Slow poke Sunday walk.(20130217)

Our poor weather from our Saturday trip spilled right over into Sunday. We had received a skiff of snow, and the wind conditions actually worsened. Light snow on flat ice from our recent freeze, thaw, freeze, cycle created safety issues for walking. Right as soon as I arrived I spotted this eagle floating over the river.

You can see the poor lighting, which we suffered from all day. In one lighter moment of the day, I managed to grab this shot of a couple of geese lifting off from the river.

The highlight of the day was a sighting of a Prairie Falcon at the far end of our walk, these are not commonly found inside the city limits! On the way back to our starting point we found this little Downy lady.

For this next shot I would have loved to had some real light for these Rock Doves, with their iridescent colouring a shot like this would look pretty nice!

One of the reasons for us to head to this area was the sighting of a male Pintail in the area, Dan and I found him on the walk back to the cars.

That pretty well wrapped up our morning walk on Sunday. Monday is a Statutory Holiday (Family Day) and I am planning a short jaunt out with Jeannette for Snowy's.
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