Gadwall Showing Authority
Gadwall Pair(Male on Top)
Gadwall Skirmish
Gadwall Grouping(Male in Center)
Male Red-winged Blackbird Emulating Eastern Meadowlark
Beaver Working on Dam
View of Beaver
Beaver Taking His Swim
American Robin
Male Red-winged Blackbird in Flight
Brown Thrasher
Brown Thrasher in Song
0715-0825/partly cloudy/49 degrees/10 mph winds
An early morning vigil before work certainly paid off, just like I'd hoped it would. Most of these shots were obtained just prior to sunrise, namely the Red-winged Blackbird and the beaver. During the morning, there were two mimics in my midst--the Red-winged Blackbird was mimicking an Eastern Meadowlark, and had me fooled, until I caught him doing it. The Brown Thrasher is also a mimic, as is our well-known Northern Mockingbird. It was a stupendous morning for me.
