May long weekend

Well it is the middle of the May long weekend and the weather hasn't exactly been spectacular but is what we need....cool, cloudy and showery...  Took advantage and went for a walk over at Harrison Bay...

very green and gray!  Could hear a Spotted Sandpiper down there somewhere but couldn't find it.

there were quite a few White-crowned Sparrows and notice that the berries of these Red-elderberry bushes have already been eaten.

she is pretty hard to see but there is a female Common Yellowthroat down there in the grasses.  Could hear quite a few of them.

American Robins too...this one is perched on one of the branches that blew down last winter and ended up in the fallow corn field...and is now rooting and growing...

and speaking of robins....

here is the first fledgling of the season.

Saw a pair of Bullock's orioles, as well as a female Black-headed Grosbeak.  The Bald Eagle pair were there, from their activity I'd say she is still sitting on eggs.  There is an Osprey sitting on a nest too. 

there was a pair of Black-capped Chickadees being very busy, making me suspect they might have a family nearby.

and flower wise....

the Viper's Bugloss was just starting to come into flower.

Now, wanted to mention that a neighbour had a Black-chinned Hummingbird at their feeder.  Wish I'd seen it!  We have a lot of....

Rufous Hummingbirds around right now, including the first crop of babies like this little guy...

and...

the Anna's Hummingbirds...like this male. (sorry about the photo quality - best I've managed) but would have loved to have seen the Black Chinned.

Now unless something really spectacular happens tomorrow this will probably be the last posting for a while as we are heading off again to see what we can see.