Barn Swallow

 

Spring Cloudscape

 

April Showers

April Showers bringing in a rainbow over Lake Erie!

 

Wilson's Snipe

 

Vesper Sparrows

 

Spring Serenity

 

Brown Creeper

 

Belted Kingfisher

 

Rusty Blackbirds

Eastern Phoebe

 

Red-winged Blackbird

 

Wilson's Snipe

 

Northern Harrier

An adult male Northern Harrier hunting over open grasslands on this beautiful first day of Spring!

 

Pileated Woodpecker in Flight

 

Ring-Necked Ducks in Flight

 

Northern Pintail Ducks

...and one Ring-necked Duck.

 

Pine Siskin

 

Post-sunset Ice Pillar over Lake Erie

 

Blue Morph Snow Goose

 Also known as a "Blue Goose!"

Black-legged Kittiwake

The Black-legged Kittiwake is an ocean bird that sometimes passes through the Great Lakes during migration.  This one was found with a flock of Ring-billed Gulls on Lake Erie today.

 

Cackling Goose

A tiny Cackling Goose swimming with a flock of Canada Geese.

 

Northern Mockingbird

 

February's Full Snow Moon

 

Returning Killdeer

 

Cooper's Hawk with a Full Crop

 

Rough-legged Hawk in a Snow Squall

 

Common Redpolls

This winter of 2020-21 is an irruption year for Common and Hoary Redpolls.

American Tree Sparrow

 

Icy February Sunset

 Icy February sunset at 19°F

Common Redpoll

 

Snow Buntings

 

Horned Lark

Horned Larks are very early nesters and some will lay their eggs in late February and early March.

Short-eared Owl