Wordless Wednesday – allow your photo(s) to tell the story.
Linda Schaub
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Linda Schaub
- Mr. & Mrs. Cardinal (and a pal) partake of peanuts at the Park. #Wordless Wednesday #A favorite vintage ornament.
- Lean, mean and green.
- Which way is Santa Claus? #Wordless Wednesday #Remember those days?
- When there’s wicked wind, wildflowers and …
- Before and after a cup of Joe. #Wordless Wednesday #Sadly, we don’t ALL rise and shine!
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FIFTY FAVORITE PARK PHOTOS
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- Parker noshin’ nuts
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- Fox Squirrel
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- Black Squirrel
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- Parker, my Park cutie!
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- Pekin Duck
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- Mallard Hybrid Duck
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- Midnight munchin’ nuts
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- Mute Swan
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- Goslings
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- Mama Robin
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- Seagulls on ice floe
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- Great Blue Heron
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- Parker chowin’ down
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- Mallard Duck
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- Northern Cardinal
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- Great Blue Heron (“Harry”) fishing for shad
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- Parker: shameless begging
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- Viceroy Butterfly
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- Great Blue Heron
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- American Goldfinch
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- Seagull
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- Robin baby (not fledged yet)
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- Mallard Ducks
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- Robins almost ready to fledge
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- Parker angling for peanuts
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- Robin fledgling
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- Parker making a point that he wants peanuts
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- Parker smells peanuts
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- Parker with a peanut
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- Red-Winged Blackbird
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- Seagull
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- Red-Bellied Woodpecker
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- Pekin Duck
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- Starling
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- Canada Geese family
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- Canada Goose and goslings
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- Red-Winged Blackbird
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- Parker says candy is dandy.
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- Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly
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- American Goldfinch
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- Hunny Bunny
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- Parker looking for peanuts
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- The pier just past sunrise
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- Mute Swan
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- Parker in the snow
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- Parker and a treat
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- Great Blue Heron
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- Me and my shadow (a/k/a Parker)
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- Fox Squirrel
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- Seagull
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- Canada Goose
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- Mallard Ducks
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- Mute Swan
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- Fox Squirrel – Parker
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- Northern Cardinal
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BADGES
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- 02-02-2018
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- 03-13-2018
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- 03-25-2018
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- 03-26-2018
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- Year #6!! 02/2019
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- 04-13-2019
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- 11-21-19
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WALKIN', WRITIN', WIT & WHIMSY 
Wow! Spectacular sandhill crane photos! Those pesky red-winged blackbirds don’t think twice about pestering a bird 20 times their size. It looks like the crane just ignored him. Good strategy!
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Thank you Laurie! I was up close to them when taking the photos. Every time I go to this park, the Red-winged Blackbirds are attacking something … the Ospreys and Sandhill Cranes seem to be their favorite target. It amazes me that they are picking on something 20 times their size!
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I wouldn’t tangle with him!
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Me neither Kate – it’s like David and Goliath. The Sandhill Crane could just stomp on that Red-winged Blackbird with one huge webbed foot.
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Great captures!
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Thank you Linda! I was fairly close to them, so I had a front-row seat to those pecking, pesky Red-winged Blackbirds.
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Is this one crane or more? I think the brown head signifies a juvie from this year.
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There are two of them Dawn … I wish I had more photos of the two of them together, just the last photo you can see a second body. Initially, what I believe is a mated pair, those cranes were not together all Spring, then there were two of them again. I do see a lot of brown on the head … but the juvies don’t get their “red heart” until adults, so it must’ve been an adult and juvie here being pestered by these Red-winged Blackbirds that pick and peck on them all the time.
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Excellent shots Linda! Sharp too!
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Thank you Wayne! I’m glad you liked them. It was quite a show watching them strutting around while the Red-winged Blackbirds were incessantly circling them and trying to peck them.
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Ack! Ack! Ack! I’m being attracted! I just want peace!
Great close up of cranes face, Linda. It looks curious and annoyed.
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Thank you TD – I’m glad you liked the photos. I was happy to get shots of the “red heart” and the cranes are pretty calm, just ignoring the incessant buzzing of the Red-winged Blackbirds around them. I think it did looked annoyed, but it might have been more at me as it heard the shutter button clicking and was curious.
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Beautiful shots! The crane (or cranes?) wasn’t worried at all. 😀
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Thank you Debbie! I was pretty close to them while watching the Red-winged Blackbirds constantly buzzing around them. It was actually two cranes, but it is difficult to tell since I didn’t get them in any photos together, except the last shot where you can see the back of the second crane. They seem fearless of the pests and the Red-winged Blackbirds do this dive-bombing to the geese and ducks on the ground and the Osprey in the air. A little crazy in my opinion. 🙂
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Great looking bird.
