Category: Bird


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So pleased to see that the wren family decided to use the birdhouse I hung in my little backyard!

We call this our bird sanctuary! If you look you can see the wren sitting on the wrought iron pole above the birdhouse!

Bald Eagle, our National Bird

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It is the only eagle unique to North America!  This photo was taken at Magee Marsh, Ohio.

Female Yellow-Rumped Warbler

Magee Marsh, Crane Creek, BWIAB, Ohio, Birding

Taken on the  Magee Marsh boardwalk on May 11, 2017

Yellow Warbler –

Seen at Magee Marsh, Ohio on May 11, 2017. Taken with a Canon 7D camera, with Canon EF  100-400 Lens, which I borrowed from Canon.

Magee Marsh, Crane Creek, BWIAB, Ohio, Birding

Magee Marsh, Crane Creek, BWIAB, Ohio, BirdingMagee Marsh, Crane Creek, BWIAB, Ohio, BirdingAs near as I can remember this another “lifer” for me!! I was made aware of it’s presence by a number of birders beside the marsh intently gazing in it’s direction!

Magee Marsh, Crane Creek, BWIAB, Ohio, Birding

I took this photo with a 7D Mark II camera and 100-400 lens I borrowed from the Canon folks at their booth at the entrance to Magee Marsh during BWIAB. I loved the camera and lens, though at my age, not sure I want to carry it around all day! As you may have noticed, the series of photos of my trip to Washington D.C. has finished, as now I will likely be featuring photos of the birds I photographed at the Magee Marsh boardwalk, etc.  The Red-breasted Nuthatch was a lifer for me, meaning in Birdwatcher language, the first time you saw it in your life!

Elusive Carolina Wren

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After several days of trying to capture a photo of a Carolina Wren, I was successful! We were walking on the Rails to Trails trail near Millersburg, Ohio.

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As well as a sparrow!

Shy Eastern Bluebird

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Seen on the Holmes County, Rails to Trails-Trail, near Millersburg!

American Robin

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Jean Tubridy of socialbridge@wordpress.com was curious as to how the American Robin differed from the European Robin seen in Ireland!

Downy but not Up-side Down

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Seen in a Canastota, New York front yard near a feeder.