Joel Dinda's photos with the keyword: msu

One last photo from my visit to the Kellogg Bird Sanctuary.

As I said: The water's green . The Kellogg Bird Sanctuary calls this "The Lagoon." It's a little pond beside Wintergreen Lake (which is in the background of the photo), and it serves as both a display area and a sanctuary-within-the-sanctuary for the sorts of birds who nest beside little ponds. Of course, these particular nesting birds are pretty tolerant of humanity. It's also the first thing I see when I visit. There are several routes a person might take through the Sanctuary, but I've always begun by taking the stairway down to the lake, and the lagoon, right inside the Sanctuary's entrance. Because I like this view, basically. You don't see it unless you walk down those steps.

A Mallard, methinks, at the W.K. Kellogg Bird Sanctuary . The water's green because, well, the water's actually green . Blame algae. The sanctuary's near Battle Creek, of course, though it claims an Augusta address (I'm a bit surprised--I was expecting Richland, or Hickory Corners). I've been visiting the Kellogg Sanctuary pretty much all my life, though these days the visits are relatively rare. When I was young it was an exotic place, with Peacocks and Sandhill Cranes and other large unusual birds; with injured raptors--always including a Bald Eagle--in large cages; with colorful pheasants in a set of cages away from Wintergreen Lake. And Swans. It's the first place I remember seeing swans, though it seems likely I'd seen 'em in Kalamazoo before. No Peacocks today, and no Sandhills (though these days I see Sandhills pretty regularly elsewhere--saw a pair in flight on Monday, around Cloverdale). Mostly there was the usual array of Canada Geese and Trumpeter Swans on or near the lake, with a relatively small population of ducks. A good visit, all in all. I got pictures! Technically the sanctuary's a remote campus of Michigan State University, part of their Kellogg Biological Research Station .

MSU's Beal Garden was kind of dramatic this morning...,

This is the Kellogg Bird Sanctuary, near Battle Creek. I've always thought of this view as the entrance to the sanctuary, though technically it's well past the gift/book shop which controls entry to the facility. I can remember that this view was quite different when I was a kid, but don't remember any details; I think this just proves I'm no longer young. Bet I can find a picture in my slides, or my dad's, though. If you check out the original size , you can see several birds nesting along the path... =================== I'd post some pictures of the recent snow--today's been absolutely gorgeous, and the whole week's been very pretty--except I've been taken by a really nasty cold and haven't wanted to do much of anything. The cats and I watched birds all day, but I was too wasted to set up the camera rig.

Near the Beal Garden gate . Wish my daylilies looked that good....

Kellogg Bird Sanctuary (a Michigan State University facility, on land donated by W.K. Kellogg), very near Gull Lake, not far from Battle Creek. The smaller bird seems to be a redhead duck (or is it a canvassback?)--the sanctuary attracts thousands of ducks, in many varieties. ==================== Had a friend who worked at the Biological Station (a larger facility which includes the sanctuary); she told tales of watching ducks mistake the ice on Wintergreen Lake for open water, and trying to land. Evidently an ongoing source of entertainment for the staff. The sanctuary is open in winter; perhaps I'll wander down some day and check.

Michigan State second baseman Kevin Goergen, yesterday afternoon at McLane Stadium. State beat the Fighting Illini, badly: 12-3. Original photo here . 674 game photos here .

Warming up in the Cooley Law School Stadium bullpen before last night's Crosstown Showdown. Hudspeth didn't appear in the game. Original (slightly less bright) photo here . 953 game photos here .

Purdue Boilermakers @ Michigan State Spartans at McLane Stadium (Kobs Field) in East Lansing. Just a few days ago this ballyard was largely underwater . Hard to believe. State won by an 8-1 score. The teams meet again tomorrow, and Sunday. Original photo here . 885 game photographs (and a video!) here .

State's Anthony Cheky heads for second as Western's Nick Bradley pitches. Called my sister during the seventh inning: "Well, the game's like this-- Western's made 13 hits. State's made 2 errors. The Spartans are 4 runs ahead." Not exactly a pitcher's duel. More like a perpetual motion machine. Final score was Michigan State 15, Western Michigan 7. Original photo here . 557 game photos, mostly underexposed, here .

Lansing versus East Lansing. Single-A versus Division I. Pros versus amateurs. (The collegians won, by the way.) Whatever. Baseball! ============ Original photo here . 35 game photos--disproportionately cheerleaders (!) and pro photographers-- here . I'll take a better camera this weekend, when they start playing for real....

A flower a day for January ....

Since I wanted something really different for the day's photographs, I headed for the MSU campus a year ago. I don't know Michigan State's campus as well as a student would, or even an alumnus, but generally speaking I can find my way around, especially if I stay near the Circle. Parked next to the Natural Science Building on Farm Lane, then headed in the direction of Beal Garden. ========== The Natural Science Building's a sprawling, not-particularly-attractive building. I used to occasionally wander into the library in the building, researching something or other in what seems like another life. This pic's more or less from where I parked my car. ========== To the extent the trip had a specific destination, that was Beal Garden. Where I found the new-since-I-last-looked gate I photographed for 366 Snaps . ========== This photograph is an outtake from my 2012 photo-a-day project, 366 Snaps . Number of project photos taken: 65 Title of " roll :" Michigan State Campus Other photos taken on 7/12/2012: The Daily Flower Census returned after a brief outage. The yard was simply awesome.

Beal Garden's one of my favorite Lansing-area places. A year ago I posted this one in color . ========== This photograph is an outtake from my 2012 photo-a-day project, 366 Snaps . 366 Snaps project discussion and stats for July 12 .

The reason I learned MSU's campus is the school's great library, where I used to spend entire days. It's really a rather unattractive building, but if you're careful you can make it look good. I'm also posting a different crop of this photo. ========== This photograph is an outtake from my 2012 photo-a-day project, 366 Snaps . 366 Snaps project discussion and stats for July 12 .

The reason I learned MSU's campus is the school's great library, where I used to spend entire days. It's really a rather unattractive building, but if you're careful you can make it look good. I'm also posting a different crop of this photo. ========== This photograph is an outtake from my 2012 photo-a-day project, 366 Snaps . 366 Snaps project discussion and stats for July 12 .

Kedsie's just gorgeous. ========== This photograph is an outtake from my 2012 photo-a-day project, 366 Snaps . 366 Snaps project discussion and stats for July 12 .