Maine to Texas and Back to Wisconsin

What is the best caption for this series?

Too much of a good thing?

Occupational hazard?

Trying on a new hat.

It all started innocently enough….

Getting the last drop.

Do I need a hat? 

Who said females are less glamorous than males?

Maybe a bit off more than I can chew?

Doe and Fawn cross the Sheboygan River. Momma looks hungry with her tongue sticking out in anticipation of something good to eat on the other side. Another doe awoken while sleeping in the grass and springing to action for her escape. The youngster following her mother.

Female Hummingbird likes to sample from Christel’s flowers at our front door.

Here we see male feeding the female. Orchard Orioles are much less common here than Baltimore Orioles and are slightly smaller in size.

From iBird Pro: Orchard Oriole: Small oriole with black head, back, and tail, and chestnut-orange shoulder patches, underparts, and rump. Wings are black with single broad white bar; flight feathers have white edges. Female has olive-green upperparts, yellow underparts, and two white wing-bars. Juvenile male resembles female but has black bib and face.

The Pileated Woodpecker is one of the biggest, most striking forest birds on the continent. It’s nearly the size of a crow, black with bold white stripes down the neck and a flaming-red crest. Look (and listen) for Pileated Woodpeckers whacking at dead trees and fallen logs in search of their main prey, carpenter ants, leaving unique rectangular holes in the wood. The nest holes these birds make offer crucial shelter to many species including swifts, owls, ducks, bats, and pine martens.

Photos taken at the “Homeplace” near Plainview Nebraska where my father grew up. Nikon D800E, Nikon 80-400mm, 400mm.

Fortunate to see this beautiful warbler while he was migrating thru Wisconsin this spring.

also known as Scarlet Rose Mallow, American Scarlet Rose Mallow, Swamp Hibiscus, or Crimson Rosemallow. Texas Star Hibiscus is a perennial flowering plant renowned for its striking, large red flowers and robust growth. It thrives in the wild environments of swamps, marshes, and other moist habitats, adapting well to its native conditions. The flowers are one of its most distinctive features. They are large, about 3 to 5 inches (7 to 12 cm) in diameter, trumpet-shaped, and typically bright crimson red. They are adorned with conspicuous, protruding, creamy-white to pale yellow tubes of stamens. This hardy hibiscus can grow 6 to 8 feet (1.8 to 2.4 meters) tall. Seen today at the Green Cay Nature Center and Wetlands in Boynton Beach Florida.