April, 2010 Edition
Winter is finally passed and spring has arrived. This young male Cooper's Hawk has been busy building a nest. See Cooper's Hawks I to see what this pair of hawks is up to.
This is the female Cooper's Hawk. Notice that the stripes on her breast are vertical instead of horizontal as on the male above. This indicates that she is a second-year bird. It's unusual for them to mate in their second year, but occurs about 20% of the time. Here she is eating a squirrel that she just caught. See Cooper's Hawks II to see more of this young female.
A White-breasted Nuthatch strikes a characteristic pose on the side of a tree. These and other songbirds are beginning their spring activities. For more spring birds see Song Birds.
A pair of Canada Geese enjoy the freedom of the wetlands just after the last ice has melted. See Water Fowl to see what our aquatic birds are doing this spring.
Two does passed through the woods near Killbuck Creek looking for the first sprouts of spring. See White-tailed Deer.
This visitor from the other side of the world has been seen off and on all winter around the northern Shadyside Lake. See Shelduck to see more pictures of this rarity.
Screen Savers
This month, Birds of Madison County brings you three high resolution pictures. Clicking on one of the images below will cause the corresponding high resolution image to be downloaded to your browser. You may save this image by dragging it to your desktop or using the "SAVE" command on the File menu. These images are large and may require a little time to download, depending on the speed of your Internet connect. The size of the picture in pixels and of the file in bytes is given for each picture.AOL Users should use Internet Explorer instead of AOL's browser to download these images.
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Canada Goose
A male Canada Goose keeps watch while his flock feeds nearby next to the Killbuck Wetlands.
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Cooper's Hawk
A young female Cooper's Hawk watches in the rain for prey to appear.
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White-tailed Deer
A White-tailed doe is startled from her grazing by the click of the camera.
2400 X 1800 pixels; 772K Bytes.
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Tom and Jean Harbron
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