Today started out quite lovely….
had the opportunity to head out for a morning ‘dog less’ walk – the water levels are now creeping up in our boat launch area…
Most notable this morning was a large flock of mainly Common Mergansers, but with some Common Goldeneye mixed in
there had to be at least 50 birds in the group…
at the log bay, that lower log is now partially submerged…and just for interest’s sake…
here is the same area at the same time of the year, last year – so it is obvious the water is rising a lot earlier than it did last year!
back to today, still lots of female Red-wing Blackbirds…
a number of Rufous Hummingbirds along the trail today.
American Goldfinch too…
not a great picture – but one of the first Turkey Vultures seen this season..
most notable for the day though were these shorebirds that flew in and landed just across from us during our afternoon walk….
They were being very vocal and very busy…in fact it was almost a feeding frenzy. I’ve studied and studied these pictures and as far as I can tell there are 3 Greater Yellowlegs (the 3 bigger birds) and 2 Lesser Yellowlegs.
I find it strange to see the two species together, but I guess during migration, anything can happen!
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