Red-Shouldered Hawk

 The local Red-Shouldered Hawks have been calling and patrolling the neighborhood for most of the month  Today one provided a photo-op when it flew low over my house.

    Earlier in the week it posed at eye level in my wooded lot.

   Below are photos taken at Ludington Harbor yesterday morning.

Red-breasted Merganser pair

Early Common Loon

Horned Grebe in transition plumage.

  

Easter Egg Hunt gone wrong

Now Where Were We.

 It has been a couple weeks since the last update.  Here are a few photos coinciding with winter's end.

Purple Finch at my house

Red Breasted Merganser at Pt Mouillee

Horned Grebe at Ludington Harbor

Marlboro Man looking for a light

Ludington Light

New Yardbirds (#116)....Cedar Waxwings

Sure sign of spring....Tundra Swans

Venus and Mercury with Little Sable Lighthouse

   From before the days of Aristotle it was thought that certain animals spontaneously generated under the right conditions.  It wasn't until the mid-19th century, through the work of Louis Pasteur and John Tyndall, that fruitflies, mice and raccoons stopped materializing from decaying fruit, grain and sunflower seeds respectively.  I imagine the recipe went something like this.......

   Step 1- Place sunflower seeds in large container with unsecured lid

   Step 2 -Leave overnight in cool dark area.

   Step 3 -Enjoy

Note : For Black Bear replace seeds with Broasted Chicken then place in a restaurant dumpster instead of garbage can

                

   A party can still spontaneously arise when a dog wears a hat.  Whether he gets invited to the party is another matter.

Roadkill? Not So Fast

  

      As I was leaving work this morning, I pulled out of the compound right behind one of the midnight-shift security guards.  As we got about a mile down the road, I saw something glance off of the guard's car and land on the edge of the road.  I suspected that it was a bird so I turned around to check on it.  What I found was an Eastern Screech Owl lying motionless with one of its wings outstretched and eyes barely open.

    

   I picked up the dazed bird and put it in my car with plans to take it to a rehabber if it survived.  When I got home I placed it in an aquarium with a shallow bowl of water.  Within minutes it was reviving and splashing the water all over itself and the aquarium.  When it became apparent that its wings were fine I took it outside and placed it in one of my spruce trees.  I took a couple of photos and promptly texted them to a friend and my daughters.  By the time I sent the texts I looked up and it was gone.  

The Watt House has no comment at this tahm.

   For some reason my friend suggested I name it Sarah Huckabilly.  I thought it resembled a couple of other pop culture icons.

Ack

You should shee the other guy