Wisconsin Nature Photos

Wisconsin falconer Mike Shepard gets some winter training done with his immature Red Tail Hawk "Khoshekh".

Mom fox had seven pups and took up residence in our culvert.

Swan in flight, April 7, 2021. Photography by Julia's Photography, aka J.'s Photography

The swan visitor on our pond near Osceola, WI on 4/7/2021. Photography by Julia's Photography, aka J.'s Photography on fb page.

Swan visitors on our pond near Osceola, WI. Photography by Julia's Photography, aka J.'s Phography on fb page

Eastern Hognose snake. Photo taken at my cottage in Waushara county. Possibly a gravid female.

Wyatt and Axel Gates built this Wood Duck house with their Nanu. (Grandpa)

Snapped this Fisher while kayaking on Lake Julia (Three Lakes/Hiles) in early April. Thought it was an otter foraging on the shoreline and then it stood up!

Our beautiful Barred Owl. Her name is Barri and she loves it when we call her in to Feed her a chipmunk or little fish. She has been living here for a long time and has had many offspring. Love listening to her hoot to her mate.

Two beauties during the cold weather 02/2021

Female cardinal during the cold temperatures in early February, 2021

Red Fox...January 18th, 2021 New Richmond, WI

Coming in for a landing on the St. Croix River. Hudson, WI February 20, 2021

Wild Timber Wolf - photo captured in Langlade County, 09-05-2020

This Chicadee built a nest in my boat trailer. Now I can't fish until the young fledge!

Eagle coming home to feed Jr. in Suamico WI yesterday Saturday.

Got to enjoy this hairy woodpecker from 3’ away while it worked on a suet cake👍👍

Baby fox in Edgar, WI.

Indigo Bunting and Goldfinch sharing at my feeding outside Madison. I have not seen a Indigo in many years and never this close.

Eagle captured by Mackenzie Lindow of East Troy. Eagle lives in East Troy. Let me know big you ever publish the photo. Thank you! Dave Lindow

Two wolves on their kill.

Red Fox - Sawyer County - 2019

A friend and I went to Buena Vista Wildlife Area for a photo shoot ,and this is the only Snowy Owl that we found.

Brainerd Rd. Waupaca, WI

Hartman Creek State Park Waupaca, WI

Majestic fisherman! Bald eagle on Upper St Croix Lake, Solon Springs, WI.

Lake Michigan fishing out of Port Washington, WI. Sunset on 6/17/19

Five toms and a hen impeding my ability to get to work on time! 😉

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck These 3 ducks showed up on my pond in S.E Wisconsin. They stayed and rested about 2 days and left. They are a long way from home. They are a Central American duck and are sometimes found in Texas.

The white deer near Boulder Junction bring the Northwoods of Wisconsin alive with magic. We have been so fortunate this year to witness their magic so many times this year...especially when guests have been visiting!

Early morning on the Chippewa Flowage. Last weekend of the season before we close the cabin, pull out the dock and boat for the winter.

This deer found a cool place standing in the Hemlock Creek in Wood Co.

Bear

My daughter Brinley mesmerized by the praying mantis.

Osprey with bullhead dinner.

Twin Whitetail fawns peeking out from behind mom

Great Horned Owl making his exit

Great Blue Heron spreading his wings.

Great Blue Heron preparing for take off.

An eagle about to take flight.

This albino fawn has been on our yard many times this spring. The doe also has a "normal" fawn twin. We have been seeing more and more albino deer in the Oconomowoc area this year.

Marsh Wren

Daddy oriole feeding his kids.

I spotting my first hummingbird of the season! ~ Price County, Wisconsin.

This owl appeared in our yard on March 1 in Wausaukee, WI in the Town of Wagner. We first saw it in the morning and then at the end of the day I saw it land on our wooden swing set and was fortunate to get this picture. We couldn't decide if it was a Spotted Owl or a Barred Owl but after much deliberation we decided it was a Barred Owl due to our location. They are very similar owls.

Trumpeters Swan's on the St.Croix River Hudson, WI Jan.26 2018

Spring is in the air

Clam Lake, Wisconsin on Thanksgiving morning.

September Bull. Clam Lake, Wisconsin.

Silhouette. Clam Lake, Wisconsin.

Albino Buck that we've been watching for 8 years Burnett County

Common Grackle in East Troy, WI in the spring.

A flock of beautiful Cedar Waxwings inhabited this tree to feast on berries. Oct. 27, 2017, East Troy, WI

Spotted a single albino deer just East of Fort Atkinson, WI on 9/15/2017 and stopped in road to take some pictures. The smaller deer kept looking back across the field waiting for it's mother. Soon the mother entered the field and slowly walked to meet her yearling. I sat in my car and enjoyed the show for about 10 minutes and took over 20 pictures of the two. Very cool.

While driving in Jackson Co. WI, twenty relocated elk were seen grazing in a farmers pasture.

Was surprised to see a sow and 3 cubs playing in the water of a small pond on my property near Merrill, WI.

This loon kept us entertained while fishing on Potato Lake in Washburn County, Wis., May 7, 2017.

Mother Mallard Duck and her brood near WI River in Stevens Point, WI - May 2017

Clam Lake, Wisconsin elk. Thanksgiving morning 2016. Photo by John J. Werner. Stacy, Mn.

Eagle on Ice

Ice Fishing

Bald Eagle

American Kestrel

Prints in the snow found while snowshoeing in central Wisconsin near Rudolph.

James Gordon: Navarino, WI Had this Owl land about 10 feet in front of me while hunting. During 2016 gun deer season Near: Park Falls, WI.

While out fishing with my daughter this buck decided to take a swim with a doe all the way across the lake, what a great God moment. We were up in Cumberland, WI. First weekend in November.

My happy mushroom

This hen turkey and her little babies were roosted in a pine tree just outside my bedroom window. I think there were about 8 little ones but they were huddled quite close together. June 2016, North of Augusta, WI.

This pileated woodpecker stopped for a snack and nearly knocked the bird feeder to the ground because she was so heavy. March 2015, North of Augusta WI.

These two barred owlets made their debut on top of the hollowed out tree where they nested. Photo by Gayle O'Grady

Our son Justin took this at our cabin in clark county

Our sin Justin took this at our cabin in clark county

Rick Kamm of Port Washington Wi came upon this young great horned owl perched on a treestand ladder who was not camera shy while scouting for turkeys.

Turkey Hen with 3 legs and 2 sets of tail feathers. I was hoping to get more photos but the other hens saw me in the window and flew off. This photo was taken in my back yard in Germantown Wisconsin. This is an original photo not photo shopped in any way. photo by Bob Eastman

2 SAND CRANES TAKING OFF IN THE KOHLER ANDRE DUNES

My son Jack Anderson (17 months old) helping clean out wood duck boxes. March of 2016.

These pictures were taken off the back porch of my house the other day. We had been seeing signs of them in our yard. Finally we got a sighting. This is a pair of them.

Backyard Birds

backyard visitor

White Deer-Richland County

I saw this buck 11-20-15. It is the same buck I passed on last year on opening day of gun season and whose picture I sent then.

When it gets cold. Sometime these owls come back to the same tree. Sometime a brown owl but this year it's a grey one.

Lee Fiedler managed to get within 50 feet of these two at Greenfeld park in West Allis Wisconsin.

This buck came in to my fine turkey calling and decoy. He stayed around for about 20 minutes and he was so close I could touch him. I took this photo with my flip phone around Cross Plains Wisconsin on Oct 27.

Sunset on Williams lake at the close of duck hunting October 11th 2015

Leslie Lanthrip of Goodman got this shot after watching the bear dig for ants on a forest road in Goodman, WI.

This photo was taken on the grounds where i work. Since last year this Canada goose has become a sort of companion to this farm goose. This spring i noticed that they had mated and produced a mixed offspring. I thought it was really cool to see this.

3 new robins just hatched in my hanging basket on the porch near Holmen, WI

Painted turtles sunning themselves in a Clark County Wisconsin pond

Caught this group of Painted Turtles sunning themselves while floating on Boom Lake in Rhinelander WI

Bald Eagle pulling a deer carcus to get at some good meat

Northern Loon of Bass Lake in Drummond, WI. Taken while canoeing along the lake.

Wisconsin River 12-14-2014

I tagged along with my husband during muzzleloader hunting and this little guy came near enough for me to get a picture.

This buck passed near my stand opening day of the 2014 gun deer season. I'm hoping he will be bigger next year and I get more photos of him. I seldom actually shoot one, anymore.

Out for an evening walk the gorgeous sunset was peeking through the corn

Amy J. Tisdale shot this beauty on her Zinnia's while enjoying a morning cup of coffee.

A little 8 point buck browsing the back yard for flowers or leaves to eat. Photo shot by 8 yr old off our deck.

Sandhill Crane protecting it's nest from a fawn who strolled a bit too close. Taken by Terri Lenz this spring in Oregon Wis.

While hiking to check on a remote duck hunting spot in Blackwell, WI I came across a sow and 3 cubs. I watched them for 10 min till she got downwind. She stood up growled then ran off

Experienced this close encounter with a newly born fawn while morel mushroom hunting.

Wood ducks in our last snowstorm.

Deer Suffering NE Wisconsin

Prairie Chickens in a tree in our back yard. Bancroft, WI

Snowy Owl located in town of Grant - Portage WI - Buena Vista Chicken Land