Got My Yard Pelican 5/21/2020

   Since I moved to the lakeshore I've suspected that one day I'd add an American White Pelican to my yard list.  I came close on Sunday when I was leaving my worksite a mile up the road and noticed a group of 6 Pelicans off shore from the plant.  I quickly drove home, grabbed the camera and raced back to work but the birds had left by the time I returned.  At the time I thought if I had headed to edge of my bluff I may have been able to get a flyby shot as the small flock moved on.

White speck to the left of center is an American White Pelican

   This morning I did some yard birding after work. From the edge of my bluff I noticed a large white bird off shore from my worksite.

Cropped version of previous photo

      After just a few moment the large bird took flight and fortuitously headed my direction.

Yardbird  #120

   Also this morning while birding the street-side of my property I noticed a motionless doe with a distressed look.  I initially thought she might be injured but a view through binoculars revealed the reason(s) for her anxiety. 

Doe with one of her two newborns.

   Red-headed Woodpeckers are being seen daily, usually flying over but this one stopped for a snack.

  A couple of other photogenic birds also posed for portraits.

Pine Warbler 4/18/2017

    I think I've been hearing at least one Pine Warbler around the yard for the past few days.  Today it came out in the open for a couple of minutes and I was able to get a few shots of it.

  It was only the second Pine Warbler that I've seen from the yard and it arrived six days earlier than last year.

   Speaking of birds that I've only seen twice in the yard, a Eastern Towhee stopped by last week for a photo shoot.

    The local Pileated Woodpecker hadn't visited the yard since February but he came by yesterday to destroy a suet cake.