Sunday, September 27, 2009

Birds from Spring & Summer Outings 2009

Osprey in a nest
Osprey in a nest- Stockton Springs, Maine
Osprey in flight
Osprey in flight- Stockton Springs, Maine
Mom and Dad Osprey
Mom and baby Osprey
Mom and Baby- Stockton Springs
Guarding the nest
Mom and Baby
More of Mom Osprey




Osprey parents



I had a great time this summer photographing the Osprey family again.

Mockingbird- Mocking me?
Haven't you ever seen a bird before?!


Northern Mockingbird, top photo is down at the waterfront this summer... the last 2 are some of my favorites, of birds that have stalked us in town.









a Loon looks for dinner at Sandy Point, Stockton Springs, Maine

A Great Blue Heron flies over.
A Great Blue Heron- Stockton Springs









A Great Blue Heron visits Kenduskeag Stream in Bangor, and another checks out the food at Sandy Point.





A Cooper's Hawk checks out Saxl Park for dinner.





Eastern Kingbird checks out the scenery at the pond in the Bangor City Forest.

Canada Geese at the lake.
Canada Geese on a lawn in York, Maine

Ducks feeding
Ducks swimming up at Great Pond, Northern Maine
Ducks in Kenduskeag Stream








Crows in Bangor, both at home (with a nest next door) and Saxl Park.





A wild turkey (and her older chicks) in Herman







Bald Eagles at Pushaw Lake















Cormorants chillin' and Nesting at Sandy Point.











Bobolinks in Saxl Park

I know that some of this will be a little outdated, but I DID say I would post them. What better time to take a look at some of the birds I saw this past Spring and Summer, but at a time when sadly, they have (for the majority) all headed south. Their voices and sounds are dearly missed on my walks, and the fact that I will soon be moving to the Pacific Northwest makes this even more bittersweet. This season is the last season I will hear and see these particular birds. My beloved Raven family, my little woodpecker friends, all those silly Mockingbirds, the skydiving Eastern Kingbirds over the beaver pond, all the R2D2 Bobolinks in the field, the little sparrows that live in the low bushes in almost any parking lot in town that will even eat chicken McNuggets... So lets look back at the birds I was able to catch with my camera:

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