Category Archives: wildlife
Wild Turkey Fan
Meet the Goslings
Morning Deer
After Christmas Squirrel
A Buck on Thanksgiving
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.
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.”
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.