January 2011 Photo of the Month Contest - post entries here - Wildlife Gardeners

Dave Stiles · 12-18-2010, 01:04 PM

A new year and another time to show what winter wildlife gardening means to you as seen through the lens of a camera.

I will be off-line until mid January - my computer died and cannot be replaced until then ... so I thought to start this thread now instead of waiting until I'm back online - "see" ya'll next year!!!

Sage · 01-07-2011, 11:27 PM

January 2011 Photo of the Month Contest - post entries here-p1100454.jpg

Osprey with "catch of the day" on Pine Island, FL

havalotta · 01-07-2011, 11:33 PM

There couldn't be a finer sh

t than that!

dapjwy · 01-09-2011, 12:55 PM

Great shot and cute caption, Sage.

bridget1964 · 01-09-2011, 01:01 PM

Wow! What a great photo, Sage! You really make it hard for anyone else who wants to enter. LOL!

How did you get such a cool shot? Did you sneak up on him?

MrILoveTheAnts · 01-09-2011, 02:11 PM

My entries.

dapjwy · 01-09-2011, 03:11 PM

MrILoveTheAnts,

Are those all from your yard/habitat? I tend to take almost all of my pictures from my own yard, too.

I always appreciate ever greens in the winter. I am adding hemlocks, white pine to our 2 acres...there are way too few evergreens here--one pine that I'm still trying to identify, a few blue spruce that I want to girdle and replace with white pine (leaving the girdled trees as snags for wildlife, and a huge hybrid Rhododendron. I plan to add the native Rhododendron and mountain laurels as well. Anyway, it is nice to see some snow covered evergreens amount the bare trees.

Nice snow to see that you left the goldenrod (?) to collect snow and provide seeds for birds. That is an interesting view of the oak tree limb.

MrILoveTheAnts · 01-09-2011, 03:41 PM

Yes all of these were taken at least from my yard. The first two snow scapes are actually views from my front and back yard. Probably 80% of the photo is cropped out though to hide all the telephone poles and my neighbor's bomb shelter/storage pod /shed that's rusting away in their yard.

Hollies are another nice one in the winter.

dapjwy · 01-09-2011, 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by MrILoveTheAnts

Yes all of these were taken at least from my yard. The first two snow scapes are actually views from my front and back yard. Probably 80% of the photo is cropped out though to hide all the telephone poles and my neighbor's bomb shelter/storage pod /shed that's rusting away in their yard.

Hollies are another nice one in the winter.

Good point--I just came back inside from walking the property and taking more pictures...I took several of *views* *from* my yard, not just in the yard. I, too, tend to crop out the less desireable elements when possible, but sometimes it makes an interesting juxtaposition--like last spring I snapped a shot of a male bluebird atop their nesting box *just* as a tractor trailer drove by...and became the background of the shot. It was kind of cool looking in its own way. I consider view from the yard as "your yard", too...it is part of the whole package.

My fingers are still cold and just a little numb as I type this!

My neighbor has a few rusting things in their yard, too...but he seems to be cleaning it up this year.

Sage · 01-09-2011, 08:35 PM

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Originally Posted by bridget1964

Wow! What a great photo, Sage! You really make it hard for anyone else who wants to enter. LOL!

How did you get such a cool shot? Did you sneak up on him?

Osprey are amazingly unperturbed and cooperative, plus they are active. This one was in a wonderful snag along the main road on Pine Island so we just parked nearby and walked up close. The Osprey just watched us!

12-18-2010, 01:04 PM	#1
Dave Stiles Naturalist/Photographer Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Olympia, WA	January 2011 Photo of the Month Contest - post entries here A new year and another time to show what winter wildlife gardening means to you as seen through the lens of a camera. I will be off-line until mid January - my computer died and cannot be replaced until then ... so I thought to start this thread now instead of waiting until I'm back online - "see" ya'll next year!!! __________________ ~ A good wildlife photographer studies everything about the animal before ever setting out with a camera in hand... ~ = = = = = = = = = = Dave's Wildlife Photography - http://www.flickr.com/photos/dave_stiles/

01-07-2011, 11:27 PM	#2
Sage POM Judge & Official Non Gardener Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Buffalo, NY, USA	Osprey with "catch of the day" on Pine Island, FL __________________ *~Facebook~ ~Peregrine Place~ ~Flickr~ ~Instagram Pix~*

01-07-2011, 11:33 PM	#3
havalotta WG Prize & Gift Coordinator Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Michigan	There couldn't be a finer sht than that! __________________ The successful woman is the woman that had the chance and took it! A walk among the elusive Whitetail Deer

01-09-2011, 12:55 PM	#4
dapjwy WG Hospitality & UAOKA recipient Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Pennsylvania	Great shot and cute caption, Sage. __________________ "If suburbia were landscaped with meadows, prairies, thickets or forests, or combinations of these, then the water would sparkle, fish would be good to eat again, birds would sing and human spirits would soar." ~ Lorrie Otto ~ A Native Backyard Blog ~

01-09-2011, 01:01 PM	#5
bridget1964 Butterfly Educator Extraordinaire Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Ventnor City, New Jersey, USA	Wow! What a great photo, Sage! You really make it hard for anyone else who wants to enter. LOL! How did you get such a cool shot? Did you sneak up on him? __________________ "Just living is not enough," said the butterfly, "one must have sunshine, freedom and a little flower." ~Hans Christian Anderson http://mslenahan.edublogs.org/

01-09-2011, 02:11 PM	#6
MrILoveTheAnts 1st Place Winner Winner Butterfly/Moth Contest & Official Ant Man Join Date: May 2009 Location: New Jersey	My entries. Attached Thumbnails __________________ MrILoveTheAnt's Blog, Ant Chat, & Native Plants for Honeybees

01-09-2011, 03:11 PM	#7
dapjwy WG Hospitality & UAOKA recipient Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Pennsylvania	MrILoveTheAnts, Are those all from your yard/habitat? I tend to take almost all of my pictures from my own yard, too. I always appreciate ever greens in the winter. I am adding hemlocks, white pine to our 2 acres...there are way too few evergreens here--one pine that I'm still trying to identify, a few blue spruce that I want to girdle and replace with white pine (leaving the girdled trees as snags for wildlife, and a huge hybrid Rhododendron. I plan to add the native Rhododendron and mountain laurels as well. Anyway, it is nice to see some snow covered evergreens amount the bare trees. Nice snow to see that you left the goldenrod (?) to collect snow and provide seeds for birds. That is an interesting view of the oak tree limb. __________________ "If suburbia were landscaped with meadows, prairies, thickets or forests, or combinations of these, then the water would sparkle, fish would be good to eat again, birds would sing and human spirits would soar." ~ Lorrie Otto ~ A Native Backyard Blog ~

01-09-2011, 03:41 PM	#8
MrILoveTheAnts 1st Place Winner Winner Butterfly/Moth Contest & Official Ant Man Join Date: May 2009 Location: New Jersey	Yes all of these were taken at least from my yard. The first two snow scapes are actually views from my front and back yard. Probably 80% of the photo is cropped out though to hide all the telephone poles and my neighbor's bomb shelter/storage pod /shed that's rusting away in their yard. Hollies are another nice one in the winter. __________________ MrILoveTheAnt's Blog, Ant Chat, & Native Plants for Honeybees

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