Northern Illinois Birder

A novice birder's observation of birds and other natural wildlife with wings ... or maybe not with wings...

Showing posts with label Horicon Marsh NWR. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Horicon Marsh NWR. Show all posts
Saturday, October 13, 2012

The Many Disguises of the Song Sparrow; Olympic Peninsula Nat. Park

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Which coat shall I wear today? A dark Song Sparrow from the Northwest, Kalaloch Beach, Olympic Peninsula Nat. Park, WA; 8/3/2012. Last...
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Sunday, July 15, 2012

Black Terns nesting in Glacial Park, IL & Horicon Marsh NWR, WI

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BLACK TERNS A Black Tern hovering over part of Horicon Marsh National Wildlife Refuge, WI; 6/16/2012. About a month ago I was able to ...
Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Tree Swallow feeding its fledgling, Horicon Marsh NWR

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Even though the series of photos below are not the sharpest, I thought  it was fun to see a Fledgdling Tree Swallow being fed in mid flight ...
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Sunday, July 8, 2012

Pied-billed Grebe family at Horicon Marsh NWR

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On a gray rainy morning a couple of weeks ago, while I was stalking some Marsh Wrens in the long cattail reeds on the side of a pond, a litt...
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Hello, I have always been interested in birds, undoubtedly influenced by my mother and grandmother. As a young boy I remember paging through my parents' bird books. Both my Mom and Grandma would identify birds by both their songs and their looks. I enjoy nature and being out in it as often as I am able. Being a teacher helps - as I have much of the summer to do just that. I have done some nature and wildlife photography, but until a few years ago I never thought about photographing birds thinking that it would be too difficult - too small and too flighty. After a few thousand photos, my girlfriend suggested that I open a blog sharing some of the pictures that I have taken and hopefully will be taking in the future. During the 3 years that have been writing this blog, I have graduated from my first camera, a Sony Digital, to my 2nd, a Canon Rebel T1i, to finally my 3rd and current camera - Canon EOS7D. I started with the standard 18-55mm lens, which I soon found was totally impractical. I then purchased a Canon 55-250mm which I used for quite some time, until I bought a Sigma 150-500mm.and finally sold that one and replaced it with a Sigma 150-600mm, my current birding lens.
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