Wildlife and Nature Photography 

And God said, "Let the water teem with living creatures,
and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky"

- Genesis 1:20

Thrushes and Allies

 
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Kettle Moraine State Forest—Lapham Peak Unit, Wisconsin
American Robin
Canon EOS 7D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/250s f/5.6 at 400mm iso-250
   March 25, 2012 3:35pm

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Our Front Yard—Waukesha, Wisconsin
American Robins (a few weeks old) in a bush next to our front windows (picture taken through our front window)
Canon EOS 40D, Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM
1/60 f/2.8 at 190mm iso-100
June 21, 2011 9:39am

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Caledonia, Wisconsin
Eastern Bluebird
Canon EOS 7D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/640s f/9.0 at 380mm iso-200
   April 10, 2011 1:22pm

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Kettle Moraine State Forest—Lapham Peak Unit, Wisconsin
A number of Brown Thrashers were really singing up a storm this afternoon, including this one and the one below
Canon EOS 40D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/400s f/7.1 at 400mm iso-100
   April 18, 2010 5:03pm

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Kettle Moraine State Forest—Lapham Peak Unit, Wisconsin
Brown Thrasher
Canon EOS 40D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/320s f/6.3 at 400mm iso-100
   April 18, 2010 4:50pm

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Kettle Moraine State Forest—Lapham Peak Unit, Wisconsin
American Robin
Canon EOS 40D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/80s f/5.6 at 400mm iso-100
   April 3, 2010 3:54pm

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Loew Lake State Park—Kettle Moraine State Forest—Hartford, Wisconsin
An Eastern Bluebird, even though it's acting like a woodpecker on this old tree
Canon EOS 40D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/400sec f7.1 at 400mm iso-100
  August 31, 2008 6:26pm
 
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Minooka County Park—Waukesha, Wisconsin
American Robin
Canon EOS 30D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/60sec f5.6 at 400mm iso-100
June 6, 2008 12:12pm
 
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Minooka County Park—Waukesha, Wisconsin
Eastern Bluebird
Canon EOS 30D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/100sec f5.6 at 400mm iso-100
  May 30, 2008 4:12pm
 
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Our Home—Waukesha, Wisconsin
For a few weeks, this American Robin kept seeing him/herself in our front picture windows. Starting about 5:30am, it would flutter up and attack his mirror image (which made a lot of noise in the house, annoying us, but gave our cats something to watch)
Canon EOS 30D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/500sec f7.1 at 275mm iso-400
April 5, 2008 11:06am

 
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New Berlin, Wisconsin
 On a bright spring day, I was looking for some ducks in New Berlin, and found this American Robin in a budding tree in a small park
Canon EOS 30D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/500sec f8.0 at 400mm iso-500
April 14, 2007 2:43pm
 

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