While I was riding in the car with my sister and going to the various cemeteries where family members are buried, I did some bird watching. I also did see a lot through the windows of the Amtrak train I was riding in.
Below is just the partial list of birds and animals that I spotted.
Birds
spotted
Sand Hill Cranes; western side central of Wisconsin,
Boy were some of them big.
Ravens
Crows
Nuthatch
Red crested woodpecker
Pileated woodpecker
Humming birds, Rufus, Anna’s and unknown
Loons
Geese
Canada geese
Herons Great Green, and Great Blue
Grebes
Coots
Wild turkeys
Bald eagle
Turkey Vulture
Peregrine Falcons Giant Female
Falcons: A Pair of Gyrfalcons in Northern
Wisconsin. Wow was up between Spooner and Minong Wisconsin that I spotted this Pair. some Merlin’s by the markings too.
Hawks: coopers, red tailed, Harriers,
Golden Eagle In the Sierras, going and coming back.
Cliff Swallow, Barn Swallows
Cardinals
Robin
Bittern along the streams and rivers,
Colorado and Wisconsin
House wren
Sea Gulls, all over Green Bay, wis.
Swans in Colorado and Northern Wisconsin Large Black Swans, Colorado River
in Colorado, Platte River
in Nebraska
and in small ponds in Northern Wisconsin. Had
Trouble Believing what I was seeing. Was
verified by other people.
For Wild Animals Spotted.
Wisconsin
Black Bears a pair, a mom and
yearling, were crossing a field
Deer
Raccoons
Black squirrels
Red squirrels
Grey squirrels
Chipmunks
Skunks
Minnesota
Squirrels, red and grey
Colorado
Elk
Deer
Buffalo
Kansas:
saw beefalo, cross between angus beef and buffalo, was really neat.
I was able to verifiy some of these in a Sibley's Bird book too.
Hey I used to get a lot of lake trout just around the point in this photo. Right under the tree was a good place to catch perch. That is the left corner of a small bay on what is now called Church Pine Lake, out of Osceola Wisconsin. Spent 7 years swimming, fishing, boating, ice skating, and ice fishing on this lake.
I used to swim across the lake, or row the boat across the lake, to attend events held in the church under the steeple.
Unusual fungi found on tree in Rib Mountain State Park
Just one of the views from the top of the old fire lookout tower on the top of Rib Mountain
Me not bad for almost 63 years old, I have asthma, copd and a real bad foot, and this is about 60 feet high, climbed 5 flights of stairs to get up to this point. View was worth it. Could see for almost 50 miles in any direction.
