This buck was trailing a doe through our backyard yesterday morning.
November 28, 2019 – buck trailing doe in Bent Tree
November 28, 2019 – buck pausing for a moment
A Buck on Thanksgiving
Category Archives: wildlife
Happy Thanksgiving
Here are some of the turkey photos I’ve posted over the years. I think my favorite is the one with the turkey perched on a limb with wings spread out over her poults (next-to-last photo below). The photo’s a little blurry, but it was really cool to see in person.
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Hanging Out With An Osprey
Saturday evening, we were having a good time watching a pair of ospreys flying all around Lake Tamarack (the second photo below shows both of them) when, all of a sudden, one swooped in and landed in a tree right above my head. I stood below for over 10 minutes, taking pictures of it staring at me while I stared right back, hoping I would get a good shot of it taking off. The no-see-ums were biting, so I finally gave up. The osprey was still sitting there when I left, so I guess it won the staring contest.
August 10, 2019 – Osprey in Bent Tree (click image to zoom)
August 10, 2019 – Two ospreys flying over Lake Tamarack (click image to zoom)
August 10, 2019 – one of the two osprey flying in Bent Tree
A Hawk in the Rain
This hawk sat on the same branch for over an hour in the rain, yesterday. For most of that time, it was standing on one foot. According to The Cornell Lab of Ornithology website “Birds will often stand on one foot to minimize heat loss.”
July 19, 2019 – A hawk in Bent Tree
Two Green Herons
Saturday morning, I was taking photos of a green heron at Lake Tamarack (see first photo below), trying to follow it as it flew from branch to branch along the shore. After a while, a second green heron came onto the scene (see second photo below). At one point, I was able to get them both in one photo (see photo above). Click here to link to a post with more green heron photos that were taken in May.
July 13, 2019 – Green Heron in Bent Tree
July 13, 2019 – Another Green Heron in Bent Tree
Wild Turkeys
A couple of weeks ago, these two tom turkeys walked across the tee box on Hole 8, then headed into the woods. The colors on their chests were very vivid.
June 21, 0219 – Wild Turkeys on the Bent Tree Golf Course (click photo for larger image)
Cleared for Takeoff
June 21, 2019 – Blue Heron flying over Lake Tamarack, shortly after takeoff
Twin Fawns
June 26, 2019 – Doe and twin fawns (one nursing) in a Bent Tree creek (click image to zoom)
GA DNR Survey Bent Tree Bears
A link to a survey about bears in Bent Tree went out via yesterday’s “Friday News” email. The survey was developed by the Georgia DNR and they will share the resulting report with Bent Tree. The survey link will be available until close-of-business on Friday, June 28th and is intended for Bent Tree residents only. The DNR requests that one survey be completed per household. So, check your “Friday News” if you would like to participate. I took the survey yesterday and look forward to seeing the future report.
Hole 7 Turtles
Yesterday’s post mentioned that I went to play golf on Monday, in between fawn photo shoots. The photo below was taken during that round of golf, at the pond on Hole 7. Click here for a related previous post (from almost one year ago) that explains why my golf game is not so great.
June 17, 2019 – Turtles, pond on Hole 7 in Bent Tree