Green Bay & Beyond

Ty walks along the new trail at Sensiba Wildlife Area

We are spending 4 weeks in Green Bay, staying at Celebration Church in the parking lot, high on the ridge overlooking the Bay, which we can just see a little of over the trees.  We are reconnecting with friends from our 40 years of living at the Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary, since our seven years on the road.  While here, Ty is putting his landscaping skills to good use around the church.  We also take time to bird local wildlife areas.

A family of Common Gallinules at Sensiba

Tom Turkey at the Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary

Black-crowned Night-heron watching for Bluegills

Great Egret altercation

American White Pelicans and a lone Mallard

Seems like Dickcissels are everywhere in Wisconsin this year

Tree Swallow and a Bank Swallow

Sandhill Crane ballet at the church parking lot

Amazing sunsets from our "campsite"

Least Bittern at the end of Lineville Road

American Coot brood

Giant Wolf Spider with spiderlings on her back

The newly opened back trail at Sensiba Wildlife Area

Many Bullfrogs were filling the air with their deep voices

Three River Otters moving upstream from the Bay

Pied-billed Grebe submerging

Pied-billed Grebe brood

Pied-billed Grebe baby

Sandhill Crane pair with 2 colts

North Point at Sheboygan

Boneparte's Gulls (front) with Ring-billed Gulls

Red-breasted Mergansers with two smaller Hooded Mergansers

Peregrine Falcon at Horicon Marsh

Hundreds of American White Pelicans at Horicon

Sandhill Cranes calling as they give us a great fly-by

Immature Black-crowned Night-heron

"I'm not sticking around for more photos"

Black Tern taking the "catch of the day" back to it's young

Only a few Yellow-headed Blackbirds left at the marsh
Most have left in migration already

On our way back to Green Bay, we found this lone, (lost?) Cattle Egret near Brothertown on the east side of Lake Winnebago.


We are enjoying our visits with friends, it's been great seeing everyone again.

Love & Prayers,
Ty & Ida Baumann

Beautiful Rainbow at the church parking lot after a heavy rain

Nova Scotia to Wisconsin

We followed the Eastern Coast of Nova Scotia to the small fishing village of Canso.  This lighthouse, caught in the light of the setting sun on the first day of Summer, marks the eastern most point of Nova Scotia.  We were the only RV in the park on this peninsula.

Red-necked Grebe near Canso, NS

Bunchberry

Willet in breeding plumage 

Colt's Foot at Black Point

There are many shallow rock coves along the coast, a perfect place for Common Eiders to raise their young.  Many hens gather their broods together to protect the young.

Flowering Raspberry

We drove along through Nova Scotia and north along the coast of New Brunswick.  We stopped for a break at this park where this 50 foot Lobster makes you take a second look.

We camped near Algonquin National Park after driving straight through Quebec in one day.  The gnats were so bad here you couldn't enjoy being outside.  Ty did find this 25 lb. Snapping Turtle laying eggs.  Amazing patterns that you don't usually see this close.

Beaver at Algonquin National Park

We came into the states at Sault Ste. Marie and were very happy to be back in the USA.  We found a place to stay at Kritter's North Country Campground near Newberry in Upper Michigan.  This fledgling Eastern Bluebird waiting for Mom or Dad to bring lunch.

White Admiral, seemingly everywhere

Trumpeter Swan with many cygnets

We again enjoyed the auto tour through Seney Wildlife Refuge, a great time for lots of babies.

Common Merganser with her brood

Common Loon and her baby

Daisy Field

Deleware Skipper

Wandering Glider

Familiar Bluet Damselfly 

We then drove into Northern Wisconsin and our first destination was the forest roads of the Nicolet Forest east of Three Lakes.  We camped at Pine River, a peaceful, quiet night. We found 15 species of warblers including a needed Connecticut. 

Eastern Comma

6" Leech in the Pine River

Purple Pitcher Plant at Shelp Lake

We then drove to the Buena Vista Grasslands south of Stevens Point,  There is a small marsh area just south of the Grasslands and here was the greatest surprise, two Whooping Cranes.

Sandhill Crane

Dickcissels - abundant at BVG

Bobolink

We made a stop on Van Patten Rd. east of Shiocton on our way to Green Bay.  It was great to see so many Least Bitterns and they were very active, not easy to get a photo of though.  They were up, over and back into the cattails very quickly.

Black Tern brings food back to the nest

We arrived in Green Bay for our month long stay to reconnect with so many friends.  Our first sunset from Celebration Church.

Love & Prayers,
Ty & Ida Baumann