I watched this Great Blue Heron fishing in the shallows at the NE end of the large pond at Spring Canyon a few mornings ago. In this photo series he was unsuccessful, but I watched him catch three small fish that morning. His success drew a crowd- by the time I left the canyon two…
There was a single Greater Yellowlegs at Spring Canyon a few mornings ago. Except for some Killdeer, that have a much broader habitat, these are the first shorebirds I’ve seen at Meredith this year. The birds are probably there, but because of the larger lake that makes the shallows inaccessible to us boatless folks, fewer…
Wrens are among my favorite birds. They are quite small-the two most common species in this area, Rock Wrens and Bewick’s Wrens are both less than six inches long, but they sing like they are ten feet tall. I’ve been blessed with a Bewick’s serenade for the last couple of days. He’s found a suitable…
There are a lot of things I like about birding- anticipating returning birds (not long until the Mississippi Kites and Swainson’s Hawks and all the summer songbirds return,) watching nesting birds (I’m keeping and eye on two Red-tailed Hawk nests,) and watching territorial and mating displays (Hooded Mergansers and Buffleheads are pretty funny.) I enjoy…
I got off work at 0700 this morning after a 24 hour shift and drove out to Spring Canyon at the base of the Lake Meredith Dam. It’s really just the Canadian River Valley, but since the dam was built in the early 60s it’s an easily accessible wetland with marshy reed beds and five…
I saw a pair of Great Horned Owls this morning at Spring Canyon, the first I’ve seen since last spring. They were in a tree at the bottom of the hill as you enter the canyon. There have been other sightings this year by other birders in different areas of the lake, and I’m sure…
We’ve not had a lot of sunshine this week and the last 2 days have been especially dark and blustery. We haven’t had a lot of snow, just a dusting, but it’s been very cold. I did make a couple of trips to Meredith, but the light was so bad that the photo’s lost most…
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