This robin first appeared at least a 100 yards away. I was able to take his picture with reasonable quality before moving closer. Once I was there, the two previous postings of a blue jay and cardinal was made possible.
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A cardinal drops by
From yesterday’s visit to the upper bog, the second of our colorful bird visits.
Bluejay perch
Our visit to the upper bog today allowed us to catch images of a bluejay, robin, and cardinal.
Evening snack on the old birch tree
A downy woodpecker spends most evenings pecking away at old trees near our house.
Local mallards upstream
Here are the mallards who are making the nearby creek their home this spring. I don’t see them on every walk around the bog but they appear regularly in various spots. They do not seem to be as nervous when we approach as some other birds in our neighborhood.
Woodpecker tree 4
The hole patterns on this trunk do not suggest the work of a pileated woodpecker or a sapsucker; it is just a great spot for any sort of woodpecker’s lunch … The last of the series.
Woodpecker tree 3
This tree was a pileated woodpecker favorite.
Woodpecker tree 2
This may have been someone’s front door.
Woodpecker tree 1
Beginning a set of images with the work of [probably] pileated woodpeckers; a species that only reveals themselves to me when I don’t have my camera with me.
An upper bog view
A view of the upper bog, a part of the area converted from forest to bog by a group of beavers twenty years ago. This area is drying out quickly after a modest rainy season this spring.
