Sunday, June 18, 2017
Saturday, June 17, 2017
A Green Heron Two Clutch Day
Original Clutch #1
"Missing Link"
Three Members, Clutch #1
Ditto
"Circle Game"
Two Members of Clutch #1
"Then There Was One"
Clutch #1
Clutch #1, Fourth Born
Adult Green Heron
Fourth Born, Clutch #1
Adult Green Heron
Third Born, Clutch #1
Fourth Born, Clutch #1
Adult Green Heron
Four Nestlings, Clutch #2
Third Born, Clutch #1
Adult Green Heron
Ditto, Same Bird
"Tag, You're It"
Adult Pursued By Fourth Born
Fourth Born, Clutch #1
Clutch #1, Intent on Parent
Awaiting Rest of Family
Nestlings Awaiting Breakfast
Saturday, 06-17-17
0715-0900/81-85 F/mostly cloudy/S-12/73-69% RH/29.70-29.73 Hg and steady
Remember that missing clutch of birds that I assumed that I had lost, because they vanished into thin air? They're B-a-c-k. Clutch #1 apparently switched trees, just like they did last year, when a second
set of eggs was laid. Last year, the parents simply led the young ones over the branches to the next
tree with the snag on the right. I just missed seeing it this time.
Our missing birds had been in the lower nest. The second nest was built above that one, where the current nestlings are located. This is the first nest that has been within view since the Green Herons
have been using Heron Cove. All of the other ones have been much higher and out of view, though they have all been over the water.
These photos are all from today. I will try to get the remainder posted, which will be from the beginning of the week, when the nestlings are even younger.
Tuesday, June 13, 2017
Sunday, June 11, 2017
Nature At Its Best at Boomer Lake and the Creek
Mallard and Ducklings
Green Heron on Nest
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Snail
Red-winged Blackbird
Another Mallard with Ducklings
Fungus in Dead Tree
Green Herons Switch Nest Sitting
Prothonotary Warbler
Ditto
Week of 06-05-17
I don't want to jinx it, but it appears that our fearless Green Herons might have young this time.
Even though we have blowing willow leaves and branches in the way, I might have seen three little sleeping forms in the nest today, while the pair was off foraging for food.
There are also plenty of young Mallards on the water of both Boomer Lake and Boomer Creek, and naturally our Canada Geese have reared plenty of young, as well.
Now we are seeing young of nearly all shapes and sizes that belong to nearly all the area birds, and I will try to get photos of some samplings, as I am able to do so. There were several young robins observed this morning.
Boomer Creek has been giving us beautiful things, mostly nature related, but I also finally managed a
couple of halfway decent shots of a Prothonotary Warbler. Since the birds always seem to be in the same general area, I have also been looking for the nesting cavity. I believe that I have found the tree, but I don't want to appear too interested, as it could make the pair fearful. After all, I have had the good fortune to photograph one or both of them, so I cannot complain.
Here's to the week ahead!
Sunday, June 4, 2017
Gratuitous Findings at Boomer Lake For All
Green Heron
Great-tailed Grackle #1
Great-tailed Grackle #2
Barn Swallow
Diamondback Watersnake
Male Northern Cardinal
Mallard with Ducklings
Green Heron in Nest
Ruddy Shelduck
Ditto
Canada Goslings
05-29 - 06-04-17
This week gave us a little bit of everything for the season, but the Ruddy Shelduck was a
bonus, who I actually saw arrive at 1110 hrs. on 06-03. This was the original bird that
came to stay with us for about a week. It then left the area, and I was told by a resident that it
had spent time at The Links, also for nearly a week.
Our Green Heron has been on her nest on and off, again for what seems to be an extended
period of time.
Young birds are in abundance on the lake and many birds have been and are with young. There are three sets of Mallard ducklings that I know about, and an easy dozen families of Canada Geese.
This male Cardinal's female refused a photograph, as she is presently molting, but he appears to be
in a fresh set of feathers.
It has been more than a challenge to find the Cliff Swallows at rest, but another Barn Swallow managed to accommodate. When they were here, the Rough-winged Swallows sat en masse upon
a snag.
We experienced a little rough patch of weather, but it wasn't much of a deterrent for the birds. Let's see what next week holds.
Friday, June 2, 2017
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