Yesterday it was actually sunny after weeks of storms so we went to Cave Run Lake. I heard a Prothonotary singing in the marsh and tried not to think of ticks as I waded into the grass to find him

6-13-09, Cave Run Lake marsh, male Prothonotary Warbler, 2:47 p.m.
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The "Weeep!Weeep!" of Great-crested Flycatchers back in the woods attracted my attention

6-13-09, Cave Run Lake woods, male Great-crested Flycatcher, 3:15 p.m.
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Several Warbling Vireos were singing loudly and I glimpsed three of them moving through the canopy. I almost had one in my sites, but lost track of it

DuBois pointed out that a pair of Brown Thrashers was sitting quietly in a nearby tree..one holding a dragonfly
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Finally it began trying to lead me away
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so I looked around for the nest, which was only 15 feet from us. We quickly left so the parent could feed the chicks
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I've been swimming laps most evening at a half-acre pay lake on the back of Poppy Mnt and two days ago we stopped near an Orchard Oriole's nest on the way back. I took photos in the dark only using the internal flash, but obviously I needed to use a brighter external one. However when we returned with an external flash last night, he wouldn't show.

6-12-09, male Orchard Oriole, 8:00 p.m.
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Last time the SD card from the Cuddeback game cam included these photos

6-11-09, male Wood Duck, 12:30 p.m.
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female and male Wood Ducks
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6-12-09, young buck, 11:29 a.m.
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With the weather finally clear we camped last night by the horse pasture, but this morning the trees prevented our seeing the moon/Mercury/Mars/Jupiter line-up, so we drove to the top of Poppy Mnt. By then the sky was already too bright so we just stayed to watch the sunrise

6-14-09, Sunrise on Poppy Mnt, 6:30 a.m.
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Later when I walked the dogs up Mabry Hill some wild turkeys crossed into the woods far ahead of us

6-14-09, wild turkey, 8:01 a.m.
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