The Paparazzi Arrived?

I tried to get closer to capture a better photo - I overheard the orange bill guy say, ‘Act natural,’ but they all bolted when the paparazzi showed up!

It has been a while since we saw a American Black Duck. The males have a yellow bill. They were just floating around on this fishing pod at Garbry Big Woods Reserve.

~ Rick

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Still Hanging Around

We are not seeing as much variety but this American Goldfinch found our cameras a couple days ago. Beautiful.

~ Rick

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And There She Was

I have been trying to photograph a Carolina Wren for months. What normlly occurs is we are hiking and hear one, but can't locate it. This has happned so many times this year. Sometiems I even hear two of them only to be frustrated. One day this week we were at Big Woods and out of the blue this beautiufl Carolina Wren landed in a tree just a few feet away. Thanks my friend.

~ Rick

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A Regular Customers

For the past few weeks we have been luck to see this pair of Blue Jays almost every day. They come to this bird feeder at big Woods. We park the car, make sure the feeder has the goods, then wait. I don't have the numbers but its at least 80% of the time they show up. They are our best customer and make for a wonderful experience.

~ Rick

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