Environment:
Start Time: 6:15 AM Temperature: 46 degrees Sky: Hazy sunlight.
Walking around Rock Canyon this morning was mostly uneventful. Osprey were unusually absent from the skies and their favorite perches. I only saw one with a meal in progress (pictured here) and he (?) was dining well off the trail. Another bird that I think was trying to have breakfast was the Double Crested Cormorant who is the featured image for today. I saw it thrashing something around so I snapped a quick picture hoping to see a big fish. The Cormorant was probably wishing for the same thing but, instead, had some river muck possibly stuck in its bill. Mother owl was nowhere to be found around the nest. One of the (not so) little ones was way up on a high branch having a good look around. Its two siblings were still staying close to home.
Owl Watch
Sightings:
Birds: Mallards, Wood Ducks, Blue-winged Teals, Double Crested Cormorants, Great Horned Owls, Starlings, Ospreys, Canada Geese, American Robins, American Kestrels, Northern Flickers, Doves, Common Grackles, Great Blue Herons, Wild Turkeys, Turkey Vultures, Blue Jays, Red-tailed Hawk, Green Heron (probable), Brown-headed Cowbirds, Red-winged Blackbirds, White-crowned Sparrows, Woodpeckers, Say’s Phoebe, Spotted Towhee
Critters: Mule Deer, Tree Squirrels, Prairie Dog, Wood Louse
KINGSYARD HEAVY DUTY METAL MESH BIRD FEEDER
Gear: Olympus OM-1 E-M1 Mark II, Lumix 100-400mm; Olympus EE-1 Dot Sight
