The last day of February and what a crazy day it has been…the only thing we haven’t seen yet is the thunder and lightning that is in the forecast.
I often mix the order of pictures up but today I’m going to post them in the exact order I took them because even in the short half hour time span of our walk the weather changed numerous times…
Despite the fact that before I sat down for lunch it was so warm and sunny I’d dug out sunglasses and changed into a lighter top….by the time we set out for our walk…it was snowing…
by the time we’d walked the short distance down to the ‘flats’ – we had a rainbow…
Got to the park and noticed these pussy willows against the now, clear blue sky (despite the cold weather of the past week or so, more and more pussy willows are appearing)
Got to the log bay in the sunshine….
There were a number of Red-wing Blackbirds here, also a Northern Flicker, one of the Belted Kingfisher, I heard a Robin and several Song Sparrows, and saw a Fox Sparrow
There was a lot of activity in the bushes in the area by the viewing platform…Gold Crowned Kinglets, Black Cap Chickadee, Spotted Towhee, Varied Thrush and Dark Eyed Junco to name a few…
Here is another look at the Gold Crowned Kinglets…just because it is so hard to get even half wise decent shots of them..
looking down now in the first bay, where the sun is shining..
there is a Great Blue Heron…it had been no where in sight when we’d walked over…
a bit further along, still in the sunshine…is a male Green Wing Teal…there were Mallard, Gadwall and a couple of Common Merganser in this area as well…within seconds of taking this picture…it was snowing again!
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