Tag: nest

Summer Tanager Nest

birds, wildlife

This image of a mamma Summer Tanager visiting her newly developing nest was taken a few weeks ago.  She should now be busy raising young.  I have decided not to invade her space unless I can get to this location and set up in a blind before first light.  Unfortunately, this would be quite the feat at this time of year.  The drive to Hawn SP, where the nest is located, is about 1.5 hours from my front door.  I wish her luck and thanks to Steve who found the nest and provided a great map and directions for me.

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Mondays Are For The Birds – Red-shouldered Hawks

birds, Mondays Are For The Birds

Monday greetings, human.  Another great day at work instead of taking pictures of birds.  I heard the migratory songbird fallout was quite nice around the St. Louis area today.  Good thing I was at work.  One or two days a week being able to do what I want just doesn’t seem to be enough anymore.  I will have a week’s vacation coming up next month, but that seems a long way off.

Anyway, I’m finally getting around to processing some photos of the Red-shouldered Hawk nest I photographed over several weeks this past May.  Here, this little one is showing off one of those innate behaviors.  I’m sure those of you with human babies wish they could do something like this a lot earlier than they do.  Have a great week.

“Red-shouldered Hawk Nest”

Technical details: Canon EOS 7D camera,  EF400mm f/5.6L USM lens, ISO 640,  f/6.3, 1/250 sec