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Window to Wildlife features the photography of Jim Edlhuber. A lifelong native of Wisconsin, Jim has been photographing wildlife for 20 years. He considers himself an avid photographer and is always trying to capture nature and wildlife through his lens. He is in several photography clubs and has won numerous awards for his work. In recent years, Jim has focused mostly on birding photography and finds it to be the most challenging.

Lapland Longspur at Lakeshore State Park in Milwaukee Wisconsin on October 12, 2010

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Lapland Longspur, female

Lapland Longspur

Binomial name: Calcarius lapponicus

Category: Longspurs and Snow Buntings

Size: 6.25” long, 11.5” wing span

Weight: 0.95 oz

Rusty Blackbird at Lakeshore State Park in Milwaukee Wisconsin on October 10, 2010

By admin | June 8, 2013 - 8:31 am |February 5, 2015 Bird Categories, Blackbirds

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Rusty Blackbird, female

Rusty Blackbird

Binomial name: Euphagus carolinus

Category: Blackbirds

Size: 9” long, 14” wing span

Weight: 2.1 oz

Cinnamon Teal at the Vernon Marsh in Waukesha County Wisconsin on May 2, 2012

By admin | June 6, 2013 - 5:58 pm |March 17, 2017 Bird Categories, Ducks, Geese, and Swans

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(FYI, An old bird sighting I added to my blog since a Cinnamon Teal has been in the birding news) On a birding run this morning I was rewarded with a Cinnamon Teal, male. It was on the southwest corner of the figure 8 ponds on the western side of the marsh. A very rare bird for the state as the normal range for this bird are western states. The bird moved in and out of cattails sometimes following Blue-winged Teals and was not seen often. I was fortunate enough to get some distant shots. A birder had reported this bird earlier. Images were taken May 5, 2012.

Cinnamon Teal, male following Blue-winged Teals, male front, female in the middle

Cinnamon Teal

Binomial name: Anas cyanoptera

Category: Ducks, Geese, and Swans

Size: 16” long, 22” wing span

Weight: 14 oz

Cinnamon Teal, male following Blue-winged Teal, female

Cinnamon Teal, male

Cinnamon Teal, male following Blue-winged Teal, male

Great Blue Herons nesting and raising young near Pewaukee in Waukesha County Wisconsin in March of 2009

By admin | May 1, 2013 - 6:51 pm |December 16, 2015 Bird Categories, Bitterns, Herons, and Allies

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I discovered a roost in Pewaukee Wisconsin back in 2009. I followed it for a couple months. During that time I watch some of the nest building, adults sitting on eggs and feeding the young. I found out adults bring sticks and branches to the nest as maintenance continues on the nest until the young leave the nest. Food was being bought in from nearby lakes and steams as I watched the adult herons come with food from all directions to the roost area. In that spring I counted 34 nests in this rookery, 18 active. A couple of years later I returned to the area and it had changed drastically. Many of the trees had fallen and the area was no longer being used by the Great Blue Herons.