tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1664370910211725822023-11-16T06:10:32.157-06:00ROLF - The river and the surroundingsInformation about the North Fork of the White River and River of Life Farm; the river, floats, wildlife, history, surrounding country, and the people. I am a lifetime friend of "River of Life Farm" using my Canon cameras.missouri manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13162197670422202609noreply@blogger.comBlogger474125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-166437091021172582.post-12402470401293441872010-08-30T10:41:00.002-05:002010-08-30T10:47:52.229-05:00The Green Heron<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC1l9zgYVhdgWZxYaZaYUVrAqCXDHMKBh-cyz1bQbmr5fuWVCsYyBq9YAfppYgQVt0kkKmv6dILsBFFi3He-tAwzFiZ9sqglPhmQK3-280Ne_UvaIE7IYknlL-R1vOpt_MPoSqmFlZQWTO/s1600/4939856196_c973f949bf_b.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 386px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC1l9zgYVhdgWZxYaZaYUVrAqCXDHMKBh-cyz1bQbmr5fuWVCsYyBq9YAfppYgQVt0kkKmv6dILsBFFi3He-tAwzFiZ9sqglPhmQK3-280Ne_UvaIE7IYknlL-R1vOpt_MPoSqmFlZQWTO/s400/4939856196_c973f949bf_b.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511230156109476450" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLfX_cl49p4aed3dz5CRMmt-ckuPLPsvhxkMbprV-5om06Pu_G-gkffydxRvU-HJE8gwGndDODyFEvv2D6ZSZjgLt33oAavlCi4E2BBO7etf6ZZ8nvhWbcaCd-UR8ElkDP37Pe8LEsPW14/s1600/4939275643_4864927804_b.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 373px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLfX_cl49p4aed3dz5CRMmt-ckuPLPsvhxkMbprV-5om06Pu_G-gkffydxRvU-HJE8gwGndDODyFEvv2D6ZSZjgLt33oAavlCi4E2BBO7etf6ZZ8nvhWbcaCd-UR8ElkDP37Pe8LEsPW14/s400/4939275643_4864927804_b.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511230145284168994" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZNcbIedSgxBVBzMRF2_3IOGvejskIufSOrvEwmfHJ1UdsjvKes1aP0gN8eGiQGTGgTEeygjMFClponzmKSXQRgEwiDCj1B8QM4cCB9wr7OgXS40QENsHcz8P5s9VNEVtCSZl21X3PXkJR/s1600/4939275239_f49e146a3a_b.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 312px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZNcbIedSgxBVBzMRF2_3IOGvejskIufSOrvEwmfHJ1UdsjvKes1aP0gN8eGiQGTGgTEeygjMFClponzmKSXQRgEwiDCj1B8QM4cCB9wr7OgXS40QENsHcz8P5s9VNEVtCSZl21X3PXkJR/s400/4939275239_f49e146a3a_b.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511230139990519202" /></a><br />A few pictures of a Green Heron, common on the North Fork of the White River.<div><br /></div><div><br /></div>missouri manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13162197670422202609noreply@blogger.com35tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-166437091021172582.post-50666355875972150482010-08-25T14:21:00.005-05:002010-08-26T09:57:06.897-05:00Indigo Bunting in all his glory<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinWTQzwl8OAuT_R4CZ8ZxPyyY-DJEYtEkP1OwBCb-zbvB-p6n3zFTybFIGx6cMNfasVL7pGgwmHZlnpCHRnEwMhZ1DM6bYPS8cYmFn4E8HJ2Q_bgoxdKv5-PuGTlSZ1BajQ9vNckNJNzsr/s1600/4781526356_4ae4b74708_b.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 370px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinWTQzwl8OAuT_R4CZ8ZxPyyY-DJEYtEkP1OwBCb-zbvB-p6n3zFTybFIGx6cMNfasVL7pGgwmHZlnpCHRnEwMhZ1DM6bYPS8cYmFn4E8HJ2Q_bgoxdKv5-PuGTlSZ1BajQ9vNckNJNzsr/s400/4781526356_4ae4b74708_b.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509430439030430146" /></a><br />Taken this summer outside St. Louis. these are extremely common on the ROLF property in Ozark County Missouri.missouri manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13162197670422202609noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-166437091021172582.post-466877267281684282010-08-25T11:14:00.003-05:002010-08-25T11:21:26.543-05:00Painted Bunting at River of Life Farm<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwqhwuIMYvYGF5Hkg4F-EAalsdPl4pILPRuPJn9YbVFpAobXTlEM097neUprdJnb8CVgOnSknfuVFVfK-jswW0e0bZea-vlVpwdEn0aauPEK1WikeOj2OtyGrnZGhUy7ouj9HPoiY62xSM/s1600/8B56W4544.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 322px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwqhwuIMYvYGF5Hkg4F-EAalsdPl4pILPRuPJn9YbVFpAobXTlEM097neUprdJnb8CVgOnSknfuVFVfK-jswW0e0bZea-vlVpwdEn0aauPEK1WikeOj2OtyGrnZGhUy7ouj9HPoiY62xSM/s400/8B56W4544.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509383106685510690" /></a><br />I took this picture in 2007 with the ROLF property and was so surprised to see him. But in reality Ozark county is on the northwest edge of their range. I saw a second one in the Caney Mountain Refuge in 2009. I am sure I can find them in May - June in many locations in Ozark County. Be on the look out for this beauty. The female is a rather plain green gray.<div><br /></div><div>There is a Blog about them published below:</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.paintedbuntings.org/blog">http://www.paintedbuntings.org/blog</a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>missouri manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13162197670422202609noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-166437091021172582.post-33506204754661932072010-08-16T11:38:00.002-05:002010-08-16T11:39:47.443-05:00Twin Fawns (wild)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5hmqANmYD4iehhynbKHS7WAlLWjz4ZtS81klGNz4wCTG_Mk9bvn2Fvuzy6e2XALcIYesJKZZkvGPjuHDyW4zLCrGEktjKG6oMBAwSsJTCuZQ4jEC-_Lsj_NmmMUL2xorOYHYrzijklulT/s1600/4810385753_2a677350b1_b.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5hmqANmYD4iehhynbKHS7WAlLWjz4ZtS81klGNz4wCTG_Mk9bvn2Fvuzy6e2XALcIYesJKZZkvGPjuHDyW4zLCrGEktjKG6oMBAwSsJTCuZQ4jEC-_Lsj_NmmMUL2xorOYHYrzijklulT/s400/4810385753_2a677350b1_b.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506048346165344002" /></a><br />Saw these a month ago in Rockwoods CA near St. Louis; they were being watched closely by the mother.missouri manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13162197670422202609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-166437091021172582.post-48690926109623983312010-08-16T11:33:00.002-05:002010-08-16T11:37:23.282-05:00Black Throated Green Warbler<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoTD0a-FV6M2hov6ErIjsFhOnvxtzsgtnoJK_1ZEDb-G8k6txRVvfbf7QUkxXzv6PBNxJ77SRNr_RtAmtx3FdgfuMGMy1xvTXcWy5mVpqlI1x0cQsNKcJUwAw_boPDJ2jGQiqFva2P1cmS/s1600/4855069483_6fcee5039b_z.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 307px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoTD0a-FV6M2hov6ErIjsFhOnvxtzsgtnoJK_1ZEDb-G8k6txRVvfbf7QUkxXzv6PBNxJ77SRNr_RtAmtx3FdgfuMGMy1xvTXcWy5mVpqlI1x0cQsNKcJUwAw_boPDJ2jGQiqFva2P1cmS/s400/4855069483_6fcee5039b_z.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506047719306299506" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvg4yuBVn4AfiORrncDaBxGA6z1V4ZFMeOgvC5Rf5K2DZcfxnZrwAu8iy6dcnoxHLlo72VDQWZiqWbBrgW_DtfCdI7Hb5J-QMaGF0Ye0C5BgJYR7p9lYQreK7pLhFlV_JsKufEe7WRUfer/s1600/4855690198_e40a271df3_z.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 396px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvg4yuBVn4AfiORrncDaBxGA6z1V4ZFMeOgvC5Rf5K2DZcfxnZrwAu8iy6dcnoxHLlo72VDQWZiqWbBrgW_DtfCdI7Hb5J-QMaGF0Ye0C5BgJYR7p9lYQreK7pLhFlV_JsKufEe7WRUfer/s400/4855690198_e40a271df3_z.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506047708971052482" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaZOMI7cUOKuG5LDp-Jz_J4N_0Ysg8ccD0YbK1YUeJIAQOTwgxVraBZ0Pb1sHCxk1BFIege67W7-j8c7Ui3L-ZE-i8IAmqFYzJPFAdFb4QSQ06y3kHLGKdu1jqx_xm9rKUfnKiyER3St30/s1600/4855690944_c650b1b006_z.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 269px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaZOMI7cUOKuG5LDp-Jz_J4N_0Ysg8ccD0YbK1YUeJIAQOTwgxVraBZ0Pb1sHCxk1BFIege67W7-j8c7Ui3L-ZE-i8IAmqFYzJPFAdFb4QSQ06y3kHLGKdu1jqx_xm9rKUfnKiyER3St30/s400/4855690944_c650b1b006_z.