[wisb] Milwaukee: Veteran's Park: assortment of photos
- From: thomas657@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- To: wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2013 00:33:39 -0400
Yesterday and today, I had the chance to go to Veteran' Park. My goal was to
see how many Night Herons were present (earlier in the week there were 6).
And, to see if I could find the Green Heron with breeding plumage.
I only spotted 2 Black-crowned Night Herons. I didn't find the Green Heron on
either day.
The light for photography was great. I know these are all pretty common birds,
but, I was quite please with some of the photos. If you want to see all the
photos, start with the first link, and hit the [Older] button 23 times, or
until you get to the Egret photos.
Yellow-rumped Warbler. First of the year for me. I like ow the photos
captured differences.
5 photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/22836210@N03/8682830926/in/photostream
Horned Grebe. Yesterday, one particular bird swam right past me as I patiently
sat near the shoreline of the lagoon. It was about 10 feet away.
4 photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/22836210@N03/8681717087/in/photostream
Red-winged Blackbird. Most of my female photos are rather dull and
uninteresting. I was pleased with the composition of this photo
1 photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/22836210@N03/8681714003/in/photostream
White-winged Scoter. There were several females. Today, I spotted a male for
the very first time.
Male & two females:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22836210@N03/8681713135/in/photostream
Red-breasted Merganser. The first couple photos show a male doing battle with
his catch of the day - a larger crayfish. I think the crayfish survived to see
another day. The female was rather nice. She has been sitting in the same
spot both times I walked past.
6 photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/22836210@N03/8681711509/in/photostream
Scaup. I don't seem to have much luck getting nice scaup photos. This is a
decent one:
1 photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/22836210@N03/8682818556/in/photostream
Unknown Hawk flew across the laggon and into the trees on the other side of the
road.
1 photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/22836210@N03/8682817640/in/photostream
Ruddy Duck. One female, one nice blue-billed male:
2 photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/22836210@N03/8681705281/in/photostream
Capsian Tern. One with fish in mouth, the other a nice in-flight photo:
2 photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/22836210@N03/8682815458/in/photostream
American Coot. Love the lead lines caused by ripples in the water:
1 photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/22836210@N03/8682812514/in/photostream
Thanks,
Tom Wright
Wales
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