Wednesday, April 30, 2014

FOOD FIGHT!

 A happy Caspian Tern, so proud, with his freshly caught meal...and then...

 ...the epitome of laziness...one of those gray and white birds...
A Ring-billed Gull! 
Ick.

 Like certain, unnamed right winged, corporate backed politicians...
this gull...this usurper...tries to steal the food right out of his hard working mouth.
(Pretty clever political tie in, eh?)

 "Psych!"
You can't always fool those that work hard for their meals!

 But those evil greedy gulls don't give up.
He's gotta try a different angle.
"Yeah, I'm gonna do you a favor by taking that fish off of your hands...or beak."

"Oops. Is that your head I'm waterboarding...uh, I mean holding underwater?"

 A little arm...wing twisting never hurt anyone...

 One good tern deserves another...kick in the stomach!
"Stoopid Gull!"

 Once again, the wiser tern wins the battle!

The ring-billed republican...I...uh...gull didn't see that coming!

Thank you...this has been a not so subtle message from your local neighborhood, tree hugging, bird loving, left "wing" blogger. Pay attention out there! Elections are coming up and you don't want your food or well being stolen from you.

Sunday, April 27, 2014

A Little Blue...

 He's a Little Blue because he's a little lost...

 We had a nice spring walk at Sandy Ridge Reservation a couple of weeks ago...and it didn't snow! Maybe it really is spring...shhh!

A Little Blue Heron has been there for over a week, wandering through the marsh, feeding on all the yummy fish, frogs and who knows what else. Just a little bit out of his range, we don't see them often along Lake Erie! Plus we had a our first warbly of the year...now to get ready for the invasion...
 
He's hiding back there somewhere...

 Did you ever taste something that wasn't quite right?

 Then do this?
Ack!

 Sportin' his special hair do...oh baby...

 "Um, guys...what are they doing?"
Snapping turtles getting snappy...

 Little by little, the trees are rotting away in the wetlands.

 Enjoying the muck and mire, a Sora plays with it's food.

 Song Sparrows like to play in the mud too!

 A bevy of bootys!
...of the Blue-winged Teal type.

 AAAHHH!
A headless bird!

 "HA! Got ya!"
Doh, it's only a smart Alec American Robin.

 Our first warbly thing of the year...a Yellow-rumped Warbly.
Appropriate for this blog...
 
 The woodlands are still a bit flooded.
 
 Puddle ducks like this Mallard are loving it!
 
 The Doodles likes the bridge...she doesn't like wet feet.

 Red-winged Blackbirds are already screaming about their little plots of marsh.

I have a Sora butt.
Ha! That's a funny one...