Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Birding Part 2

There are hundreds to thousands of geese in the area. Mostly Canada and greater white fronted, a few snow geese. They are mixing it up with the Sandhill cranes in the fields around us. We spotted five plovers on the spit today. Not sure which kind. The males had black bellies but there are several plovers with black bellies found here and we didn't have binocs to take a closer look for better ID. If they all stick around awhile the shorebird festival will be hopping next week.

Strange things we find on the beach:

Mallard head
Probably leftovers from an eagle's meal.

Tractor

 What is it about tractors that is so exciting? Bob is giddy with excitement and the neighbors are begging to take selfies on it. But the wi...