Birds of Butler County Ohio

Lately, not out as much as I would like, but if you look around, there is always an interesting bird to photograph...maybe in your yard or in a park or near some water.

 Downy woodpecker cloudy day

Downy woodpecker, same tree, sunny day.

 Great blue herons starting a small rookery nearby

 Great Blue Herons at a small rookery in West Chester, Ohio

 Two Owlets..should be fledging in another 2 or 3 weeks.

 Owlets in a nest can in Loveland, Ohio...mom could not be seen except several hundred yards away..a tiny dot to the naked eye..( this was taken with a Coolpix P900 and cropped!) keeping an eye on the area of the two babes.

 Song sparrow

 Red-shouldered Hawk

 Red-shouldered Hawk

Red- shouldered hawk now snacking on a meal.... took off after this photograph was taken.

Cloudy day, Bald Eagle taking leaves to the nest.

Thanks for stopping by.

A wide shot of the small but growing rookery near Ikea.