple Finch (female) |
butterflies |
fritillaries |
The birding group, after an extra fun day of birding |
Baltimore Oriole |
Black-billed Cuckoo |
Bobolink (male) |
Brewer's Blackbird |
Broad-winged Hawk |
Dickcissel |
Family of Sandhill Cranes |
Le Conte's Sparrow was singing in this field |
Ferocious beast of the bog :) |
Eastern Kingbird |
Le Conte's Sparrow |
Gray Ghost (adult male Northern Harrier) |
Gray Ghost (adult male Northern Harrier) |
Gray Ghost (adult male Northern Harrier) |
Savannah Sparrow - cute and mean stare |
Painted Turtle |
Swallows |
American Goldfinch |
Baltimore Oriole |
Black-and-white Warbler |
Cedar Waxwing |
Juvenile Common Yellowthroat |
Palm Warbler |
Sedge Wren |
Dew on the Dogwood |
Spiderweb Dew |
Sunrise in the bog |
Dew Drops |
Bobolinks |
Clay-colored Sparrows! Can you find all four? |
Clay-colored Sparrow bouncing around |
Chesnut-sided Warbler |
Chestnut-sided Warbler |
Eastern Phoebe |
Mourning Doves (immature on left, adult on right) |
After a day of guiding & birding with my good friends from Ohio, Bob & Paula |
Paula and Bob |
Tree Swallows |
Dragonfly |
Beautiful red dragonfly |
Fritillary |
Sunflower - I'm thinking a little bird planted this one! |
White Admiral |