As you can see it is creeping up the boat launch again....
and that means that the path to the park is once more under water, so no visits to the park for a while yet! You can't make it out in this picture but all those distant mountains had snow on the top.
There was a pair of Bald Eagles flying about and creating a bit of a ruckus...one landed way over there in the eagle tree by the viewing platform and the other spooked some ducks that had been hiding in the grasses....
the ducks appeared to all be Mallards, at least as far as I could tell. There were several sparrows of some sort in the bushes adjacent to the grasslands and a few gulls flying about, so definite signs that the fall season is getting underway.
Have noticed all the usual suspects in the yard since the feeders are now full again. Steller's Jay of course, and Chickadees, both varieties Black-cap and Chestnut-backed Purple Finch, Song Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrows and even a Fox Sparrow which was a bit of a surprise since we don't usually see them until well into winter. Spotted Towhee too and there have been quite a few Northern Flickers around, also Robins... I think that Salmon are now arriving back at the spawning channel....hopefully the rains will let up and we'll be able to make a trip up there to check it out.
