Thursday, December 29, 2016

Birds and beauty of 2016

Celebrating the New Year by mining the archives for some memories of 2016

 January--

 Sky: Stormy sunrise

 Reflections in flooded prairie HDR 20160131

 Critters: Pride and Jewel:

 Bald Eagles Powershot SX700 HS 30x plus 1.3 digital 20160129

 February--

 The boardwalk at Wellington Preserve:

 Wellington boardwalk HDR 20160221

 Loggerhead Shrike and budding Red Maple:

 Loggerhead Shrike 5-20160221

 March--

 Eastern Towhee singing a spring song:

 Eastern Towhee 05-20160305

 April--

 Green Heron tending to newly hatched chick:

 Green Heron 17-5 with hatchlings HDR 02-20160413
Two-dimensional Black-necked Stilts:

 Black-necked Stilts 5-20160412

 May--

 Bounding White-tailed Deer:

 White-tailed Deer running 2-20160530

 White-eyed Vireo:

 White-eyed Vireo portrait 20160526

 Tricolored Heron:

 Tricolored Heron 03-20160519

 June--

 56th Wedding Anniversary family reunion in Colorado

 Family reunion HDR 01-20160615

 Final approach into Chicago Midway Airport:

 Chicago approach 20160604

 July--

 Leaping White-tail buck:

 White-tail buck HDR 20160730

 Common Nighthawk:

 Common Nighthawk 91-20160720

 August--

Juvenile Bald Eagle "Spirit:"

 Bald Eaglet HDR 02-20160717

 Northern Mockingbird on lakeside natural wreath:

 Northern Mockingbird juvenile 20160717

 Marsh Rabbit:

 Marsh Rabbit 01-20160830

 September--

 Merlin:

 Merlin HDR 20160918

Adult Green Heron:

 Green Heron HDR 20160916

 October--

 Chipmunk on fence:

 Chipmunk 3-20161017

 A brace of Mallards:

 Mallards HDR 20161014

 November--

 Bald Eagles getting ready for a new breeding season:

 Bald Eagles 09093  touching beaks 20161128

 December--

 White Peacock:

 White Peacock 20161219

 Blue Jay:

 Blue Jay 20161216


 Sending you all Best Wishes for a happy, healthy  and prosperous 2017. Thanks so much for visiting!

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Linking to Misty's  CAMERA CRITTERS,

Linking to Eileen's SATURDAY'S CRITTERS,

Linking to GOOD FENCES by Gosia

Linking to SKYWATCH FRIDAY by Yogi, Sylvia and Sandy

Linking to WEEKEND REFLECTIONS by James

Linking to BirdD'Pot by Anni

Linking to Wild Bird Wednesday by Stewart

Linking to Today's Flowers Friday by Denise

Linking to Wordless Wednesday (on Tuesday) by NC Sue

Linking to ALL SEASONS by Jeannette
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30 comments:

  1. LindaDecember 29, 2016 at 11:17 AM

    A wonderful and beautiful series, Kenneth! Thank you so much for sharing, and Happy New Year to you. :)

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  2. MichelleDecember 29, 2016 at 12:14 PM

    You have some excellent photos in your archives! Best wishes for a fantastic 2017!

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  3. Author R. Mac WheelerDecember 29, 2016 at 12:35 PM

    Oh...lovely collection of Mother's gifts.

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  4. LindaDecember 29, 2016 at 7:50 PM

    Wonderful pictures! Happy new year!

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  5. LeaDecember 29, 2016 at 8:08 PM

    A beautiful series of photos!
    The Green Heron with the chick is very special - wonderful!
    Happy New Year!

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  6. The Furry GnomeDecember 29, 2016 at 9:17 PM

    That's a spectacular collection of photos to have for a year-end review! You must have had a good year, at least photographically.

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  7. Spare Parts and PicsDecember 29, 2016 at 10:39 PM

    A beautiful way to remember the year and kick off the New Year!!

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  8. Karen @ Beatrice EuphemieDecember 29, 2016 at 11:59 PM

    These are wonderful! Love the Green Heron and the leaping buck! Great recap of the year! Wishing you a Happy New Year!

