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Photography => Ontario Birds => Topic started by: Shortsighted on June 11, 2025, 11:14:35 AM

Title: June 10th
Post by: Shortsighted on June 11, 2025, 11:14:35 AM

I visited Cranberry marsh early yesterday morning in hopes of finding the Willet previously reported but I couldn't find it anywhere, although I now realize that there is one spot that I failed to investigate because I'm not too swift at that early hour.  There were Canada geese but little else.  I called out "Willet!" in my best impression of Marlon Brando in On the Waterfront because I didn't really expect the bird to respond to "Stella!"  All to no avail ... so, I moved on.

 (https://photos.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-2cGHb54/0/KMP362SsjZ8sFV8r3JVKPn6DBqMgNXCzXCP78x3rp/M/Snapper%2C10th-M.png) (https://steinphotography.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-2cGHb54/A)
Snapping turtle


(https://photos.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-nhrC4Ls/0/LMdnpP4h5vrkRX8MzjDD5ZpMzJkjTzcHd4jDsXVxW/M/Kingbird%2C10th%2Ccropped-M.png) (https://steinphotography.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-nhrC4Ls/A)
Eastern Kingbird


(https://photos.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-XXvknQt/0/KwzqKd7tPDw3bhRxBntVzRvQb9cDCjrhjq2CGR3QF/M/Savannah%20on%20wire%2C6%2Ccropped-M.png) (https://steinphotography.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-XXvknQt/A)
Savannah sparrow


(https://photos.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-NPCvVtz/0/Mt3mZFvsZqJDzn694Jg6Jrd5fb6VcXFWDWNgRDbPB/M/Bobolink%2Cdark%20eye%2Ccropped-M.png) (https://steinphotography.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-NPCvVtz/A)
Bob O. Link


(https://photos.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-nnMMps9/0/M7Qpj8StPmbbPKZFsmMFZfX9cbx5RKsV5nxrKTNJb/M/Snipe%20head%2Ccropped-M.png) (https://steinphotography.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-nnMMps9/A)
Snipe


(https://photos.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-p5KhKw8/0/K6Ccjzd8fhtCC6Vm3tZLvb68zmdmFT9bwdRShQtBP/M/Yellow%20warbler%2C10%2Ccropped-M.png) (https://steinphotography.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-p5KhKw8/A)
Yellow warbler


(https://photos.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-pGZnX7H/0/Mjm4xPKmtqSBvwqXNTqtCkvvJK4qxrgn8SddZ67RR/M/Osprey%20head%2C10th%2Ccropped-M.png) (https://steinphotography.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-pGZnX7H/A)
Osprey

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-BXWQkb2/0/Ktbm4N7NL3BWLtjMqSVzPdfZ9dKGLbLmWRwDdrnXM/M/Osprey%2Cin%20air%2Cclose%2Ccropped-M.png) (https://steinphotography.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-BXWQkb2/A)
Two tails

Title: Re: June 10th
Post by: Dr. John on June 12, 2025, 10:25:21 AM

I like the detail of just one tail piece of the fish left in the osprey's talons.

Title: Re: June 10th
Post by: Shortsighted on June 12, 2025, 11:16:06 AM

Good!  If you like it, then my work is done.  They say that a picture is worth a thousand words, so there is a story.  A thousand words would be an essay, or one hell of an elaborate excuse.  I call this story 'The Tale of Two Tails'.  What little was left of this fish, let's call it the tail-piece, or a nice piece of tail, was taken back to the nest for the chicks, who I'm quite sure love a tail, or two.