Environment:
Start Time: 8:10 AM Temperature: 46 degrees Sky: Sunshine with rapidly increasing clouds.
Considering that some quickly arriving and pretty thick clouds cut my walk short this morning I’m surprised at the number of shots that I came home with. Right off the bat I came across a Wood Duck couple who were very focused on finding a nest site for this year’s brood. They are the featured image of the day along with a shot of the hen making a landing on another high perch to get a better view of the area. I saw several American Kestrels – two of whom are in images at the bottom of this post. One was having breakfast while the other was doing its best to convince a Red-tailed Hawk to perch somewhere else. There were also a lot of male Red-Winged Blackbirds chattering loudly most likely to attract the attention of any females in the area.
Sightings:
Birds: Mallards, Wood Ducks, Double Crested Cormorants, Canada Geese, Starlings, Ospreys, Woodpeckers, American Kestrels, Doves, Great Horned Owls, Swallows, American Robins, Western Meadowlark, Red-tailed Hawk, Red-winged Blackbirds
Critters: Tree Squirrels
Gear: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-400mm, Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight
