Environment:
Start Time: 5:40 AM Temperature: 53 degrees Sky: Sunshine.
The one bird I got even a little close to is today’s featured image – a female Downy Woodpecker. She was very busy and didn’t hang around long but finally showed me her face. Otherwise I was limited to catching birds as they flew by. Got some good ones, though. The Osprey pictured here was headed in from the direction of the Fish Hatchery – so you know this fish is young and tender! And I got a Great Blue Heron and a Red-tailed Hawk. I kind of think the hawk is the adult I have been (barely) seeing in the nest that I have been watching. Later I saw what I think is this same bird sitting in the nest with no sign of a little one. I looked and looked for my three favorite juvenile Great Horned Owls but could not find them.
Sightings:
Birds: Mallard Drake, Wood Ducks, Western Kingbirds, Double Crested Cormorants, Starlings, Ospreys, Canada Geese, Doves, Barn Swallows, Bullock’s Orioles, Common Grackles, American Robins, Red-tailed Hawk, Scaled Quail, Blue Grosbeak, Downy Woodpecker, Yellow-breasted Chat, Wild Turkeys, Great Blue Heron
Critters: Mule Deer
KINGSYARD HEAVY DUTY METAL MESH BIRD FEEDER
Gear: Nikon D5600, AF-S Nikkor 200-500mm; Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight