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506047707714810066" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Kmt56-xuC0t8mGt50iojFMRxqGPe_OCd1PfPs8g71jTrxq7QIHGJSuSFRI0FOtphHkI_h_h2SyNKukOAoWVvCnGOMpz4sKMYiMjBSF1Gme4Rqph7W8DSrx4as8f_scdGQawO5SV5GEzu/s1600/4855070173_b22cacbfee_z.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 346px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Kmt56-xuC0t8mGt50iojFMRxqGPe_OCd1PfPs8g71jTrxq7QIHGJSuSFRI0FOtphHkI_h_h2SyNKukOAoWVvCnGOMpz4sKMYiMjBSF1Gme4Rqph7W8DSrx4as8f_scdGQawO5SV5GEzu/s400/4855070173_b22cacbfee_z.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506047700850561746" /></a><br />Uncommon to scarce in Missouri; this is probably a first year male; due to the blotchy black throat.missouri manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13162197670422202609noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-166437091021172582.post-69667483169353591622010-07-27T10:00:00.001-05:002010-07-27T10:06:30.588-05:00Some better Scarlet Tanager pictures<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeJCDGqvlZk03VHfi5M9I01X5Njri-cn8T5A4l2pQIYmzc5m2fvl25aB9UPHsG6FjEFC6JvVta9uaVdASRC1QrLJYi3gQQOOQmeyd5MjDeB7kwouFCbzqmZH1gVbj5IsSaq-oN7_3xXOXi/s1600/4831762629_d2dba0a3b1_b.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 358px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeJCDGqvlZk03VHfi5M9I01X5Njri-cn8T5A4l2pQIYmzc5m2fvl25aB9UPHsG6FjEFC6JvVta9uaVdASRC1QrLJYi3gQQOOQmeyd5MjDeB7kwouFCbzqmZH1gVbj5IsSaq-oN7_3xXOXi/s400/4831762629_d2dba0a3b1_b.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498602551358805458" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr5nne-WWjrqE2Y7RvmD81N6ihpdpAcZd2bA76MnHNEVJaeUf55nmAW35n4ApVUnM0_rCk_nY1Q-DkvvpzP1KkS6X4lCmakSjoaXvTTUBUngoBVbRtomo76iWHpBhm-BhbxCdTcdepdxC-/s1600/4831762179_186a7bb63a_b.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 371px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr5nne-WWjrqE2Y7RvmD81N6ihpdpAcZd2bA76MnHNEVJaeUf55nmAW35n4ApVUnM0_rCk_nY1Q-DkvvpzP1KkS6X4lCmakSjoaXvTTUBUngoBVbRtomo76iWHpBhm-BhbxCdTcdepdxC-/s400/4831762179_186a7bb63a_b.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498602542634810930" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpJArBWoQiCnyw4i2y3-70HbbQBIywtEB8Es2RlTkhSy6Dj0ttj4pJcJvXDKS90zdf5CJhk0Ui05YFP5jm_SQGDKsmMDua5-IKFplP4kIAUF2gifJgRQ6_wcxp29CJKWePJ2hucptoRG6t/s1600/4832373394_40d603e867_b.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 366px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpJArBWoQiCnyw4i2y3-70HbbQBIywtEB8Es2RlTkhSy6Dj0ttj4pJcJvXDKS90zdf5CJhk0Ui05YFP5jm_SQGDKsmMDua5-IKFplP4kIAUF2gifJgRQ6_wcxp29CJKWePJ2hucptoRG6t/s400/4832373394_40d603e867_b.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498602529518493266" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_N2G1OBJnNwETzGwAZfx2W0U81Wk2SEh2wcPEGSs5uNHHVfN9M9vfZQOuLlZQSp263o5YPDiZha_6EGlpvGHbJOUqyyg80oBjJOuhd_EBagMl_MBH-tKRG5v9jwwiXbxbTcyOfK6XEdq0/s1600/4832297162_b240cd0d3f_b.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 292px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_N2G1OBJnNwETzGwAZfx2W0U81Wk2SEh2wcPEGSs5uNHHVfN9M9vfZQOuLlZQSp263o5YPDiZha_6EGlpvGHbJOUqyyg80oBjJOuhd_EBagMl_MBH-tKRG5v9jwwiXbxbTcyOfK6XEdq0/s400/4832297162_b240cd0d3f_b.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498602522931877842" /></a><br />Taken yesterday, 7/26 in the afternoon.missouri manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13162197670422202609noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-166437091021172582.post-67067581218159736852010-07-24T10:39:00.002-05:002010-07-24T10:45:19.246-05:00Scarlet Tanagers<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkdzEbUg6yMUYowmcxk5icvLug_6G0SnvQhSG6TX8cr1soUYehX2QVNHakXIEnMS1CXFBIqZLB_sVxTBrSq93ojuW3gtm1c36TLC7CyZQmKo68ArR84gnpQ-_mcVE9qP4Dy8Duzn7zXN6k/s1600/IMG_0010.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 281px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkdzEbUg6yMUYowmcxk5icvLug_6G0SnvQhSG6TX8cr1soUYehX2QVNHakXIEnMS1CXFBIqZLB_sVxTBrSq93ojuW3gtm1c36TLC7CyZQmKo68ArR84gnpQ-_mcVE9qP4Dy8Duzn7zXN6k/s400/IMG_0010.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497499165690615122" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifP-PE4pzB_uWsc51usATxCXmvR1p_iYOLK8RfGwfcZx2DjkAVERk8o-mCxIn5o-YIhQ1NxGfXJvbq6meHeP3D2ydwTPe2K7TClnvRM-0EwEpl3OtlKTpnMs48g2AnDjNrvvWYIQXIAdi7/s1600/IMG_0011.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 303px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifP-PE4pzB_uWsc51usATxCXmvR1p_iYOLK8RfGwfcZx2DjkAVERk8o-mCxIn5o-YIhQ1NxGfXJvbq6meHeP3D2ydwTPe2K7TClnvRM-0EwEpl3OtlKTpnMs48g2AnDjNrvvWYIQXIAdi7/s400/IMG_0011.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497499157070807522" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQSpgUITM9KbsPZYrs1P1QySDYhrknBXCFLs-s31rsopr2i6Ca25CxbZtmeFZYIVdyZSeIN6bFwFi0TE2US-YiuXtiTiTdLaOqKKKhPILkWSrgaZbHeGN6JNRRYh0gqkaIt_uO7jd55Yvt/s1600/IMG_9978.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 335px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQSpgUITM9KbsPZYrs1P1QySDYhrknBXCFLs-s31rsopr2i6Ca25CxbZtmeFZYIVdyZSeIN6bFwFi0TE2US-YiuXtiTiTdLaOqKKKhPILkWSrgaZbHeGN6JNRRYh0gqkaIt_uO7jd55Yvt/s400/IMG_9978.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497499146242716098" /></a><br />Although more scarce and harder to photograph, these are also gorgeous birds. They spend most of their time high in the tree canopy and are very nervous. I have never be able to get a clear shot of one; but have several where I tried to focus upwards through the branches. Pictured are a late summer male and female.missouri manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13162197670422202609noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-166437091021172582.post-4068802306964454622010-07-12T11:16:00.002-05:002010-07-12T11:35:00.630-05:00Summer Tanagers in Missouri<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBVDDTnSMoAgjbcoUZS8yMrQF7M5SXXZNKGVUpPm4glFLT9IPF3zvbVcRUf2U_JxNRt0hv5G3Xt3WWKDNCF_She9JiqQnVToJettom5iXEZcy2Xhff0rMHd9mTgj-l2zrBsgSV1ctqiaWo/s1600/4785150204_33136ef060_b.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 307px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBVDDTnSMoAgjbcoUZS8yMrQF7M5SXXZNKGVUpPm4glFLT9IPF3zvbVcRUf2U_JxNRt0hv5G3Xt3WWKDNCF_She9JiqQnVToJettom5iXEZcy2Xhff0rMHd9mTgj-l2zrBsgSV1ctqiaWo/s400/4785150204_33136ef060_b.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493059006224834754" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbcPaog9a9hyphenhyphenXJ9JJJVn4i4_KZkIGNuC0LgYdJk1Nmd83FwLNuGXhKz3aXQqLU3L0GHai-EtzIYwbnAJY9sGMKb0OIFxKSuXzdSWgpUZqz1O3W6iPIrMy9HpJRFzCATMiyQy2pdnDhZm1S/s1600/4785117948_19ed3819f0_b.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 275px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbcPaog9a9hyphenhyphenXJ9JJJVn4i4_KZkIGNuC0LgYdJk1Nmd83FwLNuGXhKz3aXQqLU3L0GHai-EtzIYwbnAJY9sGMKb0OIFxKSuXzdSWgpUZqz1O3W6iPIrMy9HpJRFzCATMiyQy2pdnDhZm1S/s400/4785117948_19ed3819f0_b.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493059004201173874" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBQwCxIfnuPw6AsMP-kywcbl0xzXB3DMFQeN4jWvB53hfL2QdUVlK5LZD3GQ8ND4aJc9MsCgjNse4XN-6IX1RRV61howDjbp8aiIb0GdSOCKDAKgLWRBEhLpimrro0YiPgq919zuJM19w6/s1600/4785113428_87fd579412_b.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 321px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBQwCxIfnuPw6AsMP-kywcbl0xzXB3DMFQeN4jWvB53hfL2QdUVlK5LZD3GQ8ND4aJc9MsCgjNse4XN-6IX1RRV61howDjbp8aiIb0GdSOCKDAKgLWRBEhLpimrro0YiPgq919zuJM19w6/s400/4785113428_87fd579412_b.