Chipping Sparrow Drama

I found this very tiny fledgling Chipping Sparrow in the middle of a parking lot.  I picked it up and moved it into the grass so it wouldn't get hit by a car.  Before long, one of the parents showed up to attend to it and eventually moved it off into the bushes.

Kestrel with a Fledgling Robin

This Kestrel caught a fledgling Robin.  The part that got me was seeing and hearing one of the Robin's parents just a few feet away on the wire screaming alarm calls.

Limenitis arthemis

This brush-footed butterfly is more commonly known as a Red-spotted Purple.  

Eastern Meadowlark

Male Ruby-throated Hummingbird

American Redstart

Pastel Sunset

Scarlet Tanager

Scarlet Tanager peeking out at me from behind the leaves.  Not the best shots, but it sure was fun watching him.  

Spider Pearls

Rain drops collecting on the strands of a spider web.

Sun Worshippers

After a rainy week, it was easy to find sun worshippers all over the place this morning!

Painted Turtles on a log enjoying the morning sun.

Yellow roses in my garden.

An Indigo Bunting singing his morning song from the telephone wire.

Eastern Chipmunk sunning itself on a tree stump.

White-tailed Buck (with new antlers starting to sprout) eating his breakfast in a field.

Purple Martin

Purple Martin with a silver band visible on its left leg.  When I enlarged the shot on my computer, the numbers 25 and 68 were visible on the band.

Waxwing Lovers

Cedar Waxwing courtship is seen in these photos with a male feeding the female an insect that he caught for her.

Green Heron

Green Heron on the hunt during a cool spring rain.

Valley Fog

Valley fog settling in this evening after a cool and rainy day.

Wild Turkey

Wild Turkey hen walking through the back yard.  She shows up a few times a day to clean up sunflower seeds under the bird feeders.  I expect to see her appear with little ones following behind her sometime soon.

Baltimore Oriole

Singing his little heart out on a sunny spring day!

The Tree on the Ridge

"For in the true nature of things, if we rightly consider, every green tree is far more glorious than if it were made of gold and silver."  ~  Martin Luther King Jr.

Tonight's Sunset

Another lovely sunset over Lake Erie tonight.

Male Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Juvenile Red Squirrels

Their mom took over one of the old bird houses that we put out in the woods for them.

American Kestrel

The smallest and most colorful Falcon in all of North America.

A Bird in the Blooms

Male Purple Finch in a Black Locust Tree

Bath time!

European Starling enjoying a bath in our front yard.

Wilson's Warbler

Eat Your Greens!

Eastern Phoebe taking a fat green insect to the youngsters in its nest.

Crazy Kids

Red-winged Blackbird

A handsome young fellow!

Female Common Yellowthroat

She was all puffed up to stay warm in the rain.

Cedar Waxwing

Black Swallowtail

Eastern Towhee

Barn Swallow

A Mother's Love

Chilly Hummer

This poor girl doesn't look like she's enjoying the cold snap we're having.  With temps in the 30's and a freeze warning, she may have to resort to torpor tonight.  It seems to happen every year after they get here, but Mother Nature gave her the mechanisms she needs to cope and survive.

Pine Siskin

A chilly wet morning with a few Pine Siskin still in the area.

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

He wanted to make sure I got his good side!

Orchard Oriole

A male Orchard Oriole in the rain and quite far away, but clearly recognizable in this shot.

Brown Creeper

Pink Lady's Slipper Orchid

Osprey

Columbine