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Yes, they are Andy and they make quite a presence in the park.
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Wonderful birds Linda
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Thank you Brian – I really enjoy watching them.
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Oh, the snobbery and poise! Perfect captures of their interactions and the straight-faced look of the crane.
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Ha ha – yes, Esther … some indignation that these pipsqueaks dare intrude on them. 🙂 Thank you, they were quite close to me and I was glad to have captured the look on the crane’s face, along with the pretty red heart on its face as well.
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Very nice! I wonder if their long necks is how the heavy equipment everyone calls a crane got its name.
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Thank you JP – I was right up close to them and the pesky Red-winged Blackbirds. That is a good question because it seems their long necks are as long as those stilt-like legs.
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Beautiful shots of the crane, Linda! They have a regal sense about them, don’t they?
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Thank you Terri. I think they are regal looking as well. They are interesting birds to watch. I have some funny poses of them preening, using those long legs, so I’ll probably call it “Crane Calisthentics”. I was at this park today and I was disappointed as they were nowhere to be found.
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Such a beautiful and large crane! Great shots, Linda!
Many birds are totally gone in my area. I strongly suspect that it is the Avian Flu. I sure hope that they bounce back.
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Thank you Tom! They are magnificent looking aren’t they? I was up close to all the action with David and Goliath here as those Red-winged Blackbirds attacked the cranes for no reason at all – it was not nesting season and there no nest in sight. There is no shortage of Red-winged Blackbirds – I see a lot of them in the marshy areas here. I hope your area birds are not gone as a result of the Avian flu. I keep hearing different reports on this – some say the waterfowl are susceptible, some say they get it, but won’t die from it. But the songbirds are most susceptible and pass it to one another – what a shame if we lose the birds AND the butterflies and bees. I was at Humbug Marsh today and when they opened a few years ago, they planted huge pollinator gardens all over the Refuge. I only saw Cabbage White butterflies – nothing else.
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What a wonderful Sandhill Crane photos. Beautiful Red – wing Black Bird. Excellent captureing.
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Thank you Raj; I am glad you liked them. They are beautiful birds.
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Most welcome , Linda 😊
But sometimes crane attack the other birds. Crane is hace bird, his feathers are heavy!
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Raj, I never hear of the Sandhill Cranes attacking other birds, even though they are so big. Probably most smaller birds would be afraid of them due to their size, but the Red-winged Blackbirds pick on all birds (people too during nesting season if you get too close to the nest). I’ve seen them pick on geese, pecking them on the neck and head.
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Thank you so much your kindness reply. Iam so glad, Linda 😌
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Great pictures, Linda! That crane was having quite a day!
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Thank you Barbara! These are the pictures I told you about awhile ago. Poor crane was getting attacked, but it never responded in kind, just kind of stood there. Today I was at Humbug Marsh and saw an Egret and Great Blue Heron fighting in mid-air. I was taking photos of an Egret in the pond and it got spooked, flew off and next thing I heard a Heron squawking and the two of them clashing in mid-air. I don’t know if they bumped into each other, but soon they each went to a tree and I got those photos and then they were each preening their feathers as if to get rid of the other bird touching their feathers. Interesting behavior.
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I guess you could say the crane was unflappable. 🙂
Birds behavior is so interesting, I could sit and watch them all day long.
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I like that Barbara – unflappable would have been a perfect title for this post as they weren’t perturbed in the least. I find birds fascinating too – this morning at the Park I watched three Blue Jays swoop down from a tree for the same peanut. If you blink you miss it! So I put some more out – more swooping. I didn’t take my camera as it was 95% humidity when I left the house.
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What a beautiful bird, I have never seen one. The red winged blackbirds don’t like it very much. I wonder if it has a nest near by?
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I think they are striking looking birds too Diane. I especially like that unique red heart on their foreheads. They are pretty tall too, so I really don’t understand the Red-winged Blackbirds picking on the Cranes like that. No, there was no nest because they nest in the marsh, low down in the reeds, near the water. There was a marsh nearby, but this was out in a field and no reeds around. I am amazed at this gutsy move. I also had the photos of the Red-winged Blackbird going after an Osprey and that amazed me too.
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Sandhill Cranes are so fascinating. I love to watch them and hear the noises they make.
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I think so too Rebecca. These two Sandhill Cranes seemed to “own” this one area of Lake Erie Metropark and I’m always happy if they’re out and about when I visit there.
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