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Sunday, April 7, 2019

Band-tails

Only managed one quick walk this morning....


here comes the water!  We are heading out for a few days shortly so I imagine by the time we get back, there will be no more walking across the grassland to the park.


rapidly becoming all water out there....notice the pair of Common Merganser, there was also a pair of Mallard right close to shore...in fact there were a total of 38 Common Merganser this morning...


here is a good comparison...male Mallard in front, male Common Merganser behind.


I'd seen a Band-tail Pigeon a few days ago....this morning there were two....  Some years we see large numbers of these bantam size birds, other years just a few, they'll stay around for a month or so before moving up into the mountains.



and here is an 'almost' photo.  Was trying to get the Rufous Hummingbird feeding on the flowers of the Black-twin berry.  Didn't quite get him.

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