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493058996970859170" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAhAudeupPKVqCs4r5j_Fziesj_fJ8wkqOv88u2UvCrrWAi0hILDhgmLxTKGmF5_Fjp1rYHtFO2DLB0V5yPkfi1lbQsVX6W-M6-vSN5NeSiwBbGS-gLtP3hw2xAW9i8lz6KFWE_bWSMh4B/s1600/4784479023_a0c629e311_b.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 336px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAhAudeupPKVqCs4r5j_Fziesj_fJ8wkqOv88u2UvCrrWAi0hILDhgmLxTKGmF5_Fjp1rYHtFO2DLB0V5yPkfi1lbQsVX6W-M6-vSN5NeSiwBbGS-gLtP3hw2xAW9i8lz6KFWE_bWSMh4B/s400/4784479023_a0c629e311_b.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493058984081617986" /></a><br />These beautiful birds are spring and summer visitors across the southern part of the state. The are particularly common in Ozark County and I counted 5 pairs with the River of Life Farm property in June 2009. At first appearing to be a Northern Cardinal; and then appearing to be a more exotic red color, they need a close look to differentiate. They are beautiful birds (about cardinal sized); a little smaller.<div><br /></div><div>They migrate each April from South American to next here. They nest high in hardwood trees and build a nest of grass. The first nest is fledged in June.</div><div><br /></div><div>I took these pictures in St. louis county on Sunday 7/11/10 with a Canon 7D. Shown are 2 male and 2 female Summer Tanagers.</div>missouri manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13162197670422202609noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-166437091021172582.post-25077179977342439822010-07-11T09:40:00.002-05:002010-07-11T09:43:17.455-05:00Eastern Wood Peewee in the summer shade<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXkE9DO9j74HPdhaW5-U9yTvgkaHzzW7qSw8hAFJK8vGZEKhUxXeqK5l_aNRwijDLlY0DFJ4L0VITFxJtRHBP7smz5hUXwdgfGThECZLHZUk-xp15ZyzIfu1NlJQiL3jpsXiHK6DgQt490/s1600/IMG_7864.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 398px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXkE9DO9j74HPdhaW5-U9yTvgkaHzzW7qSw8hAFJK8vGZEKhUxXeqK5l_aNRwijDLlY0DFJ4L0VITFxJtRHBP7smz5hUXwdgfGThECZLHZUk-xp15ZyzIfu1NlJQiL3jpsXiHK6DgQt490/s400/IMG_7864.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492659244349113122" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyNd_XltvANmZaQpuEG-7lYPhCqcexBtWE2rqZCMGQr5kdpoCT_J8LpQrugbv_-grp2rV2rLn_4R-ckkBgHBDc_RxmOqbfqPC4d2_lNzGNTFUpkDTH8Sr_j7M4wPIn3V3NTYCFMc5QPVRW/s1600/IMG_7867.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 386px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyNd_XltvANmZaQpuEG-7lYPhCqcexBtWE2rqZCMGQr5kdpoCT_J8LpQrugbv_-grp2rV2rLn_4R-ckkBgHBDc_RxmOqbfqPC4d2_lNzGNTFUpkDTH8Sr_j7M4wPIn3V3NTYCFMc5QPVRW/s400/IMG_7867.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492659232359848658" /></a><br />This Wood Peewee was catching insects in the shade of some hickory trees Saturday.missouri manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13162197670422202609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-166437091021172582.post-37471888473533073012010-07-06T15:18:00.005-05:002010-07-07T12:16:44.614-05:00Award Winning Bluebird Photo<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDCZ6EHQBHLrCsgNrj8RVg_0J29q05HbrYGqVXd-0UrVnOm_9ZMvOGVCfgcM7cXGYXvhT8SYbckFnE8xeehCfrdYYcwHz7thsQvpLm_AbsZt4CxkEgl_o9oyYC6KvcwF4w_IhOq6fqOoT7/s1600/4750500799_30847c6209_o.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 345px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDCZ6EHQBHLrCsgNrj8RVg_0J29q05HbrYGqVXd-0UrVnOm_9ZMvOGVCfgcM7cXGYXvhT8SYbckFnE8xeehCfrdYYcwHz7thsQvpLm_AbsZt4CxkEgl_o9oyYC6KvcwF4w_IhOq6fqOoT7/s400/4750500799_30847c6209_o.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490890734481866226" /></a><br />Just won the award: click to enlarge.<div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC0000;">Natures Prime - Hall of Fame Award</span></div>missouri manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13162197670422202609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-166437091021172582.post-15708279731905528912010-07-06T11:37:00.002-05:002010-07-06T11:47:04.447-05:00Hot Days -- Ozark Birds bathing<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzrj0bFLWI2N-IrgP_gOJ-_BKBcXUEp6691_U8mu13tXw2_E4BOZhG2GZ7A_9n9ukGOlCTqw3WuDIU3-K73Vf5cjWjahKLUexX8T_iFfH8VKOlLMe7pSk-1SyAdqtaUshNtnd3Dgwq-UHe/s1600/4751143358_9b44c17fb2_b.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 395px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzrj0bFLWI2N-IrgP_gOJ-_BKBcXUEp6691_U8mu13tXw2_E4BOZhG2GZ7A_9n9ukGOlCTqw3WuDIU3-K73Vf5cjWjahKLUexX8T_iFfH8VKOlLMe7pSk-1SyAdqtaUshNtnd3Dgwq-UHe/s400/4751143358_9b44c17fb2_b.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490835569534590674" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMsyGjK-RFOr66ITc8YBNb1n-U6lr5mVEpbqf1jytt-LtUd6H5XjmPcvI9cnzoWkmbaNCMiN1avFxODbOQt_a4CoMTmm0mQSMtnd7vzpSsA367aIrhBDRQrMyRm2G0Jpyt5IV0AXzGDCPR/s1600/4750497439_7ae5d178a7_b.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 355px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMsyGjK-RFOr66ITc8YBNb1n-U6lr5mVEpbqf1jytt-LtUd6H5XjmPcvI9cnzoWkmbaNCMiN1avFxODbOQt_a4CoMTmm0mQSMtnd7vzpSsA367aIrhBDRQrMyRm2G0Jpyt5IV0AXzGDCPR/s400/4750497439_7ae5d178a7_b.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490835563561388386" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQENsHd2_b1pOdBhIbFGHb0KcjNhn4bsO6gQhjkHDAIpbPFPFuf00nqPHp2S0HngoZ0NoVIHvvyHYvBcarYdcTDofTh_7cnXvKw1OXCtHrEgcuC9FTMTmYadGPgV94Uf3irHwsHkXDfX3d/s1600/4751142198_bf64aac2a7_b.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 323px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQENsHd2_b1pOdBhIbFGHb0KcjNhn4bsO6gQhjkHDAIpbPFPFuf00nqPHp2S0HngoZ0NoVIHvvyHYvBcarYdcTDofTh_7cnXvKw1OXCtHrEgcuC9FTMTmYadGPgV94Uf3irHwsHkXDfX3d/s400/4751142198_bf64aac2a7_b.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490835549806724226" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNB2dsDf_81ci3s_nLEeqDqLBX7NXeowtIGH25IiuszbIvQ3sWSFd1VKDCQ6r5pVW_IT0jXtTEgbznzlJaYS02zQGCeFd4QRakTyy1ESEZnWfWt9nR5dFLJQA3GOOlDwQgpe414Zdkg4cY/s1600/4713470564_720e97ec91_b.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNB2dsDf_81ci3s_nLEeqDqLBX7NXeowtIGH25IiuszbIvQ3sWSFd1VKDCQ6r5pVW_IT0jXtTEgbznzlJaYS02zQGCeFd4QRakTyy1ESEZnWfWt9nR5dFLJQA3GOOlDwQgpe414Zdkg4cY/s400/4713470564_720e97ec91_b.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490835545425769314" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9jvtTY7svslcVkGmoCl_MFtXJjYqbmFG1bfhCdNv3l5eXncG-uBhJSp6cnsvcoV-qD3BPzNvArdWuHGKEceeUaeO0RQ2gAEhvym-A8TuZfgZZViT5kOyRDmD38SN94sedGmL2-QoHzj3d/s1600/4654832622_6d8c9235c8_b.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9jvtTY7svslcVkGmoCl_MFtXJjYqbmFG1bfhCdNv3l5eXncG-uBhJSp6cnsvcoV-qD3BPzNvArdWuHGKEceeUaeO0RQ2gAEhvym-A8TuZfgZZViT5kOyRDmD38SN94sedGmL2-QoHzj3d/s400/4654832622_6d8c9235c8_b.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490835538483426498" /></a><br />Days are hot and long in July. Creeks are pretty dry except after a downpour. Where songbirds can find a creek with moving waters; they can be found bathing and preening feathers.missouri manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13162197670422202609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-166437091021172582.post-69739493141842154132010-06-30T09:17:00.002-05:002010-06-30T09:22:12.112-05:00Blue Gray Gnatcatcher<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdvFJi2Wai32C7PCGex9qsjFYUkNzrTt7c76jWaZDg3ECVy1Bp5pY-9YFw3dPUH9COv5yuvPmsvHntIkMw5TKTr3sdFEZGt-x30Qjczfv03hR_AyO_sjbFBS2XHLGTcKKCqri2LRtEcOyp/s1600/4644874130_7da1541c40_b.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 352px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdvFJi2Wai32C7PCGex9qsjFYUkNzrTt7c76jWaZDg3ECVy1Bp5pY-9YFw3dPUH9COv5yuvPmsvHntIkMw5TKTr3sdFEZGt-x30Qjczfv03hR_AyO_sjbFBS2XHLGTcKKCqri2LRtEcOyp/s400/4644874130_7da1541c40_b.