The Pileated Woodpecker is our largest and noisiest woodpecker. Surprisingly, it is also one of the shyest and most secretive of Indiana birds. This one was attracted to a special feeder by Linda Teeple. See Summer Birds for more of our less common birds.

Six juvenile Mallard Ducks feed on the bottom of the Killbuck Wetlands while their mother (top) watches over them. See Mallard Ducks for more pictures of these and other Mallards.

Can you guess what kind of bird this is? Hint: we prominently featured another specimen of the same species last month. See Surprise Bird to find out what it is.

"Junior," our resident father Barred Owl, is alert as he takes his daytime rest. He had a close encounter of the worst kind this past month. See Barred Owl for the story. For more information about our resident owls, see Barred Owl Family History.

A mother Canada Goose leads her four youngsters across the Killbuck Wetlands. See Canada Geese for more goose family pictures.

Screen Savers

This month, Birds of Madison County brings you two high resolution pictures. Clicking on one of the images below will cause the corresponding high resolution image to be downloaded to your browser. You may save this image by dragging it to your desktop or using the "SAVE" command on the File menu. These images are large and may require a little time to download, depending on the speed of your Internet connect. The size of the picture in pixels and of the file in bytes is given for each picture.

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Canada Geese

An extended family of Canada Geese cruises on the Killbuck Wetlands.

2400 X 1600 pixels; 1094K Bytes.

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Mallard Family

A Mallard mother watches over her six youngsters as they feed in a shallow place in the Killbuck Wetlands.

2400 X 1600 pixels; 618K Bytes.

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Award Winning Web Site

We were honored to receive the East Central Indiana Audubon Society's Conservation Education Award for the work done through this web site. We thank the Audubon Society for this recognition and promise to continue our efforts to bring you interesting bird-related pictures.

We hope you enjoy the pictures. Your comments are welcome and may be sent to us at this address:

Tom and Jean Harbron

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Birds of Madison County thanks the Midwest Antique Fruit Jar & Bottle Club for providing the hosting web site.

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