I thought I would sneak this Belated Happy Birthday wish to my Son, Dustin, since this month is almost done. This is him in action on a day we went birding in North Central Ohio.
Tag Archive: Birding
My son, Dustin looking through the scope at these Dunlins at Metzger Marsh in North Central Ohio! There were over 150 in this group (not all in photograph due to cropping).
I was privileged to see a Palm Wrbler in Ohio, at Magee Marsh, and then four days later, I also saw this bird in Medina, New York, at the Ringneck Marsh, Iroquois Wildlife Nature Preserve.
Checking the waterfowl migration, produced 27 species for one of the birders in our group. I wasn’t pleased with the photos with my Canon 7D with a 70-300 mm lens with a 2x extender. I decided to post photos of birders, instead.
Shot with the Nikon P1000, I had loaned for the day. This was at 135 mm for not exhausting the 4.3 to 539 mm megazoom lens.
What a nice surprise to see this beautiful bird at Choke Canyon in Texas!
This colorful bird posed for me, and then the mate flew by and lured the bird into the air! This was at Crescent Bend Nature Park in Schertz, Texas, near San Antonio. I have been on a two week business/pleasure trip in Texas, so my blogging has taken a back seat! Hopefully soon, more posts will appear! Hope you all have a great weekend!
After not being successful in seeing the Roseate Spoonbill in Holmes County, I was fortunate to get photos of the one in Wayne County. I had some taxi customers that were hoping to see the bird. And we were very successful. A birder friend wanted to know the whereabouts of barn owls in Holmes County, so I did some research and actually found a male that posed nicely for me. I also had some nice conversation in the landowners living room!
I set out for Force Rd. at the Killbuck Creek Wildlife Area in Wayne County, Ohio, to see if I could locate the King Rail, which had eluded me during at least 3 other visits! This time I was rewarded with a sighting of the birds, as well as the bonus of the other animals! Disclaimer: Some experts verified that these birds were the Common Gallinule bird! So it goes! Maybe next time!
Common Gallinule
Eastern Phoebe
White-tailed Deer
Raccoon
Common Gallinule – Some are likely young chicks
Beaver
One of the many warblers seen on the boardwalk at Magee Marsh (Crane Creek) during the “Biggest Week in American Birding-2018 !” This is NW Ohio, the Warbler capital of the world!