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488571887145536338" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY5MtBZOzKW629nn53a1jQRNZ-BMIL6FeCH6ScJchTf0NyD8NeBlndrUxKKhiln2PfcNK3KxeR_-efGMSYRRd8DpBVE4T-nn1KiOwzptAol8Jck_xnFDAe6lAQJdCkmFR4tUbo-XGV4loa/s1600/4644873938_d323a12cde_o.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 334px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY5MtBZOzKW629nn53a1jQRNZ-BMIL6FeCH6ScJchTf0NyD8NeBlndrUxKKhiln2PfcNK3KxeR_-efGMSYRRd8DpBVE4T-nn1KiOwzptAol8Jck_xnFDAe6lAQJdCkmFR4tUbo-XGV4loa/s400/4644873938_d323a12cde_o.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488571880521957138" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizdipSM9ZVA8oiwp2GJuk2joolp31xqoiRDlMZE7eJHwsc2xAcg8A3cEl_vBgB_9HWLFQX2dCdi4CeQnR9G_kDwI9hODYoQ9vwamOsrnwRheRDOfxuf9bICFZin2JmzILwwl4v-m-Q0U3U/s1600/4644257025_3f8bca337d_b.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 381px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizdipSM9ZVA8oiwp2GJuk2joolp31xqoiRDlMZE7eJHwsc2xAcg8A3cEl_vBgB_9HWLFQX2dCdi4CeQnR9G_kDwI9hODYoQ9vwamOsrnwRheRDOfxuf9bICFZin2JmzILwwl4v-m-Q0U3U/s400/4644257025_3f8bca337d_b.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488571865324650466" /></a><br />One of my favorite birds. Extremely small, active, very inquisitive, and a native of Missouri and Ozark county in the summer. This one responds to whispering and comes to see what I'm doing.missouri manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13162197670422202609noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-166437091021172582.post-32776296285274469692010-06-16T21:40:00.002-05:002010-06-16T21:44:51.265-05:00Reflections: Great Blue Heron<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho5zKexezK_-OSY6BH36K6oQCEgluxJAY80g_jeHlsCKMEwrHyNRo3WwrLHIlgoX7HT1JSy1EF8U6_geMo7o9F7h9FS-jDAAiKOti2dJ7PsGRuKpdGI_Y56V8fFhJG1MFyCSl2KmqTo3Hz/s1600/IMG_9421.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 364px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho5zKexezK_-OSY6BH36K6oQCEgluxJAY80g_jeHlsCKMEwrHyNRo3WwrLHIlgoX7HT1JSy1EF8U6_geMo7o9F7h9FS-jDAAiKOti2dJ7PsGRuKpdGI_Y56V8fFhJG1MFyCSl2KmqTo3Hz/s400/IMG_9421.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483568050039300514" /></a><br />Picture taken last evening 6/15. These birds are common on the North Fork f the White River.missouri manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13162197670422202609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-166437091021172582.post-74078962078762713602010-06-10T13:04:00.003-05:002010-06-10T13:09:42.399-05:00Ozark County leads Missouri in Black Bear sightings<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyraXkUMONDtvF7E3Wj1inSdsaeXKDxrkmbobf3uy1Ch7Fc6Tf7gneEZYWgKYQYS8o0iBsIeSVK8kwfkuWVFLegPe5k8Cnb4Eo9sZ4KDaLktuOmhl-Bs8WE6jIdcko5bkiqcY8GaJ_pepo/s1600/Screen+shot+2010-06-10+at+1.03.35+PM.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 289px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyraXkUMONDtvF7E3Wj1inSdsaeXKDxrkmbobf3uy1Ch7Fc6Tf7gneEZYWgKYQYS8o0iBsIeSVK8kwfkuWVFLegPe5k8Cnb4Eo9sZ4KDaLktuOmhl-Bs8WE6jIdcko5bkiqcY8GaJ_pepo/s400/Screen+shot+2010-06-10+at+1.03.35+PM.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481208581568144146" /></a><br />MDC recently announced that Ozark County leads the state with 102 bear sightings. Howell and Douglas County rank 2nd and 3rd with 60 and 51 sightings respectively. <div><br /></div><div>I was lucky last May 2009, to see a good-sized Black Bear while leaving the River of Life Farm property, but never reported it to MDC.</div><div><br /></div><div>The bear so quickly crossed the road that I had no chance at a photo.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>missouri manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13162197670422202609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-166437091021172582.post-3727211455401338382010-06-09T12:31:00.003-05:002010-06-09T12:39:54.384-05:00House Wren on a late June afternoon<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrVSmXzco9mgSgpGY29FnCfPE4tjY5ZXzF4P05_YjwRAYFQ3B8PFEn2wt0HrT899Xpdx5O3Qxy2pNPfsYCpnA0OvC0we2zFscsesSWIe0maN8kr0AKAFfpajBf3ORIIinXXl6QrS1pViIb/s1600/4648532784_4349a5e35f_b-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 376px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrVSmXzco9mgSgpGY29FnCfPE4tjY5ZXzF4P05_YjwRAYFQ3B8PFEn2wt0HrT899Xpdx5O3Qxy2pNPfsYCpnA0OvC0we2zFscsesSWIe0maN8kr0AKAFfpajBf3ORIIinXXl6QrS1pViIb/s400/4648532784_4349a5e35f_b-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480830050774847682" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHROAy7Km3-pFtbifoC9QI07mwVoix2rG7jSPSb3BAZoh4lwAvXwDBwUaHAf4kR4zyFpdGgcK5hmx8KiBhB5ipxaSAKpHfo0BpdjzSzSe6fHtTsD2DTIZEwsrk73P1thXL1taxU4wnomXV/s1600/4647917645_4b4fa37031_b.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 382px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHROAy7Km3-pFtbifoC9QI07mwVoix2rG7jSPSb3BAZoh4lwAvXwDBwUaHAf4kR4zyFpdGgcK5hmx8KiBhB5ipxaSAKpHfo0BpdjzSzSe6fHtTsD2DTIZEwsrk73P1thXL1taxU4wnomXV/s400/4647917645_4b4fa37031_b.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480830042059275682" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDuz05Dvu_6cM7Mjwg2tlv-XwyEvC878-8RJCFCwv_fZepKBxF4xMfKT7J7cAo28dMRSeawvQ9XYkIzzo6F_aOP-T-H1koutJYEKNFSpAw9ycckQpIhGt5NreSYtm1AqgK7bruY7KcE-XY/s1600/4647917097_5f321e6d30_b.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 251px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDuz05Dvu_6cM7Mjwg2tlv-XwyEvC878-8RJCFCwv_fZepKBxF4xMfKT7J7cAo28dMRSeawvQ9XYkIzzo6F_aOP-T-H1koutJYEKNFSpAw9ycckQpIhGt5NreSYtm1AqgK7bruY7KcE-XY/s400/4647917097_5f321e6d30_b.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480829756131991090" /></a><br />The pair have now fledged their first brood of 2010. Looks like five chicks.missouri manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13162197670422202609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-166437091021172582.post-70839929099526450632010-06-08T08:16:00.003-05:002010-06-08T08:26:45.846-05:00Redheaded Woodpeckers nearing fledging brood one<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy11Nc4PbY8JpKLBF2raVRNVTTbXy_QLwtoyn-vweUT1c29_pm2j4GySJ_mKqVmlVA4pkMhTds1GMJcfHTO4uO0SpXKlkuqfE2yoQoap3NJx_lBVN689UGlkNX3Fy3Ps0sG4xI4eY2buGw/s1600/4672344518_3aac1b6026_b.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 279px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy11Nc4PbY8JpKLBF2raVRNVTTbXy_QLwtoyn-vweUT1c29_pm2j4GySJ_mKqVmlVA4pkMhTds1GMJcfHTO4uO0SpXKlkuqfE2yoQoap3NJx_lBVN689UGlkNX3Fy3Ps0sG4xI4eY2buGw/s400/4672344518_3aac1b6026_b.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480393628524122738" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCMxvJGV30cysLfu51OHY3l22mXXX6iAt-IVQxpMsT2d9Oowvi9NgXcmsgLJcqwFSo-OfhQ4p4C2D8l6MQPajpX1AG3MVfMcXA5RnSXpeK6vTL0FcgXoUHrpKhZU7-b3Ir9EgEGxWi5WEV/s1600/4669642773_0f95592751_b.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 355px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCMxvJGV30cysLfu51OHY3l22mXXX6iAt-IVQxpMsT2d9Oowvi9NgXcmsgLJcqwFSo-OfhQ4p4C2D8l6MQPajpX1AG3MVfMcXA5RnSXpeK6vTL0FcgXoUHrpKhZU7-b3Ir9EgEGxWi5WEV/s400/4669642773_0f95592751_b.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480393618696268258" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisIqdAFYaaM28dnSoGrhnJvSOREgG11c2AoQ_PnIdKLr4v1Mof1Iq69oguGdppcP9tFZcBov_zatre5OcSHFX6kSheDdHGRwtdT12M6U_4LKtCk62vb4AS4_fKvM7kfVuoM8uFvEEfaOmY/s1600/4669642165_5dded6ac7f_b.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 245px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisIqdAFYaaM28dnSoGrhnJvSOREgG11c2AoQ_PnIdKLr4v1Mof1Iq69oguGdppcP9tFZcBov_zatre5OcSHFX6kSheDdHGRwtdT12M6U_4LKtCk62vb4AS4_fKvM7kfVuoM8uFvEEfaOmY/s400/4669642165_5dded6ac7f_b.