We decided to walk around the campgrounds and enjoy the woods. As luck would have it - we met the Park Inspector For Pokagon State Park - Fred Wooley while we were strolling. He invited us to join his team on a bird watching walk, and even lent both of us binoculars so that we could enjoy it. Thrilled at this - we gladly joined in.
Fred took a party of 8 of us through the Pokagon woods where we saw some of the most awesome birds. Being located near a lake, makes Pokagon a place where you can see water birds too. We started off with seeing a mourning dove, and some sparrows, and moved on to see the great blue heron - a bird that is famous in the area.
In addition to the binoculars, Fred also had a spotting scope.When focused on the birds, it's high level of magnification allows you to see each individual feature of the bird. The color of the beak, the eyes - everything!
At this time - I was cursing myself for not carrying my camera ... Luckily, Fred had one with him, and focused it on the birds ... Here is a picture of the heron as clicked by Fred.
Walking on we saw many other birds - a bright red cardinal, the indigo bunting - a bright blue feathered tiny bird. Fred would imitate the bird calls, and that would often draw the birds out. We also saw a Yellow Warbler eating his breakfast (with a bug in his
beak), a red bellied woodpecker, some turtles, green herons & wood ducks (featured in the photograph) and Canadian geese in the lake. Clicking these pictures required special skill to get the camera lense to focus through the lens of the spotting scope, but then - a picture speaks a thousand words!Thanks to meeting Fred, this walk was the absolute highlight of my visit!
2 comments :
hey nice one..
Guess you guys had some great food and outing.
Next time onward whereever u go.. carry your camera.. ;)
Ohhhh nice one....I love these photos.
Damn, I miss outings like these
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