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  9. GosiaDecember 30, 2016 at 1:02 AM

    wow what a great nature, thanks for linking

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  10. Yogi♪♪♪December 30, 2016 at 11:33 AM

    Great review of the year. Some exquisite photography and editing you have here.

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  11. LotisDecember 30, 2016 at 8:27 PM

    priceless photos..

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  12. Tanya BreeseDecember 30, 2016 at 10:12 PM

    Wow I feel like I'm looking at the Nat Geo site! Gorgeous photos! Happy New Year!

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  13. marshaDecember 30, 2016 at 10:48 PM

    Super photos...I love the pair of stilts!

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  14. eileeninmdDecember 31, 2016 at 5:47 AM

    Hello Ken, wonderful sightings and memories of 2016. Great post! Thank you for linking up and sharing your post. Happy weekend! I wish you and your family all the best in 2017 and a very Happy New Year!

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  15. RajeshDecember 31, 2016 at 8:57 AM

    Awesome birds. Wish you Happy New Year.

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  16. carol l mckennaDecember 31, 2016 at 10:23 AM

    Fantastic critter series from the year ~ love the rabbit and dear ~ thanks,

    Wishing you a Happy and Healthy New Year ~ ^_^

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  17. A Colorful WorldDecember 31, 2016 at 12:14 PM

    An amazing year and amazing photos!!!!

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  18. Thomas LeeDecember 31, 2016 at 2:26 PM

    love the board walk shot

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  19. ~Lavender Dreamer~December 31, 2016 at 4:56 PM

    Wow! What a fantastic year you've had! I love that Mama green heron with her chick the best! I don't think we've seen a green heron yet! Happy new year!

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  20. NCSueJanuary 2, 2017 at 1:50 PM

    All of these are wonderful, but I'm especially entranced by the bird shots... the heron and the eagles are marvelous.
    Thanks for linking up at http://image-in-ing.blogspot.com/2017/01/church-of-primacy-of-peter.html

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  21. AnonymousJanuary 2, 2017 at 5:52 PM

    The eagles are like a royal family among birds -so majestic. As a landscape painter I LOVE the first capture, but all other captures are just as stunning! Many thanks for sharing them with ALL SEASONS! A happy New Year to you!
    and by the way, I go by Jesh:):) (it's complicated-smile)

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  22. betty-NZJanuary 3, 2017 at 1:18 AM

    Great post! May the new year bring you wonderful things to photograph.

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  23. AnuJanuary 3, 2017 at 2:01 AM

    Fantastics photos!
    Happy New Year to you!

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  24. Nancy ChanJanuary 3, 2017 at 7:14 AM

    Beautiful photos and wonderful memories from your archives. Happy new year to you!

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  25. Sallie (FullTime-Life)January 3, 2017 at 6:54 PM

    Happy New Year to both of you birders and thanks for this beautiful review of your good year!

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  26. Findlay WildeJanuary 4, 2017 at 5:23 AM

    An absolutely fantastic selection of wildlife images. I particularly liked that Eastern Towhee.

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  27. Stewart MJanuary 4, 2017 at 6:07 AM

    Now thats not a bad archive all in all is it!

    Cheers and (a slightly belated) Happy New Year - Stewart M - Melbourne

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  28. Judy BiggerstaffJanuary 4, 2017 at 11:40 AM

    Neat shot of the Stilts, I like how their color patterns seem to cross in the image. Looks like you had a great year with your bird images and family. Happy New Year Ken.

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  29. Sue (this n that)January 4, 2017 at 6:06 PM

    Hi Kenneth, you've a charmingly eclectic mix of photographs in your archived memories.
    A dramatic sky kicked them off. I can imagine that area teeming with wildlife too.
    You're very talented with the camera and I really enjoyed looking through this post.
    Cheers now :D)

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  30. Sallie (FullTime-Life)January 8, 2017 at 2:19 PM

    Beautiful collection Kenneth. Happy New Year. I love the Stilts and the amazing white-eyed vireo picture.

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