The photography on the Riverbank Treasures website is by Vanessa L. Mitchner, from Lyons, Michigan. (Copyrighted)
Below is a small photo gallery of other birds and landscapes. The first photo is from Magnolia Gardens, SC. The two White Egrets (in love!) in the second photo is from the rookery there.
For closeups, tap a photo and swipe or use the left and right arrows.
Bird Blog
Click on a photo to get to the full blog post with more photos of each bird featured.
Trumpeter Swans
August 17, 2026 – First it was a really weird sound. What the HECK was that? It sounded like a flock of geese on steroids, or something. A few minutes later I looked out my office window and saw two swans on the pond. I grabbed my Nikon and went out to the top of…
Northern Yellow Warbler
August 11, 2026 (Formerly this blog post was named ‘Yellow Warbler’.) Did you know? In October 2025, ornithologists officially split the common Yellow Warbler into two distinct species: the Northern Yellow Warbler and the Mangrove Yellow Warbler. This taxonomic change happened to separate the widespread, long-distance migratory inland populations from the non-migratory, resident coastal mangrove…
Eastern Bluebird
August 11, 2026 This year the Eastern Bluebirds had a brood in their bird house on the south side of our property but moved out shortly after the chicks fledged and started another family somewhere in the wild black cherry trees on the north side. I caught many (not great) photos of them bopping from…
For all of the blog postings (newest to oldest) see: https://riverbank-treasures.com/blog/
Individual Birds Blog posts in alphabetical order:
Bald Eagle (Updated: March 12, 2025; Original post January 21, 2021)
Baltimore Oriole (July 10, 2023)
Belted Kingfisher (Updated: March 7, 2025; Original post August 9, 2023)
Blue Heron (August 3, 2023)
Eastern Bluebird (March 22, 2023)
Osprey (October 31, 2024 from July 2014)
Red-winged Blackbird (October 15, 2023)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (July 31, 2025)
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (November 21, 2022)
Turkey Vulture (July 4, 2021)
White-crowned Sparrow (January 28, 2023)
Online Orders
If you are interested in purchasing any of Vanessa’s Photography, as 5×7 blank greeting cards, please see the following webpage: https://riverbank-treasures.com/online-orders/
