3/15/2023 0 Comments Colorcast veteran close your eyes![]() A classic case of reduce the habitat and reduce the numbers. They of course use wild non – tilled prairie to nest and feed during the summer months. I understand that across their range, the numbers of this amusing bird are dropping with the reduction in natural grass land turned to mono-crop agricultural uses. Much to their collective dismay I’m sure. Robins, Meadowlarks and Curlews were wading knee deep in the white stuff. This was a late spring snow storm from the spring of 2019. Mostly a flat field grassy nesting bird rather than preferring a hillside with a view as I’ve seen them. I find them driving along the two track trails as I’m on the flats below the higher ridges. Male displays over their nesting territory are impressive with loud ringing callsThey will circle about making lots of fuss trying to lead you away from the nest. They are fussy birds if you come into their domain. These guys are our largest shore bird in North America. It couldn’t get much further away from the ocean as we are only a few hundred miles away from the geographic center of North America. They over winters in wetland marshes and other shore line estuaries. What I like about these guys is that they are grasshopper eating machines in the summer. Since the male and female Curlews look pretty much alike with minor differences in the bill I’m not qualified to call. These guys are sandpipers with obscenely long bills. Title: Warbler and Turtles Sunning COPY IMAGE CODE ![]() Location: Bliss Dinosaur Ranch, Wyoming/Montana borderlands. The time of same day “take the image” and “post the images’ has long since passed lololol. A week is my minimum turn around generally these days. I took images of an early arrival Great Blue Heron this evening that will take a week to publish on line. I saw the first Pronghorn on ranch for the spring this evening on the way to this pond. The grass is obfuscating to the turtles but I will get them next time lolol. This year I’m walking through there with a machete before I plant that camera. That is a bunch of Western Painted Turtles sunning. Most will be out of batteries for various reasons. I have quite a few to gather after the winter isolation. ![]() I run a network of 29 game trail cameras spring through the early winter months. I caught this one several times with this camera though. The Male Warbler with Chestnut colored patches on his chest is not a particularly common bird up here. The heat of the Golden Warbler’s body triggered the camera and caught in freeze frame the turtle race ongoing on the log behind the grass curtain. ![]() I set this up on a landing under a tree to take pictures about 90 degrees to this. I have several 360 degree cameras that sense all around them for heat movement. (I have a big backyard)įirst of all this is a game trail camera capture from last summer. ![]()
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