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eburgbirdwtchr

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Re: Flyway Cam NFWR La Crosse
« Reply #1215 on: August 11, 2020, 10:11:15 PM »
STL--can't seem to get my pic copied and pasted but it's the Sandhills sunning themselves as in your capture, but with the Canadian geese filing by behind them (around 5 pm cdt)
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Re: Flyway Cam NFWR La Crosse
« Reply #1216 on: August 12, 2020, 12:29:28 PM »
We love that heraldic, sunning pose from any birds!

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Re: Flyway Cam NFWR La Crosse
« Reply #1217 on: August 12, 2020, 03:22:32 PM »
August 12-13, 2020 -- Pickerel Frog  --  Flyway

Great find by cam operator.  Could be a Northern Leopard frog or Pickerel frog

Last pic has yellow on inside of thigh, indicating a Pickerel frog.

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Re: Flyway Cam NFWR La Crosse
« Reply #1218 on: August 12, 2020, 03:46:44 PM »
Rewind to about 2:30 PM to see several basking turtles who are shedding their scutes, the scales that make up their top shell. They grow the shell to fit their bodies, and the old scutes shed off. The larger turtle is a Northern Map Turtle. Not sure about the little one.

And at about 3:00, closeups of several shore birds feeding. Don't know the species, but they DANCE to stir up prey in the shallow water.

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Re: Flyway Cam NFWR La Crosse
« Reply #1219 on: August 13, 2020, 12:07:31 PM »
Rewind to about 8:00 this morning for BE feeding on a bird. Unclear what kind of bird, possibly a tall, wading type, from looks of long narrow wing. Lots of white underbody feathers.

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Re: Flyway Cam NFWR La Crosse
« Reply #1220 on: August 13, 2020, 05:11:08 PM »
This seems to defy gravity!


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Re: Flyway Cam NFWR La Crosse
« Reply #1221 on: August 14, 2020, 04:04:03 PM »
Wendy, perfect pic for "Joy of Life"    ;D
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Re: Flyway Cam NFWR La Crosse
« Reply #1222 on: August 17, 2020, 11:43:55 AM »
Monday morning, busy time with many birds doing their thing.

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Re: Flyway Cam NFWR La Crosse
« Reply #1223 on: August 19, 2020, 04:45:10 PM »
One of the "Alice Cooper" BEs is on watch at 4:30 PM. Flyway chatters have dubbed the pair as the Coopers because both have the black rings around their eyeballs.

Earlier, about 3:30 or 4:00, another species of water bird, I think Caspian Terns, were landing and puttering in the shallows. Anyone have a different ID?

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Re: Flyway Cam NFWR La Crosse
« Reply #1224 on: August 20, 2020, 03:17:23 PM »
Yesterday I posted the same pic of the terns two times. Must look before I post!
Now I can't find the BE pic. They will be back I'm sure.
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Re: Flyway Cam NFWR La Crosse
« Reply #1225 on: August 20, 2020, 03:25:18 PM »
Mystery pic found. My error again, with the wrong month (7 JULY instead of 8 AUGUST) for both the terns & BE. So fixed and re-posted in case anyone cares besides me.   :(

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Re: Flyway Cam NFWR La Crosse
« Reply #1226 on: August 22, 2020, 04:02:59 PM »
Saturday afternoon at the Flyway with hundreds of birds to choose from. The cam ops found these (I think) Lesser Yellowlegs for some closeup viewing around 2:30 PM.

I'm certainly no expert on most of the smaller shorebirds, but the pics at "All About Birds" matched my choice the closest.  What do you-all think?

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Re: Flyway Cam NFWR La Crosse
« Reply #1227 on: August 24, 2020, 03:42:22 PM »
Looks like a picture postcard, how pretty and majestic he/she is!

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Re: Flyway Cam NFWR La Crosse
« Reply #1228 on: August 24, 2020, 04:51:22 PM »
Quote from: monarch on August 24, 2020, 03:42:22 PM
Looks like a picture postcard, how pretty and majestic he/she is!

Love that pic, monarch!
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Re: Flyway Cam NFWR La Crosse
« Reply #1229 on: August 25, 2020, 11:12:35 AM »
Eagles at the Flyway this morning.



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