As you can maybe tell by my header shot, I have been somewhere other than southern Indiana. We spent the last weekend near Toledo, Ohio where we had gone for our nephew's wedding. We stayed at Maumee Bay State Park, and it is a beautiful place to stay even in the winter. In between wedding stuff, we went birding (of course!).
I got to see a new bird for me....a Snow Bunting! I didn't get any really excellent shots, but they sure are cute little birds. I like the cinnamon color on their heads and the big white patches on the wings.
There were two of them and picking them out of their surroundings was a real challenge at times.
You can see here how well it blends with the driftwood mess on the beach.
"You mean you can't see me???"
My closest shot. I seem to have a lot of trouble with backgrounds that are light like this, but I know it is the photographer and not the camera :-) "Point and shoot" just doesn't work well in some settings.
The front and back view.
They have beautiful feathers and patterns.
Strolling the beach together.
There was a large band of shells on the beach and they were picking around in them.
I'm not quite sure if I am looking at Maumee Bay or Lake Erie, but basically it is one and the same.
More photos of birds we saw in my next post.
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10 comments:
These are great shots of the Snow Buntings. The do camouflage well.
Pretty bird! The sure do fit into their surroundings--You have to look twice to see them.
I looked for a post earlier this morn...actually, probably just missed it cause I had been up a while when I looked. Those are sure cute little birds...I had never seen nor heard of them.
HI Mary...lucky you...these are great..love the one where they are side by side , and they show up real well!!
Grace
Bound for you to find a new bird!!!
That must have been a fun trip...wedding and birding.
Snow Buntings are new to me as well. I think you did very well with your point-and-shoot.
Hi Mary, Sounds like you had a great trip to Toledo.. Those Snow Buntings are gorgeous. I've never seen one... Awesome little birds!!!
Hugs,
Betsy
Thank you everyone! It was a beautiful place and I would really like to go back. There were a lot of nature reserves along that stretch of lake that would be nice to explore.
I thought you did splendly with all that camouflage everywhere! I have never seen a Snow Bunting. A delightful little bird.
That beach front looks like a great place to hunt for beach glass.
B.
They were posing for you! :-) They are wonderful little birds! I am so glad you got to see them!
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