Another bird photo from the Chippewa Nature Center in Michigan. Woodpeckers usually have to work hard to dig bugs out of tree bark, This little suet cage passes out snacks for free.
It may take awhile to get some new local material. Like everywhere, it's bloody hot and humid in St. Louis and it's miserable to be on the street. Maybe there is a way to make images of that.
And by the way, why don't woodpeckers get concussions?
Another picture from the Chippewa Nature Center near Midland, Michigan. A couple of online photographer colleagues tell me this is an indigo bunting. (I wouldn't know. Where I grew up the only birds we had were pigeons and starlings.) It was passing the time along one of the trails and had no fear of a tall person pointing a long cylindrical object at it.
We're home. O'Hare was a madhouse yesterday afternoon and evening with many severely delayed flights. Our connection to St. Louis was showing more than three hours behind schedule, which would have put us in well after midnight. A kindly airline agent got us on an earlier flight to STL that was running five hours late but was departing soon. So we are back but our bags are in Chicago. They should be delivered sometime today.
Just outside of Midland, Michigan, there is a wonderful place called the Chippewa Nature Center. It has an architecturally stunning visitors center with a bird watching window and an observation deck cantilevered over a small river. There are trails through the woods, along the river and past marshes and meadows. Wildlife seems to really enjoy hanging out there, including this croaker who had little interest in my lens.
