Camera action while being outdoors enjoying the fresh air and adventure. Feel free to add yours too.

[huronmtns]

I had to get close for a photo like this one. Lots of detail to look at both on the Canada Goose and the busy water reflection. A love/hate photograph depending on the person looking at it.

 

[huronmtns]

This is my first sighting of a Hermit Thrush.

 

[huronmtns]

I also got some Ruffed Grouse pictures last night. I was hunting for a male drumming and only ran into (7) females. Not that egg laying females is a bad thing in the spring!

 

[stillkickin]

Been hearing a few more grouse drumming lately than in other years. If spring weather gets decent We should have a better hatch

 

[huronmtns]

Red-winged Blackbirds

Male


Female

 

[huronmtns]

A Pine Warbler with a fitting perch to go with the name of the species.

 

[huronmtns]

Today's adventure time didn't work out for taking pictures. I made the mistake of trying to drive through a fresh dozer filled low spot. Wet concrete type mud that would create suction where you could hardly get your boots out of. 5 hours with 3 friends we finally got the truck out. Broke one strap. The suction was so bad the high lift jack was about the only way to win this battle.




Only one unique wildlife picture. I'll post that tomorrow. Another very rare game animal near my hunting grounds.

 

[huronmtns]

The unique wildlife photo that I took on my way home from getting the truck stuck.

I wonder if these have a predator visibility advantage if there is snow on the ground. I know us hunters would not be expecting and have a harder time seeing one if I was hunting with snow cover. This deer is not in a fenced enclosure and is wild. It is feeding in a logging site landing that is just growing vegetation again.

 

[MO Betta]

I wonder if these have a predator visibility advantage if there is snow on the ground. I know us hunters would not be expecting and have a harder time seeing one if I was hunting with snow cover. This deer is not in a fenced enclosure and is wild. It is feeding in a logging site landing that is just growing vegetation again.

Maybe
Would think they'd be highly visible to predators the rest of the year. Someone local shot an albino buck a year or two ago and most of the community lost their collective minds, and not in a good way.

 

[huronmtns]

I'm sure they are at a disadvantage when there is no snow. I bet they glow under a full moon. It's kind of strange. The hunter thing happened here about ten years ago. The same reaction from the public happened. Not pretty. This is where taxidermy work has a huge benefit. It captures and preserves a very rare specimen for a lot longer than what the animal would have lived. But on the other side of the coin the genetics are not coming from that individual animal any longer. It's almost worth a survey. Would you shoot an albino if it were legal or not? Tough one to answer for alot of people.

 

[teej89]

Yesterday was very windy and cold. I elected not to go. Today I went back out looking for more things you don't see every day.

A hemlock tree trunk and a rock seem to have a solid relationship.
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paper always beats rock, point proven.

 

[huronmtns]

Veery - a small forest thrush.

Front view


Back view


Wind blown ruffled feathers view

 

[huronmtns]

Black-and-white Warbler.
Long migrations with this species, all the way down into South America. These photos were taken today less than 200 yards from the South shore of Lake Superior.

 

[huronmtns]

Nashville Warbler on Lake Superior shoreline.

 

[huronmtns]

Palm Warbler. Breeding in the United States looks like only in the UP of Michigan and a little bit of Northern Minnesota. The rest is in Canada. Predominately east of Hudson Bay if they have the yellow undersides. Photos also taken today less than 200 yards from the South shore of Lake Superior.

 

[huronmtns]

Black-throated Green Warbler. Another long distance migrant. This is the first time that I can say I have seen this species. The warblers are stacked up on the Lake Superior shoreline right now. A very interesting time if you like colored birds.

 

[huronmtns]

Ruby-crowned Kinglet.
The last bird I saw during todays camera adventure. Mixed in with the warblers.

 

[stillkickin]

Definitely must be spring, record numbers of warblers and cedar waxwings hitting the feed bag in my yard today. Fueling up for the next leg of their trip north I assume

 

[BuzzH]

We have a ton of these guys in the yard right now, chipping sparrows:

Caught this one stretching:

Say's Phoebe showed up about a week ago:

 

[huronmtns]

Great photos, Buzz. I don't think people know how hard it is to capture these small birds in a clear photo. I really like the stretching photo. Even harder to get a clear photo when they are posturing differently. Keep your talent flowing on this thread. I really enjoy it when you and others add great camera action.