Ruby-throated Hummingbird A huge wave of Hummingbirds came through during migration, with a dozen and more busy around the prairie at Owen Park, Madison. |
Ruby-throated Hummingbird Depending on their angle, a few looked rather plumped up for their journey of thousands of miles ahead. |
Ruby-throated Hummingbird Feeding with great precision and delicacy as it hovered before one of countless blossoms. |
Ruby-throated Hummingbird Even a thistle had to be checked out. |
Ruby-throated Hummingbird Perched and watching as others flew around and around. Though not in their terrritories, they could still be contentious with one another. |
Ruby-throated Hummingbird Sometimes the aggression seemed half-hearted, with only a buzzing fly-by. |
Ruby-throated Hummingbird If another came too close, a squat posture turned elongated with the possibility of a lift-off and chase. |
Ruby-throated Hummingbird A close-up showing the fine detail of the very tiny bird. |
Ruby-throated Hummingbird That portly look achieved partly by posture and partly by actuality. |
Red-eyed Vireo With its bright red eye gleaming in the sunlight, the Red-eyed Vireo is on the hunt for insects active in the warm morning sun. |
Red-eyed Vireo A Ruby-throated Hummingbird pauses to look back at the staring Vireo. |
Brown Thrasher Another bird with a very bright eye, though this one is brilliant yellow, attached to a very long tail on the other end. |
Brown Thrasher And here's the tail shown off. |
Gray Catbird Looking a bit scruffy from being both wet and going through a molt. |
Rose-breasted Grosbeak Colorful, with no shortage of patterns, and a very large bill excellent for cracking open difficult seeds. |
Hairy Woodpecker When side-by-side with a Downy, the Hairy looms much larger, both in body and bill. It's always surprising. |
Foggy Stricker`s Pond After yet another stormy and wet day, the morning began with waves of fog rolling over the pond, perfectly clear one minute, then socked in the next. |
Northern Flicker Usually raucous, once they have all attention on them, they like to fall silent as if to claim it wasn't them. |
White-throated Sparrow As September eases from summer into autumn, more and more White-throated Sparrows appear in the low brush, and often agitated. |
Common Yellowthroat A female flitting about and tossing out characteristic grunts and chatter in the sheltering cattails. |
Wild Turkey A beautiful feather left behind by a roving wild Turkey. A combination of night dew and rain beads up on its surface. |
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