 William Wise Photo Nature Notes is a wildlife, birding and nature photography blog documenting the wonders of God’s creation. -- Genesis 1:20 Then God said, “Let the waters swarm with fish and other life. Let the skies be filled with birds of every kind.”  Song Sparrow perched on tree stump at State Botanical Gardens in Athens, Georgia, December 2011. The song sparrow Melospiza melodia is a medium-sized American sparrow. Among the native sparrows in North America, it is easily one of the most abundant, variable and adaptable species.  A Red-headed Woodpecker clings to a tree at the trailhead of the orange trail at the State Botanical Gardens in Athens, Georgia. Judging by the hole at the top right of the photo, he is a regular visitor here.
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 William Wise Photo Nature Notes is a wildlife, birding and nature photography blog documenting the wonders of God’s creation. "Great are the works of the LORD, studied by all who delight in them. Full of splendor and majesty is His work." Psalms 111:2  Large flock of blackbirds taking off in a blur in Walton County, Georgia. The red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) is found in most of North America and much of Central America. Wintering flocks can number in excess of a million birds per flock. It generally prefers wetlands, and inhabits both freshwater and saltwater marshes, particularly if cattail is present.  Song Sparrow; Walton County, Georgia.  William Wise Photo Nature Notes is a wildlife, birding and nature photography blog documenting the wonders of God’s creation. -- "What a wildly wonderful world, God! You made it all, with Wisdom at Your side, made earth overflow with your wonderful creations." Psalms 104 The Message  White-tailed Deer are a common sight along the country roads I take too and from work. These does and fawns stood alongside Barnett Shoals Road. Clarke County, Georgia.  Young White-tailed Deer; Clarke County, Georgia.  A White-tailed Deer alerts to my slowing as I drive along Highway 186 near Good Hope, Georgia (Walton County).  William Wise Photo Nature Notes is a wildlife, birding and nature photography blog documenting the wonders of God’s creation. -- Genesis 1:20 Then God said, “Let the waters swarm with fish and other life. Let the skies be filled with birds of every kind.”  Eastern Screech Owl; Walton County, Georgia. Monday, 10:50 AM – Monroe, GA. “911 to Animal Control” barked the radio. “Complaint of a large bird trapped in a screened patio.” I grabbed my camera and jumped into the passenger seat of an animal control truck. I was hoping it wasn’t like the “large bird” flying around a living room a few weeks earlier that turned out to be just a small Starling. I was hoping it wasn’t a fisherman’s tale or like the “huge” snake calls we get that turn out to be just small Garter Snakes. I was hoping for some excitement; something to add to the life list photos. As we pulled up, the homeowner was out front. “I think it flew in last night and can’t find its way out.” I walked in the sunroom patio through the doorway that was missing its door. Quickly scanning the room, my eyes were drawn to a beautiful bird perched stoically on the blade of the ceiling fan, eyes near closed as if in deep meditation. It was obviously an Eastern Screech Owl (Megascops asio), being way too small to be any other owl species. I fired a few shots. “Excuse me, I was sleeping here”, he seemed to state as his eyes opened to slightly larger slits. But these slits quickly widened to full, bright yellow coins as my partner reached up with elk hide handling gloves. He then began quickly flapping back and forth across the room, again searching for the exit that he had failed to find all morning long. I got a few more shots as he perched around the room before he was safely hand caught and released outdoors where he gracefully glided off, not phased by the encounter. Walton County, Georgia  Eastern Screech Owl; Walton County, Georgia.  William Wise Photo Nature Notes is a wildlife, birding and nature photography blog documenting the wonders of God’s creation. “But ask the animals, and they will teach you, or the birds in the sky, and they will tell you; or speak to the earth, and it will teach you, or let the fish in the sea inform you. Which of all these does not know that the hand of the Lord has done this?" Job 12:7-9 Thursday and Friday birding walks; December 8-9. Walton County, Georgia.  Pied-billed Grebe; Walton County, Georgia.  Northern Flicker; Walton County, Georgia.  William Wise Photo Nature Notes is a wildlife, landscape, birding and nature photography blog documenting the wonders of God’s creation."Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created." Revelation 4:11  Lake Chapman at Sandy Creek Park in Athens, Georgia.  William Wise Photo Nature Notes is a wildlife, birding and nature photography blog documenting the wonders of God’s creation. -- "What a wildly wonderful world, God! You made it all, with Wisdom at Your side, made earth overflow with your wonderful creations." Psalms 104 The Message  Fast running white tailed deer at Sandy Creek Nature Center in Athens, Clarke County, Georgia, USA. Fall foliage. The white-tailed deer Odocoileus virginianus, also known as the whitetail or Virginia deer. Saturday, 7:57 AM - My daughter and I went for a chilly morning hike at Sandy Creek Nature Center. The early morning frost began to melt from the landscape as fingers of sunrise reached through the tall trees. A melodic and mournful bird song echoed across the water. It was our first time noticing and identifying the call of a White-throated Sparrow. As we sat huddled and hidden in some tall grasses near Claypit Pond, a forceful snort pierced the quiet morning air. As we turned, a White-tailed Deer doe stood between us and her fawns, stomping her foot and snorting.  Chilly frosty grasses at sunrise at Sandy Creek Nature Center in Athens, Clarke County, Georgia, USA.  Large pile of sticks is a beaver den lodge exposed by receding pond waters at Sandy Creek Nature Center in Athens, Clarke County, Georgia, USA.  Bird nesting hole in lichen covered snag at Sandy Creek Nature Center in Athens, Clarke County, Georgia, USA. Woodpeckers mostly nest and roost in holes that they excavate in tree trunks.  William Wise Photo Nature Notes is a wildlife, birding and nature photography blog documenting the wonders of God’s creation. -- "God gave Solomon very great wisdom and understanding, and knowledge as vast as the sands of the seashore. He could speak with authority about all kinds of plants, from the great cedar of Lebanon to the tiny hyssop that grows from cracks in a wall. He could also speak about animals, birds, small creatures, and fish. And kings from every nation sent their ambassadors to listen to the wisdom of Solomon." I Kings 4  A rare visit of a Lesser Scaup to the main retention pond behind my office in Monroe, Georgia.  A rare visit of a Lesser Scaup to the main retention pond behind my office in Monroe, Georgia.  A rare visit of a Lesser Scaup to the main retention pond behind my office in Monroe, Georgia. |
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