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480393609838151026" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDfxFWe_7if2g9UxQkeOSKEcON-Tr60zt64BgQ0IwzxBOMHlZY0k6lO-Stq8tZHQxtXW2Tbny3GK9Mj2Qkba_P-pDCRQmQG00r4-pkppZaAQsdli0LqiUAbgDR0agnfhbevueNfeMRq0qT/s1600/4654830468_5ac0aef421_b.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 342px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDfxFWe_7if2g9UxQkeOSKEcON-Tr60zt64BgQ0IwzxBOMHlZY0k6lO-Stq8tZHQxtXW2Tbny3GK9Mj2Qkba_P-pDCRQmQG00r4-pkppZaAQsdli0LqiUAbgDR0agnfhbevueNfeMRq0qT/s400/4654830468_5ac0aef421_b.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480393600750075570" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe3bmVnFAmEDfiK8YAZU2BL2j6a-Pk7fAE2dVlWUNOrVR1UpqsyuFpbFYeadUdIi7wPOsoed2qx6IOD8nycMtsy98bN42OimqfgF_cS3B8-Orli-SKAoDXQx66e2Ms2DJPhrDd6SKZPYcl/s1600/4654213851_fc6b4b1a8d_b.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 318px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe3bmVnFAmEDfiK8YAZU2BL2j6a-Pk7fAE2dVlWUNOrVR1UpqsyuFpbFYeadUdIi7wPOsoed2qx6IOD8nycMtsy98bN42OimqfgF_cS3B8-Orli-SKAoDXQx66e2Ms2DJPhrDd6SKZPYcl/s400/4654213851_fc6b4b1a8d_b.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480393585756324242" /></a><br />This pair of birds has been mating and nesting since 4/14; starting building nest in tree cavity on 4/22; began feeding chicks on 5/18; and now are making continuous trips to feed. My guess it that the fledglings will emerge tis week sometime; stay tuned. I try to visit the nesting site ever other day.missouri manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13162197670422202609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-166437091021172582.post-56218530101021637932010-06-07T17:59:00.003-05:002010-06-07T18:04:31.359-05:00Summer Tanagers 2010<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxAhvPg61SK8fLl5m-z2UjXkIXsiTtNeXA2uZHgn4YAgUTymx2b3nz_O26AaqhOPRPhYj0YV4MEwYbQ4A_k5xxlvDeVNoLC_TWOrzV841c-KopxkwvnBroFoR9JHYRCPOlNxcgI1ZGCzZg/s1600/IMG_9688.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 316px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxAhvPg61SK8fLl5m-z2UjXkIXsiTtNeXA2uZHgn4YAgUTymx2b3nz_O26AaqhOPRPhYj0YV4MEwYbQ4A_k5xxlvDeVNoLC_TWOrzV841c-KopxkwvnBroFoR9JHYRCPOlNxcgI1ZGCzZg/s400/IMG_9688.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480171156063645106" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFZZXLrnOzVQM_qW_kXsh9ubLu54BZ5DZTs3_ZLrjZ-357ijU3lD6eBinh9mH6Gx-SJDDhjfUJp0iFvIZGJTbZLkgIkEa306e8xuanQkqFNyyec5JMrLwNNsbq3a-Wsn5MZeYXBcZSKgPJ/s1600/IMG_9703.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 331px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFZZXLrnOzVQM_qW_kXsh9ubLu54BZ5DZTs3_ZLrjZ-357ijU3lD6eBinh9mH6Gx-SJDDhjfUJp0iFvIZGJTbZLkgIkEa306e8xuanQkqFNyyec5JMrLwNNsbq3a-Wsn5MZeYXBcZSKgPJ/s400/IMG_9703.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480171148728531906" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxOXY72ezHfdgD6eiV5VK94s4mzWM1I_GsiAlL6VsKYAjBxaq4v2q2TsX_c-zNFjOaaeuimfcLa_THCl-RJGnhacyFbXXXr-QDkPXFGA4QlNtPrmla7QYumeYDsar5ToDaJc5VhR1rgX7t/s1600/IMG_9643.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 270px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxOXY72ezHfdgD6eiV5VK94s4mzWM1I_GsiAlL6VsKYAjBxaq4v2q2TsX_c-zNFjOaaeuimfcLa_THCl-RJGnhacyFbXXXr-QDkPXFGA4QlNtPrmla7QYumeYDsar5ToDaJc5VhR1rgX7t/s400/IMG_9643.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480171144367573026" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgboHBCCOVpuBhaoJBHI47M01ElnbDPhHdXcKUZjkVB7qEiJj2YLsYiWNogglI-4jrTOSCYYe9zmFYIdqk5jTBhbFqBoBufRmZ0KCf2W_xC4iAK5dxjuoiiWzOoBLitZGIrGTEbxGIsQ2oT/s1600/IMG_9749.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 303px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgboHBCCOVpuBhaoJBHI47M01ElnbDPhHdXcKUZjkVB7qEiJj2YLsYiWNogglI-4jrTOSCYYe9zmFYIdqk5jTBhbFqBoBufRmZ0KCf2W_xC4iAK5dxjuoiiWzOoBLitZGIrGTEbxGIsQ2oT/s400/IMG_9749.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480171132353088290" /></a><br />They have arrived in eastern and southern Missouri i good numbers. This young male visits a mulberry bush a dozen times per day. They will readily eat ripe fruit along with insects. Click to enlarge.missouri manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13162197670422202609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-166437091021172582.post-19728240205638760652010-06-03T11:02:00.004-05:002010-06-03T11:08:04.483-05:00Unusual birds in action<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPm48rBU7LhPbWoSVX9vQXVD60ON6rcmApEquWm23ZPw3pKZI68UTd4bh_4hQ6TqYyvs_NY1OK95cJ_E9GvnQGUaQj9FV0kxqo7J-bPO5o4Cq0RLuUJd9ajvJNyQmRCDe1KnnquaGLcH7P/s1600/4644256443_ceb153810c.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 339px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPm48rBU7LhPbWoSVX9vQXVD60ON6rcmApEquWm23ZPw3pKZI68UTd4bh_4hQ6TqYyvs_NY1OK95cJ_E9GvnQGUaQj9FV0kxqo7J-bPO5o4Cq0RLuUJd9ajvJNyQmRCDe1KnnquaGLcH7P/s400/4644256443_ceb153810c.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478579859313908754" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe3HKgsHkbbSiypme_R53mIbqTVudnfchatY_W9gr9u_xq9f36R7u81fdyoZbKHo7hOzjqAlAUCRYZlvCJ60A6-P42pZ4_UBs3E2rCIYNjAs22Fmj3oaV1ZlZ-KijWdaVITm8qbcyMSHct/s1600/4637172972_29120645f0.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 380px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe3HKgsHkbbSiypme_R53mIbqTVudnfchatY_W9gr9u_xq9f36R7u81fdyoZbKHo7hOzjqAlAUCRYZlvCJ60A6-P42pZ4_UBs3E2rCIYNjAs22Fmj3oaV1ZlZ-KijWdaVITm8qbcyMSHct/s400/4637172972_29120645f0.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478579854482767042" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifJGR-O64G98D_811rhJYlgelyxcW5ESZk8gSMlXqpptnfp5XnEUXkiO7QOFOTeDRV9IK2RLv1AJAkIqnkcL2sN2eSCV_y4CCmbD-qn88awVL4iRotl7vk8XDH5BYMnYBAgwjISHtmlKY8/s1600/4636562937_2d0b9f8a87.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 315px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifJGR-O64G98D_811rhJYlgelyxcW5ESZk8gSMlXqpptnfp5XnEUXkiO7QOFOTeDRV9IK2RLv1AJAkIqnkcL2sN2eSCV_y4CCmbD-qn88awVL4iRotl7vk8XDH5BYMnYBAgwjISHtmlKY8/s400/4636562937_2d0b9f8a87.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478579846271221442" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMREJMgT9FBePDrx6Rp8WgnF4KlmbD8QcsR8IStjN846r5LYCNPAz_GPojMjYWcVmYBnsQDSjn6IMCIf7C7rEln5lYbA9EZ65huDw88nfEnxe7xIRlyrFb7RlSC0JsSj9xDMqYrjYOCMUB/s1600/4641996928_5d19d9c712.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 353px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMREJMgT9FBePDrx6Rp8WgnF4KlmbD8QcsR8IStjN846r5LYCNPAz_GPojMjYWcVmYBnsQDSjn6IMCIf7C7rEln5lYbA9EZ65huDw88nfEnxe7xIRlyrFb7RlSC0JsSj9xDMqYrjYOCMUB/s400/4641996928_5d19d9c712.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478579836466402370" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7kp8Vf1qDslexy6X_jORyN0rWg9DSM_VokvOE5082YpbsE1uvKu6WixeqgcoE3uNDJOn0eM1oEb__Qe6PFJ-uLbMrnyOWNOQgFGXj-6U2HUd1bMpbE29mE2-yAXUzw2efpFSasND7fxXn/s1600/4644872196_19c0b32a7c.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 307px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7kp8Vf1qDslexy6X_jORyN0rWg9DSM_VokvOE5082YpbsE1uvKu6WixeqgcoE3uNDJOn0eM1oEb__Qe6PFJ-uLbMrnyOWNOQgFGXj-6U2HUd1bMpbE29mE2-yAXUzw2efpFSasND7fxXn/s400/4644872196_19c0b32a7c.