A Gallery of Birds – Part III
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I have been seeing a wonderful variety of birds in the last several weeks! Here’s a mix of some of the same species shared in Parts I & II, with different compositions and/or days.
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Yellow Warbler – male (Norm Schoenthal Island)
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House Wren (Norm Schoenthal Island)
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Canada Geese (Montana Audubon Center)
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Black-capped Chickadee (campground)
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Northern Flicker Red Shafted – female (Riverfront Park)
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Song Sparrow (Norm Schoenthal Island)
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Black-headed Grosbeak – female (Norm Schoenthal Island)
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Canada Goose (Riverfront Park)
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American White Pelicans (Riverfront Park)
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Cedar Waxwing juvenile begging for food from the parent (Norm Schoenthal Island)
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Downy Woodpecker (Norm Schoenthal Island)
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Yellow Warbler (campground)
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Any bird composition or species here strike your fancy? 🧐
Thank you very much for sharing your favorite picks in my three part series, I enjoy hearing what you think!
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A Gallery of Birds – Part II
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Here’s my second gallery of birds, the smaller ones, taken in past couple weeks in our campground or within five miles in the local parks. What a joy to see so many little ones!
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A wet Black-capped Chickadee after a bath (campground)
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House Wren (Riverfront Park)
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Yellow Warbler (campground)
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American Goldfinch – male (Montana Audubon Center)
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American Goldfinch – female (campground)
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Yellow-breasted Chat (Norm Schoenthal Island)
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Western Wood-Pewee (Riverfront Park)
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Song Sparrow (Norm Schoenthal Island)
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Downy Woodpecker – male (Norm Schoenthal Island)
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If you had to pick a favorite bird or composition within this gallery, which one would you pick?
A third post of a gallery of birds, repeating the bird varieties with different favorite shots, coming next!
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A Gallery of Birds – Part I
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Here’s a gallery of birds, all captured in the past couple weeks, either in our campground or within five miles in local parks. I’ve had no need to go any further for my birding fix! 😉
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Mourning Dove (Norm Schoenthal Island)
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Gray Catbird (Norm Schoenthal Island)
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American Robin (Riverfront Park)
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Blue Jay (Riverfront Park)
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Northern Flicker – Red-shafted male (Riverfront Park)
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Mallard – male juvenile (Riverfront Park)
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Cedar Waxwing (Norm Schoenthal Island)
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Canada Goose (Montana Audubon Center)
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American White Pelican (Riverfront Park)
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If you had to pick a favorite, which one would it be? I always love hearing your choice! 😊
A “Part II” gallery of the smaller birds coming next!
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Three New Birds!
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I hope you’re not getting tired of hearing but…..
I’ve photographed three more birds to add to my lifer list! 💃💃💃
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Cliff Swallows collecting mud along the Yellowstone River (lifer #237)
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Cliff Swallows
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Bullock’s Oriole preening in our campground (lifer #238)
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Bullock’s Oriole preening in our campground
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Black-headed Grosbeak – female collecting berries (lifer #239)
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And her partner, Black-headed Grosbeak – male
(both seen on Norm Schoenthal Island)
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I sure have enjoyed floating on Cloud 9 lately! 😉
I’ve got three galleries of birds coming up, all previously photographed, but to share the variety I’ve been so lucky to see and enjoy.
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White Pelicans Landing
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I couldn’t believe what I saw coming towards me while birding at the Riverfront Park.
Here’s a pair of American White Pelicans coming in for a landing on one of the ponds. They have an incredible wingspan of 8 to 9 1/2 feet!
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American White Pelicans
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American White Pelicans
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American White Pelicans
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I later talked to a park personnel and two locals at the pond, all three said this was the first they’d seen White Pelicans here. Talk about my right place, right time moment!
I’ll share a few more of them in some other posts. 🙂
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The Early Bird Gets The Worm
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A few minutes in the life of the devoted parent, an American Robin.
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“Good morning, I’m here to shop for breakfast. Those kids are up and hungry again!”
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“Ughhh…..you look good….come on out….”
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“Down the hatch, gulp!”
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“Now back to finding more. Gotcha!”
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“This isn’t near enough, I need to find more.”
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“Any over here?”
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“Now if….I can get….this one….”
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“That should do it for this round.
Then I’ll be back to do this again and again, for most of my day.”
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Osprey Family
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It took a few visits before I was finally able to capture this Osprey family complete at the Montana Audubon Center where the nest platform is erected.
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Osprey Family
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Osprey “Mom” and Two Chicks
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Osprey “Dad”
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“Hey, Dad! Isn’t it time to eat (again)?”
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Lazuli Bunting Beauty
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I’ve been birding a few hours here and there in three areas bordering each other along the Yellowstone River — the Riverfront Park, Norm Schoenthal Island, and the Montana Audubon Center. The birds don’t know any fence boundaries, and all three places have been quite rewarding with awesome trails and a great variety of birds!
The Lazuli Bunting was a gem of a surprise for me; not only becoming #236 on my bird lifer list 💃, the males are handsome beauties!
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Bay Photos by Donna 