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Mary Gemignani
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Data Professional. Photographer. I try to put birds and all of nature in a good light. 📷

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I only have this one shot. This is a September photo, so the babies were pretty big. They could run like the dickens from the photographer too. The first bird in the set above had four babies with her that I could see.
A young wild turkey in some thick underbrush.
November 27, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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Well it's Thanksgiving tomorrow here in the US. I am grateful for all the growing followers and the great community here. Thanks everyone! Here's a set of Wild Turkeys from my archive.
#birds #WildTurkey
A young Wild Turkey female who had her own brood at her feet. A vibrant Wild Turkey in the woods. A spectacular display by this Tom Turkey. A Wild Turkey is strutting in a field while the males display for the females. The many colors of the bird's feathers are so beautiful!
November 26, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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This large kiddo was walking in the field with his Mom I think. He was bigger than both his parents and his feather development was very advanced. Most migrating juniors don't have their red skin patch on their forehead, but his was developing already. A very mature juvie.
#birds #SandhillCrane
A large juvenile Sandhill Crane is standing with his Mom in a farm field during migration.
November 26, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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We have some farms west and south of our local conservancy that attract a few migrators every year. There were a few dozen on Saturday. Here is a very large male who was standing tall over all the migrators watching over things and his female. Both beautiful Sandhills!
#birds #SandhillCranes
Very large Sandhill Crane male watching over the two dozen or so migrating cranes in a farm field. A female Sandhill Crane is foraging in a farm field during migration.
November 26, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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Flying tight. Three migrating #SandhillCranes
#birds
Three large gray birds, Sandhill Cranes are flying together closely. The background is grey skies on a cold day.
November 26, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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I have been seeing flocks of Dark-eyed Juncos all around the area. A good sign that winter is here now. There was a boisterous flock in some beautiful tall grass at our local monastery. They are very adept at getting the seeds off the stalks.
#birds #Juncos
A dark-eyed junco is on some tall grass and eating the seeds off the seed heads. There was a whole flock that most kept distant, but they were beautiful in that tall grass. A closer crop of the dark-eyed junco picking out grass seeds from the plucked seed shaft.
November 25, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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One of the youngsters is raising it's wings like it's parent.
#birds #SandhillCranes
Two Sandhill Cranes, a parent and a juvenile are raising their wings in unison. They are in a harvested farm field during Fall migration.
November 25, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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Also saw a female Cardinal on the levee road.
#birds #NorthernCardinal
A female Northern Cardinal is looking at the camera while perched on a bare tree branch.
November 25, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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When I need a break from the cranes, there is a beautiful levee road by the river that I look for birbs on. There aren't too many birds in the winter, but I usually find something beautiful there.

This Robin was having a berry good day.
#birds #Robin
The image is of an American Robin perched on a tree with berries on a beautiful rural quiet road.
November 25, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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I have a few Sandhill photos to go through. Here's a nice fly by with a junior in the upper left. Love to see the young ones. They must be having the experience of their lifetime in their first migration.
#SandhillCranes #birds
Six Sandhill Cranes, large gray birds are flying over a Wisconsin farm field during migration.
November 25, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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Here's another short clip of the #SandhillCranes today.

Vid2-Hope you can sense the absolute mayhem in the sky around me. #birds
November 23, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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Quite a few #SandhillCranes in the farm fields again. A few short clips to get the feel for the atmosphere.

Vid1-When cranes land around many others, there is alot of excitement. They flap their wings and hop around. It's not quiet!... and it's very fun to observe.
#birds
November 23, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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Some nice Fall grasses with a little color around and hardwoods in the background. 🌿🍃

Have a great weekend everyone!
#Fall #Grasses
Fall grasses at a local marsh. A little color is interjected from other plants and hardwood trees in the background.
November 22, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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Backlit Sandhill Crane with some bokeh on the sunlit reeds in the background.
#biords #SandhillCrane
A large gray bird, the Sandhill Crane, is walking about it's habitat near a local lake. The background is sunlit reeds.
November 21, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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A large and beautiful hornet nest (I think) at one of our marshes is more easily visible as we are nearing winter. Love how it is built into the branches.
#Nests
A large possibly hornet's nest in a tree with branches through the nest and an entrance near the bottom.
November 20, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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The migrating Sandhills were very far into the farm fields again this year, (drats from a photog perspective) but some flew overhead occasionally. Here's a few pics of some cranes in flight. I really love seeing the spectacle of migration.
#birds #SandhillCranes
Two Sandhill cranes in flight in a clear sky on a beautiful Fall day. Many Sandhill Cranes taking off from a farm field during migration. A few, five, Sandhill Cranes in flight in a view from underneath them.
November 20, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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Definitely a large sedge of Sandhill Cranes. I rarely get to use the term "sedge", it's used for when a large group of cranes have gathered and are feeding or are in community together.