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478579830018404274" /></a><br />These pictures were taken over the weekend at a Mulberry tree. Many species of birds were gorging themselves with ripened berries. Pictures female Baltimore Oriole, juvenile male Baltimore Oriole, Orchard Oriole male and female and a Robin. Taken with Canon 7D with 400mm f 5.6.missouri manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13162197670422202609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-166437091021172582.post-56677343684206270982010-06-01T09:53:00.002-05:002010-06-01T09:57:50.714-05:00Hello Followers<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSNulAkVfz14WPqkSzEo_V9CuOW-js0Q-FtQhSfVdpVICuIN0IRtkapkYNyRalh9BC9l6_D8CW89X110iARUUqxKvy7G-IbMxvlBQSK-HYLUQxpK4-WAUw2AL5gNaVA8PPw8Mkymm4ODpJ/s1600/4641995144_215044373b.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 326px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSNulAkVfz14WPqkSzEo_V9CuOW-js0Q-FtQhSfVdpVICuIN0IRtkapkYNyRalh9BC9l6_D8CW89X110iARUUqxKvy7G-IbMxvlBQSK-HYLUQxpK4-WAUw2AL5gNaVA8PPw8Mkymm4ODpJ/s400/4641995144_215044373b.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477819537813500930" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-lNeDgP8I8uR8Ixxo-5UKFVqNJxUeKVQuoEFIlRA7ndhORS53svDtdbzzzaUOwbymDkQvXeXZqUaKIwslO1JtufaqWcKcmHi_tPq4kwVZwOY7JXRTj2UQbmNUf77-49XY7J8016QUF5Ao/s1600/4644872654_279e938008.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 397px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-lNeDgP8I8uR8Ixxo-5UKFVqNJxUeKVQuoEFIlRA7ndhORS53svDtdbzzzaUOwbymDkQvXeXZqUaKIwslO1JtufaqWcKcmHi_tPq4kwVZwOY7JXRTj2UQbmNUf77-49XY7J8016QUF5Ao/s400/4644872654_279e938008.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477819530423116018" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7Y5nHfaCkLIQh7Pa6mjGXoXOoc2y0tVliMD6Nca6PO-G00JQmnRyIq0WVdnOWqZJ0ZyImvRQIGqGiJAv0TAhYo5IEhDfuGvwMjqr_lvzGnadrDU0jx4R-SdHD93sHNAcPjbfWtoWlCis8/s1600/4641995252_a73f2059c3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 394px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7Y5nHfaCkLIQh7Pa6mjGXoXOoc2y0tVliMD6Nca6PO-G00JQmnRyIq0WVdnOWqZJ0ZyImvRQIGqGiJAv0TAhYo5IEhDfuGvwMjqr_lvzGnadrDU0jx4R-SdHD93sHNAcPjbfWtoWlCis8/s400/4641995252_a73f2059c3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477819513153949890" /></a><br />I have not posted for many weeks, but am back now. The job, you know. Ill start off with a beautiful Baltimore Oriole in a Mulberry Tree that i took with a Canon 7D and a EF400 DO IS lens on 5/26.missouri manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13162197670422202609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-166437091021172582.post-14440072003208842412010-04-22T11:07:00.003-05:002010-04-22T13:48:33.793-05:00Beautiful mated pair of Redheaded woodpeckers<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie3w0qXOF9o160yTkdz9_ldozW1nu_gAtrW8LS072cc7kQ7D-rUuUjetNSWkFcYhRk1sfp4iJnx6udi2dQOGNGU6Zimfd32OjG0LGdeG5Y8O4Rim99877T6Gr35sFG9LzNr27VElPhbpjy/s1600/4542756931_e41ffc1806_b.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 389px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie3w0qXOF9o160yTkdz9_ldozW1nu_gAtrW8LS072cc7kQ7D-rUuUjetNSWkFcYhRk1sfp4iJnx6udi2dQOGNGU6Zimfd32OjG0LGdeG5Y8O4Rim99877T6Gr35sFG9LzNr27VElPhbpjy/s400/4542756931_e41ffc1806_b.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462996502619954434" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9mL4wTfCLpgJZ1idvZmhkGpyGK-UMmCV2_zb1pre-CbOELNpMZ42L5o79wcbP-kNxNQFPNlpgMbecw2SoQ9XgEr4Cho7Xnv-h3tb0MqIeIezfwTNGeTmUMARirz5DPCUs3oWt166_BRj8/s1600/4543391692_3bf5bdc53d_b.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 275px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9mL4wTfCLpgJZ1idvZmhkGpyGK-UMmCV2_zb1pre-CbOELNpMZ42L5o79wcbP-kNxNQFPNlpgMbecw2SoQ9XgEr4Cho7Xnv-h3tb0MqIeIezfwTNGeTmUMARirz5DPCUs3oWt166_BRj8/s400/4543391692_3bf5bdc53d_b.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462996494310177138" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYOAG_nRuvV-HvkaNqPwpvVhB1dSNkr5078oG0YJ7_E1sKFwDyXB1eB2ZhnArKyW7Cl-l7UnwuAH1-6T1gAwlIuQ4QyF2kBJ3NZailOq_U0knCT92UMD-HfdCmdTFgSurA0IdMW0vaKsHb/s1600/4543390598_b31062cddd_b-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 389px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYOAG_nRuvV-HvkaNqPwpvVhB1dSNkr5078oG0YJ7_E1sKFwDyXB1eB2ZhnArKyW7Cl-l7UnwuAH1-6T1gAwlIuQ4QyF2kBJ3NZailOq_U0knCT92UMD-HfdCmdTFgSurA0IdMW0vaKsHb/s400/4543390598_b31062cddd_b-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462996493077830914" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicLYwrAZKxdoEx62Drth96Pee277J8yIhCR1VyrkQX_YHH1AhhLJzU8XftpoWOnrIYY2s9UVeipcxAwkyXVQL38nsU2a9fSGDqsOSoHnkHsXMGWe7feroVg6LV-OKzUAfiiJTt9pymuoTQ/s1600/4542757845_eaccfaf050_b.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 292px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicLYwrAZKxdoEx62Drth96Pee277J8yIhCR1VyrkQX_YHH1AhhLJzU8XftpoWOnrIYY2s9UVeipcxAwkyXVQL38nsU2a9fSGDqsOSoHnkHsXMGWe7feroVg6LV-OKzUAfiiJTt9pymuoTQ/s400/4542757845_eaccfaf050_b.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462996488630747394" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></span></div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Times;font-size:medium;"><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">This particular woodpecker is declining across Missouri and the US and Canada. I caught a mated pair last evening on a dead tree snag starting their nest. There a few Canon 7D pics from about 75'. These birds are frequently seen at River of Life Farm and have at least 2 nesting sites there.</span></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:180%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:17px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><br /></span></b></span></span></p><p><span class="pagename" style="font-weight: bold; font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;">Red-headed Woodpecker</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><br /></span><span class="subtitle" style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;">(Melanerpes erythrocephalus)</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><br /></span></p><p><span class="normaltext" style="text-decoration: none; line-height: 15px; font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;">Easily identified by its red head and white wing patches, this woodpecker is also the most adept at catching flying insects. It is one of only four woodpecker species known to cache food in the winter months and is the only known to cover food with bark and other wood. Historically a species with population fluctuations, it has experienced a 4.6% decline per year since 1980 due to habitat destruction and a milieu of other factors.<br /></span></span></p><p class="normaltext" style="text-decoration: none; line-height: 15px; font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11px;"><span class="boldtext" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; line-height: 15px; font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;">Identification</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><br />Adult males and females are indistinguishable in the field and are easily identified by their red heads, necks, throats, and upper breasts. Their remaining underparts are white and their upperparts are mostly black with a blue or green iridescence. A large white patch on the wings is used to identify both adults and juveniles. Juvenile plumage most differs from adults on the head, neck, and upper breast with varying degrees of brown or red and white wing patch. Bill is white or gray. Calls are described as churr, tchur, and churr. Alarm call at nest is described as KRIT-tar-rah or QUARR-QUARR-QUARR. Drumming is done in bursts of 1-second duration and repeated 2 or 3 times.