Nest Thief

American Goldfinch The thief.

Cedar Waxwing The original nest builder with a piece on the way. The female does most, if not all, of the work.

American Goldfinch and Cedar Waxwing American Goldfinch on lower left pulling pieces out of the nest as the Cedar Waxwing, upper right, builds.

American Goldfinch and Cedar Waxwing One of many visits the American Goldfinch makes as it steals from the bottom of the nest and flies off to make its own.

Cedar Waxwing On the alert about the activity, yet doing nothing about it yet.

Cedar Waxwing Standing by, not taking part either way it would seem.

Whitetail Deer Owen Park in Madison has a resident population, mostly bold and also active in the daytime.

Whitetail Deer This female appears to have a full udder, so must be nursing a fawn nearby.

Indigo Bunting One of the brilliant inhabitants of Owen Park singing from a vantage point overlooking the prairie.

Indigo Bunting Time for a bit of preening.

Cooper's Hawk Perched on a rotting log, sort of hunting, this juvenile begins to get irritated at insects beneath.

Cooper's Hawk Trying to figure out just what's going on, it flew up and back, searching underfoot.

Cooper's Hawk Serious talons, one sunlit.

Cooper's Hawk Farther away an adult perched as another flew in from the prairie with a small rabbit.

Common Yellowthroat A female keeping an eye on intruders.

Common Yellowthroat She complained a great deal as she moved through the brush and plants.

Common Yellowthroat A brief look down and then off farther away, maybe trying to draw attention away from a nest.

Swallowtail Butterfly A few intermittently drifted here and there as they fed on the nectar of flowers.

House Wren Everywhere and sure to let you know they are present.

House Wren Two at once, probably siblings from a nest in the past few weeks.

Gray Catbird Another abundant resident with an amazing variety of songs and calls, though mostly meows late in the summer.

Eastern Phoebe Early in the season they can be heard continuously calling at dawn, but fall mostly silent as the summer wears on.

Lily A domestic escapee at the edge of the trail at Ho-Nee-Um in the University of Wisconsin Arboretum, Madison.

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