Magee 2019

We just returned from our 15th year of visiting Magee Marsh in northern Ohio for the spring migration. 
We shot for 6 days and had opportunities to see many amazing birds. In addition, we visited with special friends that we see at Magee each year. 
Here are some favorite images from this year's visit. 

 Yellow-Throated Vireo with lunch.

American Redstart Warbler

 Green Heron

 Black & White Warbler

Whippoorwill

Blue-Winged Warbler

 Red-Breasted Nuthatch

Loons & Grebes

Lots of migration movement....loons and grebes are numerous at CJ Brown!

Ducks!

I love the spring and all of the changes it brings....

Every year, the low spot in the cornfield across the road collects the spring run-off and then the ducks!

The morning light makes the colors pop....what a lovely experience. 

Red Heads

Wright Patterson Short-eared Owls

Pretty Boy

I was on my way home from work this morning....the first snowfall was in progress. 
Standing in a field adjacent to the road was a gorgeous buck.

Zooming out, you can see that he was courting a doe, and had some possible competition....a little spike buck!

Asters Blooming

Assorted butterflies & moths from Old Reid today. The asters are blooming and attracting many beauties!

Great Blue Heron with More Than He Could Handle!

I was watching this Great Blue Heron fish today and was surprised to see him dive, then run up to the top of the ridge. Later, while checking my pics, I saw that he actually grabbed a rock and a fish. He apparently realized that if he dropped the rock, he's lose the fish too, so he went to higher ground to keep his catch. Clever boy!!!

Webs....

It's that spidery time of year....and the meadow was draped in lacy, dewy webs this morning. 
I picked up a new Fuji camera body....the X-T3. Improvements include faster tracking subject lock-on. This shot was taken with the new camera....I'm impressed with the colors and light handling, but will have to wait to check out the tracking. 

Butterflies

Spiders

Spiny Softshell Turtle

I see this big 'ole fellow sunning at OLD Reid Park occasionally, but have never seen his neck extended so much. 
#NTPRD
#OldReidPark

Macro Time Again!

Strawberry Moon

I have so much fun shooting moon pics with the Fuji XT-20!
One of the functions is a double exposure, and I've spent a lot of time refining the use of it for moon and cloud images.
When you use he double exposure feature, you can select different settings for the two images. In the image below, I set my first exposure for Multi exposure to capture the pine boughs. This overexposed the moon. For the second image, I changed to spot metering and metered on the moon. 

I used a similar technique for this image.