Máistir Nádúraí: A few new digiscoped pictures!

10.01.2005

A few new digiscoped pictures!

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PALM WARBLERS are all over the fields of Pheasant Branch Conservancy these days. This is a sure sign that fall passerine migration is drawing to a close for another season. I've been using the new Swarovski adapter sleeve and digital camera adapter - wow, does it ever simply the process of going back and forth from viewing to digiscoping. I sure wish they had come out with it 3 years ago when I first got my scope and camera...oh, the frustration it would have saved me!

Anyway, I have some new digiscoped birds to share:

Palm Warbler

Palm Warbler #2

Nashville Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Lincoln's Sparrow

White-throated Sparrow

All images © 2005 Michael Allen McDowell

Bio:

Mike McDowell has been documenting southern Wisconsin’s flora and fauna since 1987 and began leading field trips in 2002. Prolific at Pheasant Branch Conservancy, other highlighted natural areas include Pope Farm Conservancy, Spring Green Preserve, and the Baraboo Hills. His nature photography has appeared in various publications, newspapers, magazines and was even featured on a Wisconsin Endangered Resources license plate, a Capital Brewery beer label, and a National Geographic publication. He began journaling nature observations on this blog in 2005. He's the recipient of the 2012 Bronze Passenger Pigeon Award from the Wisconsin Society for Ornithology, presented to individuals who have made outstanding contributions in their local communities or state to promote the field of ornithology. He was a finalist in Swarovski’s Digiscoper of the Year photography contest several times. His other interests include insect macro-photography (especially tiger beetles, treehoppers, and robber flies), fossil collecting, amateur astronomy, botany, natural history, and marksmanship with long-range rifles. Once a gigging musician, collecting Fender Stratocasters is a recently revived interest—most prized being a 1957 Vintage Custom Shop 'Mary Kaye' White Blonde. A former IT Professional, he's spent the last 24 years employed in the sport optics industry.