Photos!

I haven't been out birding since my last post, which is fairly disappointing, but I have been keeping busy with classes, homework, hanging out with my new friends and editing photos. I have quite a few to post here, please comment and let me know what you think!

On another note, my Peru trip got nixed as Jacob (the guy I was meeting in Miami to fly with) suffered from 2 partially collapsed lungs and is not allowed to go anywhere remote for a while in case it happens again. Instead, we decided to do a roadtrip in the southwest USA - starting in Phoenix, heading down to SE Arizona for a few days, then over to southern California and up the coast, possibly to Monterey, and then back to Phoenix to fly home. Should be a fun trip, and there's the possibility of 30-40 lifers for me!

My dad at Robertson Cliffs (Oct 2008)

November Raspberry leaves (2008)

Shadow! (Mar 2009)

My second attempt at the HDR that I posted a while ago (Aug 2009)

Sunset at the waterfront (Aug 2009)

My dorm room! (Sept 2009)

Hunting in Sudbury (Oct 2009)

Fall leaves out my dorm window (Oct 2009)

And again

Johnston Hall HDR (Nov 2009)

Another angle, same day

Log HDR in the Arb (Nov 2009)

Rosebush in the Arb

Some sort of little flower

Oak leaf macro

Site pics

My photos from the spring and my NC trip are up on my website - the link's on the sidebar! There are some good ones...and some not so good ones, but I think there are more of the former. There are also a few that didn't work, as I ran out of space on the site...I'll have to go through and delete all the really crappy photos.

Solitary Sandpiper joined the work list today, with a pair making their alarm notes from across the street.

Photos

Ok, here are my photos from the last week, as promised. None from this morning yet, haven't uploaded them.

Red-winged Blackbird at the Locks - May 3

Horned Grebe at Bellevue - May 3
Ruddy Duck in Bruce Mines - May 3

Sharp-tailed Grouse in Chippewa Co. - May 4

Canvasbacks at Pte. LaBarbe - May 4

Marbled Godwit at Bellevue - May 6

Western Tanager at Bellevue - May 8

Yellow-rumped Warbler at Bellevue - May 8

Palm Warbler at Bellevue - May 8

Tufted Duck at Bellevue - May 8

Photos from yesterday

Weather isn't great today, so no bigbying. Here are the better shots from yesterday at WPBO.

Sandhill Crane

Fox Sparrow (with song sparrow and junco)

Red-shouldered Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk

Turkey Vulture

Sharp-shinned Hawk x2

Northern Goshawk immature

Rough-legged Hawk (intermediate phase)

Afternoon birding and some recent photos

Biked down along the waterfront for an hour this afternoon, saw the Great Blue Herons on the rookery, and some Double-crested Cormorants in the river. Also re-found the female Lesser Scaup that's been hanging around the OMNR building. In my backyard, the birds were fairly active, with 5 Robins, some singing Goldfinches (haven't been any around this winter! first singing ones), a pair of Hairy Woodpeckers being very vocal, a flock of Grackles, and a lone White-breasted Nuthatch. With the thermometer reading a blistering 13ºC, and over 3 inches of snow melting today alone, spring is most definitely here!

Since I haven't been keeping the photos up-to-date with the posts, here are some from the past little while, from oldest to newest.

Northern Shovelers at OMNR - March 31

Canvasbacks at OMNR - April 1
"Wild" Turkey at Pumpkin Point - April 3
Sunset over Lake George Rd. - April 3
Killdeer at Bellevue Park - April 4