Swans!

 Yesterday morning a familiar call alerted us to the fact that the swans were back!

there was a total of 7 Trumpeters in the area of the log bay.  This morning there were at least twice that many.

I know most people's focus is on the eagles, but I prefer the swans.

notice, too the number of salmon.  There still isn't a lot of water, but where there is water, there are salmon.

an unusual sighting yesterday was....

a Bonaparte Gull!  

up until this morning, we've continued to see Greater Yellowlegs regularly.  Today there were none visible so whether they've moved on, or just weren't where we could see them - after all there is a lot of area out there right now...it's hard to say.

Speaking of Bald Eagles....

well their numbers are slowly increasing but seems to be much later than normal.

 

This young one was very visible this afternoon, it's calmness around both us and our dogs makes me wonder if it is the young one that was raised in the near by nest.

numbers of gulls have definitely increased!  This group are all Glaucous-wing Gulls, adults and juveniles.

Between the low temperatures and steady breeze, smaller birds weren't visible today, although...

this male Downy Woodpecker put in an appearance just as we were finishing up.

no swans on Harrison Bay yet. There were some Canada Geese in another area.