A Yellow-Crowned Night Heron on Village Creek
July 3rd, 2008
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| Glynn Wilson |
| A young, female yellow-crowned night heron fishes on a beaver dam in Roebuck Springs, Alabama. |
Archive for the ‘Birds of Alabama’ Category
An Owl Hunting in Monte Sano State Park
April 24th, 2008
Just as we arrived in the campground after the media reform event in Huntsville, what appears to be a barred owl [strix varia] flew after something in the next campsite. After finishing it’s meal on the ground, it napped in a tree while we got as close as possible for pictures. Unfortunately, the Monte Sano State Park does not have Wi-Fi, like many state parks in behind-the-times Alabama, so we are just now getting back online in Guntersville at a nice little coffee shop in the heart of the small town called Percasso’s. We’ll post more photos and have more to say about media reform later, after one more stop in the country near Asheville.
Spring Migration Begins, Dogwoods in Bloom
April 3rd, 2008
The spring bird migration has started in Middle Alabamaland. The ruby-throated hummingbirds are here, along with the gold finches. But I couldn’t resist the image of this male house finch [carpodacus mexicanus] perching in a dogwood tree in full bloom. The garden is mostly planted, except for a few more tomato plants we are importing from Sand Mountain.
Ospreys Mating in Broad Daylight
March 24th, 2008
We figure with all the political sex scandals these days, maybe it would help people to understand that sex is a natural part of nature. After breaking camp at the Gulf State Park campground on Good Friday morning, we stopped on the side of the road for one more series of pictures of the ospreys (pandion haliaetus) nesting on a pine tree in the marsh across from the campground. We got the big 600 mm lens set up on the tripod just in time to catch this series of them mating before they took off for a little fishing for lunch. This is the first of seven photos, with the male coming back to the nest for a little love before lunch. Scroll down to see more…
The male moving in to mount the female…
A successful entry…
Oh yea, baby…
Sweet fulfillment…
And now, since birds don’t smoke cigarettes, it’s time for lunch…
Come on baby, let’s go fishing…
