Morning walk at Harrison Bay

Yesterday it was a cloudy morning with rain in the forecast so we decided to go for a walk over at the dike before the rains hit.

there were swallows all over the place, perched on the wires and flying and swooping down close to the ground....

lots of Tree Swallows but also a lot of Violet Green Swallows....

but also a Northern Rough Wing (the brown one on the end) and...

even a Cliff Swallow (3rd from left).  In another area saw these....

very young Tree Swallows.  Of course swallows weren't the only birds around...

there were a number of young Northern Flickers...

White-crowned Sparrows....

some Spotted Sandpipers....

and Bullock's Orioles among others...

including this rather hard to see young Bald Eagle in it's nest.

Plant wise.....

I finally got a clear close up of this tiny little wildflower - Deptford Pink

and this tiny member of the morning glory family....a bit of controversy at the moment as to the exact type. :-)