Female Common Merganser
111619
0740-0829/40-44 F (35 wind chill)/clear/SE-8/67-60% RH/30.0 Hg and rising
It was a little cool that morning and we had a surprise or two, which always spurs one on for more.
Just off the Cove, we sported nine active Buffleheads, six Ruddy Ducks, a pair of American Coots,
a Pied-billed Grebe, with eleven Killdeer between Shorebird Jetty, the west side and the southeast lowland corner.
Four female Common Mergansers were the highlight quietly hiding off the west side of the Cove, as it is a reasonably untraveled area. It took a few moments for them to show their sides instead of their rumps, so this made an attractive shot about thirty feet away. Sadly, I didn't see them upon my approach, but now I'm paying more attention.
The American Crow was patrolling in search of trouble, while the Tufted Titmouse, Carolina Wren, Northern Flicker, Eastern Bluebird, American Goldfinch, and Dark-eyed Juncos made their presence known.
Winter has been moving in with summery twists and turns, rain, and good surprises if one keeps alert.
Male Song Sparrow
111719
0756-0851/partly cloudy/NNW-6/56-58% RH/29.89-29.88 Hg and steady
Pied-billed Grebes, Ruddy Ducks, and the normal gulls increased in numbers this morning, as did Dark-eyed Juncos and this beautiful singing male Song Sparrow.
These were the days of pre-cold snap and rain
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