These are the at the two farms I frequent to spot migration near the WI River.
#birds #SandhillCranes
Literally thousands of Sandhill Cranes in a Wisconsin farm field just before they took off for the day. The second farm I visit down the road a bit has some green areas that the migrating cranes seem to enjoy. Show is abt 50 cranes of near one thousand at this farm.
November 20, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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Another view of the Belted Kingfisher a little further down the waterway.
#birds #BeltedKingfisher
A belted kingfisher is perched on a branch in a waterway at a local marsh.
November 18, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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Also saw a pair of local cranes this weekend as well.
#birds #SandhillCrane
A large gray bird with a red skin patch on it's forehead and amber eyes is walking about it's habitat on a beautiful Fall day.
November 18, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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Backlit #BEKI.
#birds #beltedKingfisher
A blue and white Belted Kingfisher is perched on a cobwebbed branch with lichens. The bird is backlighted from the sun. A rare glimpse of a bird who doesn't usually sit still for a picture. The picture was taken from my vehicle while parked on a city street.
November 18, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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The Sandhill Crane numbers were higher at the surrounding farms near the WI River this weekend. My guess is we are near peak. I saw at least 3000 on Saturday resulting in very memorable crane joy! I arrived there late, abt 9:30am, and the birds were just taking off for the day. #birds #Sandhills
November 18, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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I also saw about 200 Sandhill Cranes up near the Wi River last weekend. I am hoping for more this weekend.It was a dark day and the birds were deep in a farm field.They were a tad far for good pics, but here's a 100mm and a 500mm shots of what I saw.Warms my heart to see so many!
#birds #Sandhills
A large farm field with many Sandhill Cranes scattered about the fields. They are passing through on their migration South for the Winter. A little closer shot of a few of the 200+ birds that were scattered in the fields. There is a junior Sandhill coming in for a landing with it's legs hanging down n the far right of the frame.
November 15, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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They mostly were yards behind #BEKI, but 4 or 5 #crows were harassing Mr. BEKI and it was a very high speed chase. BEKI mostly stuck to trying to fish and it was great karma when BEKI slowed and dove for fish and the crow got to experience "which way did it go?" as it flew through the splash.
#birds
A crow, a large black bird is chasing a belted kingfisher just above the water. I am not sure why they were chasing, but I think these were some young adult crows practicing territory defense. The kingfisher has been fishing here for years, so she wasn't having any of it. The crows were just a nuisance while he was fishing. Another shot of the crow chasing the kingfisher, a blue and white bird that is a master fisher. The kingfisher is showing a nice wingspread as two crows lag behind chasing it. The kingfisher dives for a fish sending a large splash of water. The crow flies through the splash and looks shocked as it pulls up with wings and tail spread. Young crows got a lesson in Belted Kingfisher that day.
November 14, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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On Wed I saw a pair of Sandhills that I don't see often. The female has spent her last two summers sitting on a nest and the eggs never hatch. She sits there even when it seems her health is in jeopardy. She's off the nest and they look healthy. Ready to migrate! Male(L),Female(R)
#birds #Sandhills
A male Sandhill Crane, a large gray bird with a red skin patch and amber eyes is standing on one leg resting in the shade at a local park. There is a large mature pine tree in the background. A female Sandhill Crane, a large gray bird with a red skin patch and amber eyes is floofing her feathers. She is in a grassy area in a local park.
November 11, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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There was another fisherman at the pond as well, Mr BEKI. Here, he was looking up watching the gull making fishing passes. He had just made a run himself and was resting on a branch.
#birds #BeltedKingfisher
A belted kingfisher, a blue bird with a white breast and one thick blue stripe across it's chest is watching another bird make fishing passes at a local pond.
November 8, 2025 at 1:51 AM