From earlier this summer, first week of June, Lake Camelot. Newly hatched Trumpeter Swan cygnets back from their first swim, They were just a day or two old.
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Here are the cygnet swans (see previous post) around a 100 days later in September, big as a Canada Goose (maybe bigger).
Needs a bump now and than and some new images to keep it from getting totally lost.
Been a slow photo summer for me so didn't have much to "bump" the thread with.
Mo' bird shots. Hooded Merganser at Wood Lake last weekend. Bird spying is going to get a lot harder now towards the end of migration. Still some water fowl hanging around.
You can go up the North Shore and go find the Phainopepla that is up there currently.
Went back walkabout along Miss River in Mpls last month and saw this red morph Eastern Screech owl. Maybe same owl as last winter but in a different tree cavity 1/2 mile upstream.
Winter, so slow times but I have been seeing the resident breeding pair of Great Horned Owls in Theo Wirth Park. Hadn't seen them in a while but last month they were hooting up a storm in a mating duet. He's the male giving me the evil eye. I left them along to the hooting just after this. Not the sharpest image (IS0-4500) but liked his "look" and the setting.
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Nice detail. Can even see a good look on his claws. Great job and thanks for sharing!
I had to chase one of those away while mowing. It was hiding and I was about 4 foot from it when I noticed it. They can get big.
Spied what I called a Mexican Pileated Woodpecker while walkabout down Mexico way. Turns out it's actually a closely related Lineated Woodpecker. Towards dusk and meter got fooled by the high contrast and all but this one shot were underexposed garbage. All white birds and mostly black birds at dusk or on water can be a problem, at least for me. If I have time I sneak a peak and can adjust, other times I get home and am disappointed. Anyway, this came out, love her hairstyle.
Owlet season. Great Horned Owl already fledged at William Berry Park in Mpls. Seems early to be fledged and already flying a little.