<br /></span></p><p class="normaltext" style="text-decoration: none; line-height: 15px; font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11px;"><span class="boldtext" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; line-height: 15px; font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;">Distribution and Population Trends</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><br />Breeding range covers most of the eastern half of the United States west of the Rocky Mountains north to southern Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec. Birds withdraw from northern third of range in winter with distribution dependent upon food abundance. Red-headed Woodpeckers are found in Nation's Road Grasslands and Letchworth State Park IBA in New York with over 8 breeding pairs, Bonny Lake State Park & South Republican Management Area IBA in Colorado, Cabot Head IBA in Ontario with more than 40 individuals during fall migration, and Kinosota-Leifur IBA in Manitoba where over 100 breeding Red-headeds occur (3% of Canadian population).<br /><br />Populations have always seemed to fluctuate from abundant to on the verge of extinction. Periods of abundance have coincided with the decline of chestnuts and elms, perhaps because of increased nesting trees. Periods of decline coincided with the decline of beech trees and Rocky Mountain grasshoppers in central US. Range has contracted to the southern limits of Ontario and appears to be decreasing in abundance across entire range. The Breeding Bird Survey indicates a significant population decline of 2.5% per year from 1966-2000 and by 4.6% per year over the last 20 years (1980-2000). This has amounted to a 50% population reduction since 1966. The Christmas Bird Count indicates a similar population decline, with both a decrease in the number of individuals recorded and the number of individuals observed per party hour. Local population increases have been associated with increasing beaver populations and the creation of flooded forests with lots of snags for nesting.</span></p><p class="normaltext" style="text-decoration: none; line-height: 15px; font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11px;"><span class="boldtext" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; line-height: 15px; font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;">Ecology</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><br />Occupies a wide range of habitats, but most are characterized by open areas for feeding, snags for roosting, and a secure food supply. Requires multiple snags for nesting, roosting, and foraging. Some of the habitats used are: open deciduous and riparian woodlands, orchards, parks, agricultural lands, savanna-like grasslands, beaver ponds with snags, forest edges, burned forests, and flooded bottomland forests. Habitats are similar in both breeding and wintering range, but winter distribution most determined by presence of food. Have been known to move north in winter if mast is heavy.<br /><br />Begin nest-building as early as February and egg-laying as early as mid-April. An average of 4-7 eggs are laid in the cavity and incubated by both parents for 12-14 days. May have two broods per season and will lay a second clutch if first fails. A pair may use the same cavity for several years in a row. Red-headeds may use cavities excavated by other woodpeckers or even force some species to abandon active cavities.<br /><br />Consumes seeds, nuts, sap, corn, fruit, insects, bird eggs, nestlings, adult birds, and mice. Eats mostly insects and plant material in summer and mostly nuts (acorns and beechnuts) in winter. Will forage on ground, capture insects in flight, glean food from vegetation, or chisel trees for wood-boring insects and sap. Most adapted of all the woodpeckers for flycatching. Will store food for winter (grasshoppers, nuts, corn, and fruit) in natural crevices of trees and posts, in tree cavities, under bark, and under railroad ties and shingles. Only known woodpecker to cover stored food with bark or wood.</span></p><p class="normaltext" style="text-decoration: none; line-height: 15px; font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11px;"><span class="boldtext" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; line-height: 15px; font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;">Threats</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><br />At one time the Red-headed Woodpecker was targeted by sportsmen because of its brilliant red plumage, as an agricultural pest, and for damage to telephone poles. Its population has decreased as a result of food source losses, as evidenced by population declines in association with the decline of beech trees and the disappearance of Rocky Mountain grasshoppers. Collisions with automobiles were particularly common in the mid-1900s and the species is considered a rare victim of tower collisions. Nest failure occurs when nests are excavated in telephone poles recently (within 3-4 years) treated with creosote. Competition for nesting sites with European Starlings was thought to decrease reproductive success, but recent studies show that this may not be the case. The mere fact that starlings nest earlier than this woodpecker suggests that Red-heads may not be vulnerable to starling invasion. Habitat has been degraded by the harvesting of snags, clearcuts, agricultural development, channeling of rivers, regeneration of eastern forests, fire suppression, monoculture crops, and the loss of small orchards.<br /></span></p><p class="normaltext" style="text-decoration: none; line-height: 15px; font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11px;"><span class="boldtext" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; line-height: 15px; font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;">Conservation</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><br />The Red-headed Woodpecker is listed as a vulnerable species in Canada and is listed on multiple state threatened species lists in the United States. Habitat should be managed so as to provide large forest fragments (>2 ha) with large snags for nesting and open areas for catching flying insects. In addition, selective thinning has been shown to increase the likelihood of occurrence and nesting in Ohio. Controlled fires have negative and positive impacts. While they open up the forest (providing open space for fly catching) and create snags, they can also destroy existing snags used for nesting.<br /><br />The Red-headed Woodpecker is listed as a priority species in Partners in Flight's Bird Conservation Plan for the Upper Great Lakes Plain (</span><a href="http://www.partnersinflight.org/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;">http://www.partnersinflight.org</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;">). One of the objectives of this plan is to increase Red-headed Woodpeckers by 3% per year in USFWS Region 3 from 1980-2010 as measured by the Breeding Bird Survey.</span></p></span>missouri manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13162197670422202609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-166437091021172582.post-21047057942184902782010-04-19T19:34:00.001-05:002010-04-19T19:35:48.484-05:00Hooded Merganser seen on Sunday<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr5VFJvnfnyZzcAIrbJWPDNqzcIe6QxV3dmNbVLEE7vo3gcHXfPYE1AFtCUU4CsCj_RUsWRsUMYes5vwHAi4CRuAjEvz6HlBJfJgekM3wCeOMHdF3uHDUOb7173T4YZWOjrpeQejcEPKkV/s1600/8bw344442.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 264px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr5VFJvnfnyZzcAIrbJWPDNqzcIe6QxV3dmNbVLEE7vo3gcHXfPYE1AFtCUU4CsCj_RUsWRsUMYes5vwHAi4CRuAjEvz6HlBJfJgekM3wCeOMHdF3uHDUOb7173T4YZWOjrpeQejcEPKkV/s400/8bw344442.