As noted in my Ruby-Crowned Kinglet post, I have been birding / hiking the Lester Park Golf Course the past two days. I plan on being over there again shortly after sunrise tomorrow morning. Each day seems to bring different birds, which is fun after the long winter. The past two days’ selection have been ducks. One nice thing is on ponds the number of ducks is smaller. It is really hard to get close to large flocks of ducks. Once one bird flushes, the next 200 also take off. However with golf course ponds in the early morning I can slowly approach … directly in the sunlight which makes me hard to see. When I get to each pond I then sit down, even on the wet grass. Standing I am a dangerous human. Sitting I am often tolerated. Here is a collection of images I took over the past two mornings.

Greater Scaup (and a Horned Grebe in the final pic)

Buffleheads a Courting

Phoebe (not much of a duck!)

Guess who is interested in the migrating songbirds? A Merlin!