Haven't left yet.....

Well we haven't left yet....and the water continues to climb, albeit slowly....so we went for another walk along the dike at Harrison Bay yesterday evening....

it was dead calm out there....so here is the flooded parking lot...

and towards the campground.  Two days before we could actually walk into the campground- not so now.

quite a few damp spots like this now in all the fields, in fact all the properties that back the dike a bit further back have standing water in them, along the back edges.

this is a little disconcerting as this water is coming in from under the railroad tracks which form the dike in this spot.

As for bird activity....well there was quite the carry on ....

it seems the European Starlings have fledged 'en-mass' - they were all over the bushes and making sure everyone knew they were there!

caught sight of this female Common Yellowthroat....

this American Robin obviously feeding a family somewhere....

Speaking of families, while I was looking at a male Mallard in a flooded location, wondering if there were any mallard ducklings yet, we spotted....

Canada Geese in the few dry spots still in the campground and one pair had some freshly hatched goslings with them, but I couldn't get a photo through all the vegetation between us and them.

that poor Osprey nest is still hanging in there....just wish boat owners were a bit more considerate of their wakes.  The eagle nest was occupied with one of the parents sitting up in it.  Youngsters still too small to show up from the ground.

White-crowned Sparrows were much in evidence - especially this guy who really stood his ground as we walked by.  Obviously a nest nearby.

a few Song Sparrows, like this one making themselves more visible than they have been lately...

This male Red-wing Blackbird is usually hanging about in this location, so again, must be a nest nearby.  Notice the Red-Osier Dogwood flowers are now getting past their peak.

while the Viper's Bugloss is just starting to flower.  Hopefully they won't mow it all down like they did last year.....all that vegetation sucks up water which is what is needed right now.  Of course if they do mow it, we won't be here to see it.  Sounds like they don't expect water levels to peak for another week or so yet.