After a little bit of rain

Some much needed rain fell over night and into the morning so it was a damp walk (something we aren't used to lately) in the morning over to the park.  The only thing of note was....

Killdeer at the log bay.  Have heard them periodically but this was the first time was able to spot them.  A total of 3 but only 1 in the picture.

By lunchtime the weather had cleared so we headed over to Harrison Bay....

if you look at the shore....it was lined with .....

Canada Geese......lot's of very vocal and restless geese....

Trumpeter Swans still in the fields....counted 80 of them.... but the species with the highest count today....

American Robins....lot's and lot's of robins!  Well over a hundred.  They were no doubt enjoying the bugs and worms brought closer to the surface after the rain....

and it wasn't just robins feeding on the ground....

Northern Flicker....this one a female, were also busy....in fact saw more flickers today than we have for sometime, but I think I've already mentioned that March is when we often see them in larger numbers as they migrate through.

there is a pair of them in this picture.  Male on the left, female on the right.

Speaking of males and females....

walking one direction....there was this male Hairy Woodpecker....

and on the return walk....

there was the female.

at the Bald Eagle nest, one was standing guard.  Notice how the buds are swelling on the poplar trees - sticky bud time soon!