despite 2 beautiful, sunny, dry days....this is the path to the park this morning....so, we headed over to....
Harrison Bay for our walk....as we had also done the day before....
not too many Bald Eagles around the last couple of days either but this fellow was perched watching the people looking for eagles.
this young one was a little harder to find.
slowly the swans are starting to show up. There have been 3 up my way and there were 8 way out on the bay....presumably Trumpeters as Tundra tend to be rather 'chatty' and these were quiet.
Song Sparrows have been the most frequently seen or at least heard birds over there....
the occasional Spotted Towhee too....
and today, saw the first Brown Creeper of the season....
the first interesting find of the day was this Northern Flicker eating the fruit of the Pacific Crab apples....notice that it is an inter-grade with the gold colouring of the Yellow-shafted and the red mustache of the Red-shafted.
here is a back view showing a faint red 'V' on the back of the head which is another marking normally found only on the Yellow-shafted.
and then there was this which I think is a young Red-Tail Hawk. When we first spotted it out in the field, we thought it had a gull but it looks rather like someone decided to share their catch by throwing it out for the birds. This one tried to pick it up and carry it but it was too heavy for it.
there hadn't been as much bird activity yesterday, although this lone European Starling was seen both days.
as have been Black-capped Chickadees. Something also seen both days were garter snakes. Have never seen garter snakes in November before. Usually by mid-October can breath easy that they aren't around (yes I know they are wonderful for the environment - just don't like things that don't have legs).
a few Great Blue Heron have been seen both days too.
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