I haven’t been able to go forward too far so I am going backward in time. These photographs are from one lovely day in the middle of July at the Portage. A highlight was a pair of Orchard Orioles. The male is at the top of this post.
Even though the Green Herons did not have enough water to make a go of it this summer, they still came to visit.
Pollinators were busy.
Below are some more images of the male Orchard Oriole, and one of the female in the same frame as a Red-Winged Blackbird female. They were foraging in the vegetation that sprung up in the absence of water this summer.
A female Red-Winged Blackbird is showing off below.
Male Northern Cardinals aren’t typically willing subjects, so it was a rare treat to capture this one.
Robins were present in all stages of plumage.
Not sure but this might have been my last opportunity to photograph and record a singing male Indigo Bunting.
It was a good year all around for seeing Eastern Wood-Pewees. I usually always hear them but rarely see them. Something about the change in habitat, I suspect.
The Goldfinches spent a lot of time foraging in the duck weed. I didn’t realize that the Portage has a storyboard describing duck weed as the smallest flowering plant until I led a bird walk recently.
Not a very good photograph, but I this was the last time I saw a Great-crested Flycatcher.
The Gray Catbird below epitomizes the attitude of these loquacious birds.
The days are dramatically shorter and the heat has been on in the house for over a week. But now it looks like we are due for a spell of pleasant temperatures before the cold takes over. I am healing from my fall and always seem to feel better in the evenings. Thanks for stopping by!
I have to say I don’t mind your traveling into the past at all. July seems a lot nicer now that you don’t have to really feel the heat each morning and deal with all the dry. October has its good points as well, but I don’t like seeing the days always getting shorter…
I hope you continue to mend, all the best!
Thanks, Frank! It feels like every day blends into the last one – sort of like Groundhog Day. For sure most of my traveling will be sitting on my futon with my feet up. Glad to have you along for the ride. 🙂
Thanks, Frank! It feels like every day blends into the last one – sort of like Groundhog Day. For sure most of my traveling will be sitting on my futon with my feet up. Glad to have you along for the ride. 🙂
Nice bunch of birds, Lisa. I hope that your arm is doing well. Take care. 🙂
Aw shucks, thanks, H.J.! I’m doing okay. I start out in a fog every morning…it takes a while to get my motor running, I guess, but I am getting better. 🙂
Look after yourself, Lisa…and keep posting these excellent pictures if you have any more in store.
Oh thank you so much. I have plenty more, I will try to make sense of them. 🙂
Wonderful sightings for back in hot July, Lisa! Cool, unique shot of the American Goldfinch looking down at the duck weed!
Thanks, Donna! American Goldfinches are such nature freaks. 🙂