Monday, May 8, 2017

04/02/17 Spring Wildlife

A bobcat enjoying the spring morning at Wildlife Prairie Park outside Edwards, IL 

On April 2nd, I headed outside into the great outdoors with my Canon 5D Mark III and Tamron 150-600mm G2 telephoto-zoom lens for a morning hike at Wildlife Prairie Park near Edwards, IL. I ended up photographing quite a bit of spring wildlife and animals at the zoo on this day. I occasionally try to visit this park every year since it is so close to home. The animals seemed to be very pleased to be outside in the cool spring temperatures it appeared on this day as I was able to capture some engaging shots during the morning. I've added several photos from the morning photographing wildlife at the park below:

A Eastern bluebird was a great find!
One of my favorite shots of a wolf on this morning!
"Ready for take-off"
 A vibrant red cardinal
 "Inquisitive wolf"
 A bluejay found a snack!
 "Here, kitty kitty!"
 I was very lucky to spot this eastern bluebird on this morning!
 I love this one in black n' white as well!
 A coyote
The Tamron 150-600mm G2 is a great lens for wildlife photography!
 Quite a photogenic bluejay!
 Another great shot of one of the wolves!
 "The curious cat"
 Well hello there!
Another shot of an eastern bluebird hanging out!
 This bobcat really was curious about my photo-taking...
 "Lounging around"
Another cardinal!
A female lion
 "On the hunt"
 An American robin dropping-in for a photo!
 "Camouflage bobcat"
Another great bluejay capture!
Wile E. Coyote?
"Face-off"
 The cloudy damp morning was great for hiking and photography!
 Another shot of one of the bald eagles
 A cardinal looking a tad puzzled probably because the Cub's won the World Series last year...
The badger very interested in my photography skills...
Beautiful wolves at this park!
One more bluejay...
Cardinal on a walkabout...
"One the prowl"
One more of the bobcat before I head back home...

That will wrap up this photography post. I'll be posting some spring photos I shot last month in the coming days in another post from my spring: 2017 collection. Stay tuned.