August, 2010 Edition
A Spangled Fritillary butterfly was photographed by Joyce Coleman in Virginia. See Virginia Birds for more butterfly and bird pictures by Joyce.
A mother Robin and her baby enjoy a moment together in the security of a well hidden nest, but not for long. See Fledgling Robin to find out what happened next.
This bird looks like an advertisement for a paint company, but it's really a male Painted Bunting. See Painted Buntings for more of these colorful birds.
Looking like it's just been thrown out of bed, this fledgling Baltimore Oriole is getting its first look at the world beyond the nest. See Hardys' Orioles to follow the adventures of this new bird.
July was the month for berries and this male American Goldfinch flaps his wings as he reaches for a mulberry. More local birds may be seen at Indiana Birds.
We have a sad story about this female Bluebird from Tanya Whitaker, in northern Indiana. See Strays for her story, a follow up on a lost bird, and a few other things.
Special thanks this month to Mick and Connie Hardy, Paul Harbron, Joyce Coleman, and Tanya Whitaker whose pictures added so much to this edition.
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 connection. 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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Great Blue Heron Nest
A Great Blue Heron tends her nest high above the waters of the Dora Canal in Florida.
2400 X 1600 pixels; 1184K Bytes.
Mixed Flock
A mixed flock of Great and Snowy Egrets and White Ibis feed at Woodruff NWR.
3000 X 1500 pixels; 952K Bytes.
Water Lilly
A Water Lilly unfolds its blossom to float gently among the leaves.
2400 X 1600 pixels; 444K Bytes.
We hope you enjoy the pictures. Your comments are welcome and may be sent to us at this address:
Tom and Jean Harbron
Birds of Madison County thanks the Midwest Antique Fruit Jar & Bottle Club for providing the hosting web site.
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