I've added three small galleries under the Flora&Fauna folder on my photo site; these cover the last three days of my trip around Lake Michigan.
Flora&Fauna folder is here: http://photos.stanhalpin.com/f373033916 Last three galleries are new. When I left Milwaukee after the gathering there, I headed north into central Wisconsin. Sunday morning I spent time in and around the Horicon Marsh National Wildlife Refuge (NWR): http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p818771490 Sightings included several Black-backed Stilts and Dunlins (new to me and rare in the midwest). And my first relatively close-up view of a pair of Redhead ducks. I then proceeded northwest into the Upper Peninsula (U.P.) of Michigan. Quite a bit of rain along the way and overnight. Monday morning I spent in and around the Seney NWR; http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p1006118452 Monday afternoon I drove through heavy rain to Whitefish Point, usually one of the top birding spots in the state, especially during spring migration. It seemed that all the birds were hunkered down because of the cold wet weather, so I did also. I stayed overnight in Paradise, then did some short walks around the Upper Falls at Tahquamenon Falls State Park before heading south for home through more rain. Besides the Falls etc. I did see an American Redstart pair (new to me) but couldn't get any decent pictures. Couldn't even get my usual picture of the Macinaw Straits bridge - too much fog/low-lying clouds. The 3rd gallery has a few shots of the falls and elsewhere in the U.P. http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p542727846 An enjoyable trip, one I would like to repeat when the weather is a bit drier. stan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
