Here area a few sighting a day late for this #featheredfriday
I got these shots from a cabin in Wisconsin out the window. There were quite a few juvenile bluebirds outside in the early morning.
They all eventually landed on this wood post. Sadly shooting out the window blurred the shots a bit, but it was a great way to get somewhat close to them for shots.
I think this one saw me through the window and wondered if he had to fly away.
Another sign outside of the window was a popular landing spot. You can see by the amount of bird poop on the sign lol.
Here's a little flycatcher, thankfully this guy was around because the mosquitos were quite bad here.
Far off in the distance was a tool shed that was a popular landing place for this meadow lark. I suspect it has a nest somewhere nearby.
It was nice hearing its song and I rarely see them in Illinois.
Sadly they have quite a large invisible force field around them. I tried sneaking up to this one and this was the closest shot I could get before it flew off.
Just a copper headed blackbird female. I'm sure its looking to steal a warbler's nest.
Finally a red-tailed hawk getting chased by a red-winged blackbird. Quite a few red-wings were up on the mountain here so hawks were definitely not welcome lol.
That's all for now, thanks for looking :-)
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Amazing shots. Cutie feather friends 😍
Thanks for looking :-)
This is really cool, my friend, the picture you got is really amazing and I am really entertained seeing it.
Thanks, I was lucky the cabin had a window where the birds would perch right outside of it for easy photos.
Beautiful photos! You were lucky to see a Meadowlark. I haven't seen one in years
I just read recently they are related to bobolinks, red-winged blackbirds and cowbirds, all of which were on the same mountain. I saw this guy in near Richland Center. We did a mini vacation at a farmer's cabin on top of a hill in the driftless area.
That is a beautiful area... especially in the spring when the orchards are in bloom. I remember finding meadowlark nests when I was a kid and being very protective of my knowledge of their location, They seemed so vulnerable.
My daughter and her husband were over that way this week and said the mosquitos were horrible. They bought head nets for their next hike.
Ah yes they were terrible when I was there too, have to figure out what the best spray/net combination works best. I guess larks, redwings and bob0links are all ground nesting. There was even a killdeer nearby with a nest over there, lots of ground nests at that cabin.
You're truly lucky to find such beautiful birds. They all look graceful, each with its own charm.
Early in the morning there you could hear thousands of them in the surrounding forest.
Thanks :-)
Thanks :-)