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462011866417795778" /></a><br />they are migrating through Missouri at this time.missouri manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13162197670422202609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-166437091021172582.post-56693179908401005302010-04-16T15:24:00.010-05:002010-04-16T15:32:02.400-05:00A four foot rise in the North Fork one year ago 4/17/09<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjytGxMeP_1hsadX_31mKzu6EH5Kwd5izlxgHysQDnaqcNNJMgxOzI85koE9I2h5MnxEyDZyrSVXXKjc0CSQG0fOKRtOXtgSNMG-vaiNU3hk6YNnejll7fsuuzNUv9qjzgdTrbyjup7t2tS/s1600/86BW6407.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjytGxMeP_1hsadX_31mKzu6EH5Kwd5izlxgHysQDnaqcNNJMgxOzI85koE9I2h5MnxEyDZyrSVXXKjc0CSQG0fOKRtOXtgSNMG-vaiNU3hk6YNnejll7fsuuzNUv9qjzgdTrbyjup7t2tS/s400/86BW6407.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460835752974504498" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYlrFeBEiTATgRiGb92oZVKnJ-kRWh_GoZUnbwu-NEjoc05XNKr9EmRXmpe9XuANdSOp_r462e_d47Al5Ib0rklBpLnqqP8jMB3_yrH59KmGD4LyfAWGl-u0pibMIYPiaHQjxE4kIwfEZr/s1600/86BW6361.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYlrFeBEiTATgRiGb92oZVKnJ-kRWh_GoZUnbwu-NEjoc05XNKr9EmRXmpe9XuANdSOp_r462e_d47Al5Ib0rklBpLnqqP8jMB3_yrH59KmGD4LyfAWGl-u0pibMIYPiaHQjxE4kIwfEZr/s400/86BW6361.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460835745252294226" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4J66CT7POdBBIPkypPL4ikeHYCW0UmtH5P4tZcLfgPWIbqbV5DFWk_gUCcUTUlc56P-mFBoAkxjxOIHOAO3BKfpShvT66wEAa8z5kZv_DWJyb486zQAYzdluz2GBiaEPjK2QjOjAbJcez/s1600/86BW6346.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4J66CT7POdBBIPkypPL4ikeHYCW0UmtH5P4tZcLfgPWIbqbV5DFWk_gUCcUTUlc56P-mFBoAkxjxOIHOAO3BKfpShvT66wEAa8z5kZv_DWJyb486zQAYzdluz2GBiaEPjK2QjOjAbJcez/s400/86BW6346.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460835736671676546" /></a><br />I took these pictures one full year ago this coming weekend. The North Fork of the White River had risen about 4 feet overnight and muddied up quite a bit. The next morning, at dawn, I could hear the high water and later in the day, walked to the falls. The dogwood was just beginning to come out. During the week the river fell and greened up and the wild rainbow trout started hitting nymphs. A really nice week at a great place !!missouri manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13162197670422202609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-166437091021172582.post-79745726780785563482010-04-14T21:17:00.002-05:002010-04-14T21:20:38.549-05:00Red-talied Hawk -- Closer pictures<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX0Sjyi-Lh6DLgfp7CkUxxwxw84aFkW8vW_QW4BcSHl3ChziS2Qv_-G1WOYhld7Wc59MZj1_GBe9opOaGditmaAi7WZUp9r5YnQFnz7sm8Trk23m5ioRI9ZvwBxdx1s5SAYjANOH3CTaIH/s1600/IMG_2815.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 337px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX0Sjyi-Lh6DLgfp7CkUxxwxw84aFkW8vW_QW4BcSHl3ChziS2Qv_-G1WOYhld7Wc59MZj1_GBe9opOaGditmaAi7WZUp9r5YnQFnz7sm8Trk23m5ioRI9ZvwBxdx1s5SAYjANOH3CTaIH/s400/IMG_2815.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460183450354009362" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjveAUx0mVgmaeR6GGpc7EONmUyajhu3Qw0fqs6_KQHbHpiuZOIKHxubxEFjJy2OIY5AN3tIyXXT7FDhJT_JgwNXrfk5_aEabTPzOgurBZacOU6KF9xOLstBo8fYeHHeKFQowTP2MqtEFYc/s1600/IMG_2841.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 348px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjveAUx0mVgmaeR6GGpc7EONmUyajhu3Qw0fqs6_KQHbHpiuZOIKHxubxEFjJy2OIY5AN3tIyXXT7FDhJT_JgwNXrfk5_aEabTPzOgurBZacOU6KF9xOLstBo8fYeHHeKFQowTP2MqtEFYc/s400/IMG_2841.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460183444069586786" /></a><br />Taken yesterday 4/13 and today 4/14. Common across southern Missouri.missouri manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13162197670422202609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-166437091021172582.post-33419995020449392122010-04-13T08:51:00.002-05:002010-04-13T09:00:55.529-05:00Spring Time Reflections<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhugRjoEmMUvC3uvh8Znd6EYxpgY-V9xhsScvNeH-RBuVCN8Qv8bori6yKWOzFdlxAafDgpFtG4UYWyfXAm1OlyjxrN5puwjCFUCQUOm_Kfj5-TFmD2mbrCeyDLE-GiEYUYNtrBEqVskpCG/s1600/IMG_2482.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 308px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhugRjoEmMUvC3uvh8Znd6EYxpgY-V9xhsScvNeH-RBuVCN8Qv8bori6yKWOzFdlxAafDgpFtG4UYWyfXAm1OlyjxrN5puwjCFUCQUOm_Kfj5-TFmD2mbrCeyDLE-GiEYUYNtrBEqVskpCG/s400/IMG_2482.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459620543148509362" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfmDMdm987Kes-nTPC-KkGb9scJk5dc84osHXPwDuIrln-vySO8CbAvh0w_ZZ5fwC4Ox6uIYPg5GesAXTl7Ew3_EAbyssc08yEm1EoLNx_HBqyHCIG1MQjanWIGzQktg_al5kvzx9byq7k/s1600/IMG_2481.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 353px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfmDMdm987Kes-nTPC-KkGb9scJk5dc84osHXPwDuIrln-vySO8CbAvh0w_ZZ5fwC4Ox6uIYPg5GesAXTl7Ew3_EAbyssc08yEm1EoLNx_HBqyHCIG1MQjanWIGzQktg_al5kvzx9byq7k/s400/IMG_2481.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459620537127149218" /></a><br />Redbud reflection in a spring creek.missouri manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13162197670422202609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-166437091021172582.post-12053490137581734822010-04-12T22:00:00.003-05:002010-04-12T22:08:22.482-05:00another Pileated Woodpecker<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQLiA2lrIxMewpikMZLn9Nd3qrgj8HiqVbsBjPkGAPL061WQk3CRLT5YaAWxE9jzkphwEfR0kg4b1-1zxdogNu-dOkOrks1fqLwxFFa85T1loYvOLrBVg9OB4hK_zGBRSo9z06GGprUcHd/s1600/IMG_2545.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 359px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQLiA2lrIxMewpikMZLn9Nd3qrgj8HiqVbsBjPkGAPL061WQk3CRLT5YaAWxE9jzkphwEfR0kg4b1-1zxdogNu-dOkOrks1fqLwxFFa85T1loYvOLrBVg9OB4hK_zGBRSo9z06GGprUcHd/s400/IMG_2545.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459453571317587522" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcVV3iUJI8Z6y9IxrWK1VE0CElmMIMphCnB31wTs7wPq72KRNmt9nCFZuspEPX7njqvG_ikBPkgLvmvGoB5j4b9NGHomQpY9V2UwO5nBTTPrgB-XEY9USaLOdSz6mw7_OLhK9A7Ed8tDMJ/s1600/IMG_2537.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcVV3iUJI8Z6y9IxrWK1VE0CElmMIMphCnB31wTs7wPq72KRNmt9nCFZuspEPX7njqvG_ikBPkgLvmvGoB5j4b9NGHomQpY9V2UwO5nBTTPrgB-XEY9USaLOdSz6mw7_OLhK9A7Ed8tDMJ/s400/IMG_2537.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459453565424726866" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6X7PjVHKwh0IOeOFYO99MNfzxqwo8aU5ap_8Y-BVfs6QDrOvFIx0R_Ziikn_KMnoMT2XpQnCiOShVQ2iPeTrYZKyB5KZYtWcHQWV50C5f97Mqxjmr6goVkvZU4U_j5h_aNuCPrEDt57ek/s1600/IMG_2534.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 296px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6X7PjVHKwh0IOeOFYO99MNfzxqwo8aU5ap_8Y-BVfs6QDrOvFIx0R_Ziikn_KMnoMT2XpQnCiOShVQ2iPeTrYZKyB5KZYtWcHQWV50C5f97Mqxjmr6goVkvZU4U_j5h_aNuCPrEDt57ek/s400/IMG_2534.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459453557580724114" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi14grVgpm7oD1NeozsNvGiBhnsaVfMIdnJlC9zS6VfBr6ksOPEYeZ-0AvD1B66HEShASAypTJFYgCKUqu6TGR1WX_9sQMbEBjeHrulrq2Qs_ZKhRumTP-OwJ9D28kcVvqs_fbBnN3bdsy_/s1600/IMG_2532.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 316px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi14grVgpm7oD1NeozsNvGiBhnsaVfMIdnJlC9zS6VfBr6ksOPEYeZ-0AvD1B66HEShASAypTJFYgCKUqu6TGR1WX_9sQMbEBjeHrulrq2Qs_ZKhRumTP-OwJ9D28kcVvqs_fbBnN3bdsy_/s400/IMG_2532.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459453537859620194" /></a><br />this is a male; foraging for ants. Got lucky again, he landed within 60-75 feet of me. Click to enlarge. Afternoon of 4/12/10.missouri manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13162197670422202609noreply@blogger.com0