it wasn't exactly clear blue skies and sunshine and it wasn't exactly 'warm' ....but it didn't rain (or snow - although it had yesterday morning!).....so we'll take it. This was in the morning and there were Tree Swallows happily flying about over head but not much else to be seen.
After lunch we headed over to Harrison Bay....
where everything is becoming very 'green'.....and I have to say I have never seen as many...
American Robins in one place in my life! There were robins everywhere you looked...
some European Starlings as well.....mixed in with the robins...
there was also a large flock, a hundred or so, Red-wing Blackbirds moving through the trees up along the river. There have been blackbirds in the area all winter, but judging from the actions of these ones, I'd guess this was a migrant flock moving through...
here was one of them, he'd stopped long enough to do some calling.
Speaking of 'migrants'....we saw a small flock of we think Western Meadowlarks....they acted like meadowlarks, but we didn't hear any calls and they were down in the field, flew a short distance and disappeared down in the grass again....
What we did see was...
the first Turkey Vulture of the season. There were also a couple of small hawks flying around which explains the lack of small birds....they'd all be busy hiding.
As for the....
Bald Eagles.....still not sure what is happening.....this one was near the nest...
and we'll end with another of those robins.....
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