photo sharing: favorite pictures of mn nature : Misc

[mnfishingal]

Here's a sampling of other nature photos, most taken in the Detroit Lakes, Park Rapids area. The hardest to get was the heron flying through the fog one morning. I took many shots and the one posted turned out the best (shutter speed was way too slow). Anyway....Enjoy!!

[finnbay]

I haven't seen a Baltimore oriole since I was a kid! Thanks for sharing!

[Dbl]

Some nice variety here! Nice to start thinking of open water and green grass again!

[MN Shutterbug]

Very nice shots.

It's been quite a few years since I've seen an oriole, too. However, the lady's backyard where I got my cardinal photos, tells me that every spring she gets baltimore orioles. She's had up to 8 in her backyard at one time. I think I like my new friend. She also gets cedar waxwings. And, she gets free photos from me.

[Steve Foss]

Gal, I love that fox pic. That and the dew-covered webs are real winners in my book. Thanks for sharing them with us!

[mmeyer]

All very nice shots. I like the fox also and Orioles are one of my favorite birds, not so much for the bird but for the song. Nothing better to wake up to than an oriole singing.

Thanks for sharing

Mike

[dukhnt]

Gotta say my favorite is that cute little fox. Nice photos. Hopefully soon I can shake this cold and get out and take some pics. Sun is finally shining and I feel miserable.

[reelemin]

very nice !!!

really like the spider web.

[Jim Almquist]

Denise those are some very nice shots but I really love the capture of the fox-what a cool shot.

[mnfishingal]

Thanks to eveyone for your feedback. The fox was alot of fun to photograph. He was as curious about me as I was of him. I have a few shots of him some ways back before as he was checking me out. In most of them, he was partially obscured by grasses and bushes he was peering around and are not as appealing to me as this one.

We feed the orioles all summer. They love grape jelly and while it has been hard to get a natural shot of them in the trees, they seem to pose sometimes at our jelly feeders. It was really a treat when the adults brought the young ones to eat jelly. First, the little ones sat in the trees a little ways away where the adults brought beaks full of jelly to them. Then the little ones came to the jelly feeders. I'll ty to post a couple pics if I can find them. Needless to say, they were quite messy eaters and when I would get up in the morning, there would be little jelly tracks across the picnic table, and sometimes on the hood of my car. Anyway, that is my experience in trying to capture some of the photos.

Thanks again for your thoughtful responses.