as we knew it would, snow started falling in the wee hours of the morning. Temperatures have risen, although still below freezing, but a lot of the water that had a skim of ice over it, is now open…
which means there was a lot more activity down there today. I counted 4 Great Blue Heron and you can see there was quite a flock of Hooded Mergansers, along with the other usual duck species.
the path was once again open, allowing us to complete our usual, full walk. This area over at the log bay was full of Red Wing Blackbirds. By the way there is also a Wilson’s Snipe over here. Didn’t see it today but here is a picture of it taken last Sunday during the Eagle Festival…
sorry it is a ‘rear end view’…
This female Belted Kingfisher was over there today….
This guy was perched above the viewing platform…
While this Bald Eagle was enjoying lunch. Look carefully at the bottom left hand corner of the picture and you can just make out a Killdeer as well.
Now for any ‘Gull’ fans looking at this, I am posting these pictures of two gulls that were down there this morning…
I am most definitely not an expert on identifying gulls but I think this might be a Glaucous-wing Western hybrid….based on the extensive smudging on the neck, the dark gray wing tips, yellow bill and pink legs….
This other one had even more extensive smudging on the head and neck. The only other choice I can see might be a Thayer’s Gull but I believe they have black wing tips and these are not black, just a dark gray. If anyone knows for sure please comment.
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