Last Sunday morning walk-June 24.

This morning was our last "Spring walk", we headed to FCPP and LaFarge Meadows. We spotted Pellies, Swallows, Widgeons, and a pair of King Fisher's. This is a bird that I will add t omy "must get a better shot of" list. This guy was a long way off, but it is a shot:)

It was threatening rain(AGAIN!) but a bright spot on the walk was this Baltimore Oriole. Quite a poor shot, but I'll take any images I can get of this shy bird.

We had to be close to this King Bird's territory, there was a Magpie in the area, and this fellow was "pitching a fit". Did I say threatening rain? See the water on the leaves?

A little further down the trail we flushed a Spotted Sandpiper. We were able to find her nest with four eggs in it. Not much of a bowl, a pretty fragile structure actually. I thought the eggs were large compared to the size of the bird.

We also maged to spot this Hooded Merganser mother with her eight chicks, they don't look very old.

On the way back to the car I got pretty close to this Ruddy Duck. He was hilarious as he bobbed his head and vibrated his chest to produce a little cloud of foam bubbles in front of him.

That pretty wound up the walk. Kerri offered to take me to her secret hiding spot for Black Crowned Night Herons after the walk. She said we would have to hurry as she had to be back in town by 5:00
Stay tuned!

Turbo