September 02-03

John's Nature Photos

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Our Backyard... literally Monarch Butterfly Red-tailed Hawk (Ohio) Barn Owls (Hillsboro, Ohio) Tiger Swallowtail Cowbird Great Blue Heron Barred Owl Still down to 2 on 6/20/10 from 9 on 5/2/10 Great Blue Heron American Goldfinch Carolina Wren Pileated Woodpecker juv. Red-Bellied Woodpecker ♀ Down to 2 on 6/10/10 from 9 on 5/2/10 First sign of the new Barred Owl chick/s Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) ♂ Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) ♀ Great Blue Heron Mallard chick Four of nine remaining 18 days later... American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) Bobolink (Old Stage Coach Road) Mallard Click Hairy Woodpecker Eastern Towhee White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) Chipping Sparrow Downy Woodpecker Blue Jay Wood duck ♂ Wood duck ♀ Mallards ♂ Red-shouldered Hawk Chipping Sparrow Turkey Vulture Chipping Sparrow Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius) American Coot (Brookville lake) Belted Kingfisher ♀ Kingfisher mating ritual....3-/9/10 Red-shouldered Hawk pair shortly after mating (3/4/10) - ♀ on right. Red-Shouldered Hawk ♀ Bird food eater... Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) Northern Flicker Mockingbird Pileated Woodpeckers (Dryocopus pileatus) Brown Creeper Eastern Towhee ♂ Song Sparrow Brown Creeper Northern Flicker Pileated Woodpecker juv Coopers a wet Barred owl... Barred owl juv waiting for food... One of the 3 Barred Owl Juvs calling out to the Adult during the early morning hunt Parent out looking for food Belted Kingfisher Adult hunting as 3 nearby juvs continuously call out for food 2 of 3 Barred Owl juvs following Adult around the hunting grounds Barred Owl... wet from diving for crayfish for the juvs Barred Owl out hunting crayfish for 3 Barred owl juvs Baltimore Oriole ♂ Swainson's Thrush Red-shouldered Hawk ♀ feeding 3 newly hatched chicks See full sequence here https://mvhunt.net/johnnature-nestingrshawks.htm Gray-cheeked Thrush Yellow-rumped Warbler Taking turns on Nest Duty Red-shouldered Hawk ♂ Carolina Chickadee House Wren Carolina Chickadee House Wren Red-shouldered Hawk American Goldfinch ♂ Ruby-crowned Kinglet ♂ Pileated Woodpecker ♂ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ♀ Eastern Towhee ♂ Pileated Woodpecker ♂ Cardinal Eastern Towhee ♀ Hairy Woodpecker ♀ Red-bellied Woodpecker Pileated Woodpecker Pine Siskin Carolina Chickadee White-throated Sparrow Carolina Chickadee White-throated Sparrow Carolina Chickadee Junco Brown Creeper Red-bellied Woodpecker Carolina Wren Goldfinch drinking from icicle Red-bellied Woodpecker White-breasted Nuthatch Cardinal Cardinal Pine Siskin Cardinal ♀ Cardinal ♀ White-breasted Nuthatch American Tree Sparrow Junco Hairy Woodpecker ♂ Bird food-eating Squirrel Common Redpoll Sharp-shinned Hawk (immature) Cooper's Hawk Birds congregating around our stream on one very cold day (6° F) in mid-Jan.... American Robin Song Sparrow Eastern Bluebird ♂ Eastern Bluebirds ♀ & ♂ ♂ American Robin and Eastern Bluebird Eastern Bluebird ♂ Eastern Bluebird ♀ American Goldfinch Song Sparrow White-throated Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Junco Cardinal ♀ Fox Sparrow Junco American Robins Red-bellied Woodpecker ♀ American Goldfinch Pileated Woodpecker ♀ Morning Dove American Tree Sparrow Pileated Woodpecker Cooper's Hawk Carolina Wren Ruby-throated Hummingbird ♀ Ruby-throated Hummingbird ♀ Yellow-throated Warbler Barred Owl Barred Owl Belted Kingfisher ♂ Belted Kingfisher ♂ Ruby-throated Hummingbird ♂ 3 Baby Chipmunks Red-shouldered Hawk ♀ (nesting) Belted Kingfisher ♀ Red-shouldered Hawks (mating pair) Pileated Woodpecker ♂ Eastern Towhee ♂ Eastern Towhee ♀ Fox Sparrow Red-winged Blackbird ♂ Common Grackle ♂ Cardinal ♂ Mourning Dove Blue Jay Cooper's Hawk (juv.) Cooper's Hawk (juv.) Downy Woodpecker Brown Creeper White-breasted Nuthatch Pileated Woodpecker White-throated Sparrow Pileated Woodpecker White-throated Sparrow White-breasted Nuthatch Northern Cardinal ♂ Northern Cardinal ♂ Pileated Woodpecker Cooper's Hawk Cedar Waxwings come to Marshfield (80' up in the Sycamore Trees) Cedar Waxwing
American Goldfinch (Fledging)
Gloucester, Mass. Monarch
Butterflies at Marshfield Spicebush Swallowtail Tiger Swallowtail Tiger Swallowtail Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (dark form) ♀ Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (dark form) ♀
Barred Owl Ruby-throated Hummingbird American Goldfinch ♂ Red-shouldered Hawk Belted Kingfisher ♀ Eastern Bluebird Young Pileated Woodpecker
This beautiful Barred Owl (4' wingspan) had eluded my camera at Marshfield for 2 years... Barred Owl Pileated Woodpecker Eastern Screech Owl - reddish-brown phase Eastern Screech Owl - gray phase Cooper's Hawk Red-Shouldered Hawk Black Rat Snake Turkey Vulture Ruby-throated Hummingbird ♀ Ruby-throated Hummingbird ♀ Black Rat Snake Ruby-throated Hummingbird ♀ Black Rat Snake Red-shouldered Hawk Predatory reduviid bug in its nymphal stage on back of a Rat Snake Ruby-throated Hummingbird ♂ Carolina Wren Chicks Red-shouldered Hawk Tufted Titmouse Belted Kingfisher ♀ American Gold Finch ♂ Featured on Birds & Blooms/Chase Credit Card Tufted Titmouse Downy Woodpecker ♂ White-breasted Nuthatch ♂ American Goldfinch ♂ Wood Duck ♂ Northern Flicker Tufted Titmouse Northern Flicker Carolina Wren Tufted Titmouse Red-bellied Woodpecker ♂ America Goldfinch ♀ Carolina Wren Woodpecker ♂ Tufted Titmouse Red-bellied Woodpecker ♂