not thick fog.....just low cloud...still there was activity...
a Bald Eagle perched out there.....
a Great Blue Heron on one of the pilings....note all that fresh wood, something must have peeled a strip off of it recently.
and Dark-eyed Junco just about everywhere!
By noon the sun was shining.....
So there is the same view in sunshine!
there was a female Hairy Woodpecker working around in the shrubs on the top of the logs at the log bay, I had heard another one at the opposite end, probably the male that has been seen a lot recently.
there were a number of Trumpeter Swans out there today, these were just a few, there was another pair closer in.
there was a lot of activity in the bushes, including this Spotted Towhee.....but one of the species we saw was an Anna's Hummingbird and it appeared to be doing it's diving breeding display....after coming home and doing some research I discovered why the Anna's behavior has changed recently - they are already nesting!!! Apparently they start nesting as early as December and raise 3 broods a year between now and May or June when they go through their molt, further more, apparently the female will start a second nest and lay a second batch of eggs while still feeding her first fledglings...no wonder their population has gone from none to quite a few in such a short period of time.
We'll finish off today with one more Bald Eagle.....
this one a two to three year old I think....they seem to be going through a shift in plumage right now.
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