Prairie Migrants

[mcary]

Northern Shoveler

Ring-necked Ducks

Pie-billed Grebe

[finnbay]

some real beauts, Mike!

[Dbl]

Just beautiful work Mike.

[mmeyer]

Great work Mike! My fav has to be the ring neck ducks, those are one of my favorite ducks.

[Flatline]

Great images. I really like the plumage on the Shoveler!

[dukhnt]

Sweet shots. The grebe is my favorite though.

[Jim Uran]

Those Northern Shovelers are beautiful birds!

[buzzsaw]

Not too shabby, Mike! Nice work! I'd say my favorite is the second image.

[ShawnZ]

Great grebe image, love how cooperative the bird was with you! The sense of place in the second image is very strong.

[Steve Foss]

Nice stuff, Mike. Can't help but like that grebe. They are so cute!

[Jim Almquist]

Good looking shots Mike

[mcary]

Thanks for all of the compliments. There are plenty of photo ops out here on the prairie...it's just a matter of having the time to get out and pursue them.

[Birdsong]

The sense of place in the second image is very strong.

The pictures are wonderful Mike. And I really like your sense of place comment Shawn. I have felt the effect of sense of place in literature, but hadn't considered it in photography. Another way to look at adding richness and emotion to an individual shot or body of work.