I've got a few days to catch up on!
Tuesday, the 14th was just a perfect day for walking....
all of the fields were just full of geese, hundreds if not thousands of them.
there was a real mix of the regular Canada Geese...
and the smaller (dare we say 'cuter'?) Cackling Geese
even more were taking off and flying about over head.
there were a few eagles around, like this guy, not sure if he was drying out or 'catching the rays'!
In one area, there were Spotted Towhee eating the berries of the native Common Snowberry shrub.
Wednesday....
a cold wind had us walking the less exposed direction, still there wasn't much to see except for this selection...
in a sheltered spot...a couple of male Common Merganser right in front, a bunch of Mallard and one lone American Coot in the middle.
Today....the temperature never really went above freezing...
but it was a pleasant surprise to see so many waterfowl sheltering on this side of the river and bay.
Trumpeter Swans, Canada Geese and an American Wigeon in this photo...
More of everything here, with a Bufflehead and Mallard in there as well.
it seemed the Canada Geese were on the river....
while the Cackling were sticking to the fields.
Mid-afternoon, decided to head over to the park...
definitely a wintery cast to the estuary
frost flowers....
got to the log bay and could see a bird perched in the willow bush there....figured it was a blackbird but it didn't act like a Red-wing, nor could I see any red wing patch...so just snapped photos and figured I'd figure it out when I got home.
and to my surprise it was a Rusty Blackbird! Rare at the best of times. I have never seen one here this time of the year before. It goes to show, you just never know what you might see!
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