I had heard from a friend about some yellow headed blackbirds living in a swamp near Crex Meadows, so decided to make a day of it.
I found the blackbirds, their voices are loud and they are gorgeous.
From that swamp, I continued into The Crex Meadows Wildlife Area.
A group of Coots were fun to watch as them took off by walking on water on Phantom Lake.
Crex was full of warblers, some I had never seen before.
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| Palm Warbler |
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| Palm Warbler |
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| Yellow Rumped Warbler |
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| Yellow Rumped Warbler |
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| Yellow Rumped Warbler = Butter Butt |
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| Butter Butt |
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| There were many, many of these yellow rumped warblers, and they would launch off these twigs, swoop around catching the bugs and land again. It was very entertaining to watch. |
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| I'm not sure who this guy is, but he was loving these little bugs. |
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These little bugs were not biting, but they were flying into my nose and mouth.
Lunch for the birdies I guess. |
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| Another 'to be identified' |
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| A very pretty day at Crex |
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| Geese are nesting |
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| I took the Phantom Trail road, lovely but sketchy if you meet a car (I didn't) |
I decided to go back home via Luck, so drove past the swamp with the yellow headed blackbirds again.
There are also many red winged blackbirds there and I caught these two fighting in air.
Wish it could have focused better, but it all happened pretty fast.
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| More ducks, working on nesting. |
It was a good trip to Crex, can't wait to get back over there when the wildflowers start to bloom.
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