a smiling Palm Warbler
a colorful Baltimore Oriole
an adventures Skunk
a chipping Red Squirrel
a pair of nesting Mourning Doves
a hiding Black-and-white Warbler
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Welcome to the mon@rch nature blog and I hope you join us in some of our nature adventures through the Allegany State Park area!
I am a naturalist, field biologist and nature photographer from the Western New York area. I have started exploring nature writing through this blog and it truly has been fun sharing my numerous adventures with everyone. Thanks to the many other authors that help me with my post and they will be sharing some of their nature explorations.
I have always had a latent interest in birds and photography and have been lucky enough to find time to explore these interests over the last few years. I am very thankful to the Cattaraugus County Bird Club for getting me started, sharing their wealth of knowledge and for their wonderful programs. And many thanks to Tom for letting me share some of my adventures and photos on the Monarch Nature Blog.
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Fantastic photos! That is the most brilliant Baltimore oriole I have ever seen!
24 May 2009 at 12:12 pm
Great photos but I did notice that you didn’t get a close up of the skunk. tee hee…
24 May 2009 at 2:16 pm
Great photos–although that’s as close to the skunk as I would get.
24 May 2009 at 7:26 pm
That palm warbler reminds me of the mad bluebird. Perhaps you should start a line of novelty mugs and t-shirts. Also, did you get my email?
24 May 2009 at 10:44 pm
That’s funny…he looks angry to me 😉 But a very cool shot, indeed!
25 May 2009 at 6:49 am
Oooooooo, that oriole! I could drown in that color!
25 May 2009 at 7:56 am
I love the photo of the Baltimore Oriole. Even though we have a lot of mourning doves, I have never seen one of their nests.
25 May 2009 at 9:41 am
The Baltimore Oriole is fantastic Tom, I have one in my yard and he won’t come down out of our big sycamore tree for anything..
I have tried oranges ,feeder and grape jelly, I see and hear him singing and flying about but will never come down to the yard !!
25 May 2009 at 3:56 pm
Hi Tom – I hope you had a nice holiday. I enjoyed your photos.
26 May 2009 at 10:33 am
We loved the great picture of the Palm Warbler. We just saw our first one a few weeks ago in southern Wisconsin, and were so pleased to see a still here on your site, since our photos weren’t quite as clear . . . =)
26 May 2009 at 10:52 am
Great shots – looks nice and green where you are. I have to get out locally soon…
26 May 2009 at 2:25 pm
Beautiful photos. That skunk looks like it is on a mission! I would not want to get tooo close!
27 May 2009 at 4:03 pm
Isn’t green a wonderful colour? These all capture that wonderful holiday feeling
1 June 2009 at 10:31 am