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A juvenile ruby throat male getting his feathers.

You are nestled in the pines and oaks mid-canopy, so you can see all birds below you, very well, birds higher up in the canopy very well, and all the birds at 50′ are at eye level. Birding from here is so outstanding; you have to see them to believe it. Try it soon. This is the TreeTop Loft and also has, as you can see, an excellent view of the river and water birds. Picture around May 2008.

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Another of my favorite pictures. I took about 500 pictures of the bluebirds in mid-April at River of Life Farm on the North Fork of the White river; the house closest to the falls. Then, in May they had fledged their 1st brood of the year and it appeared that at least two survived until later May. Here are some May pictures of a fledgling and a fledgling being fed by a parent near the Walnut trees by the falls.

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A picture of me taken by Myron, taking lots of pictures of the bluebirds coming and going as they feed their newly hatched chicks on April 18th, 2009. Canon 1DS MKII with a 600 mm Canon L lens with a 2X TC making the entire length 1200 mm.

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Here they are from 70′ to 125′ from this past April.

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A new Monarch on an old Liatras. A cabbage butterfly on mint.

Another one of my favorite pictures from this late May; a cat-calling catbird that hangs out in the brush near the Tree Top Hideaway.

One of my best 2 or 3 pictures of 2009, so far. A Yellow-rumped warbler from the TreeTop Loft, taken on April 19th. This guy spent lots of time posing for me. Of course when you are in Missouri’s very best birding spot, it is not hard to get some good captures. Missouri Bird Watchers nee to make a point to stay in one of these cabins this fall for the southward migration or next spring for the northward migration.

8/6/08 – early Poison Ivy coloration and some very early Goldenrod.

Some big crawfish pictures.