Of odd gulls and waxwings...and a dance
Cold morning but with the cloud cover breaking around dawn, it warm a little by the end of my walk at 8:40
Nothing on the lake to start with and the first bird was an adult Ring-billed Gull that has large white blotches in the grey back and wings. I've seen a similar plummage partially albino bird here before, maybe it's a returning visitor. Along with the relatively light gull passage this morning, two groups of four American Herring (or should that be Smithsonian) Gulls flew over.
An excellent candidate for Black-capped Chickadee showed well at Pooh Bridge, a big, constrasty, bull-necked bird, with large white cheek patch,white bordered secondaries and some white on the coverts. I'd have like to have seen a Carolina nearby for comparison but had to wait thirty minutes before doing so (of course they are visiting the feeders at home every minute!)
Just above the slope to the riverbed, 14 Waxwings were feeding in a berry bush and taking refuge in the tree above.
Finally back near the Rusty Bridge maintenance shed, 2 Mockingbirds played out a comical dance as they faced off with each other hopping this way and that in a choreographic dance
Trying to get a good look at Chickadee's at the feeders but BOY they move fast! There are undoubtedly many Carolina around.
A very smart adult Cooper's visited the garden behind, sitting on the fence and deck for a few minutes.
Nothing on the lake to start with and the first bird was an adult Ring-billed Gull that has large white blotches in the grey back and wings. I've seen a similar plummage partially albino bird here before, maybe it's a returning visitor. Along with the relatively light gull passage this morning, two groups of four American Herring (or should that be Smithsonian) Gulls flew over.
An excellent candidate for Black-capped Chickadee showed well at Pooh Bridge, a big, constrasty, bull-necked bird, with large white cheek patch,white bordered secondaries and some white on the coverts. I'd have like to have seen a Carolina nearby for comparison but had to wait thirty minutes before doing so (of course they are visiting the feeders at home every minute!)
Just above the slope to the riverbed, 14 Waxwings were feeding in a berry bush and taking refuge in the tree above.
Finally back near the Rusty Bridge maintenance shed, 2 Mockingbirds played out a comical dance as they faced off with each other hopping this way and that in a choreographic danceTrying to get a good look at Chickadee's at the feeders but BOY they move fast! There are undoubtedly many Carolina around.
A very smart adult Cooper's visited the garden behind, sitting on the fence and deck for a few minutes.
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