I visited my friends, the hooded merganser couple, twice this morning. Early this morning it was cloudy, and later the sun broke through! Why the “goodbye”? Ice has now almost covered one of the ponds, and my friends … the ducks … will need to fly south fast! It was nice to finally get some sun to photograph the “hoodies”!
This past weekend my wife and I drove down to Milwaukee to visit my son and his fiancee. A great time was had by all, and of course each morning I was out at the crack of dawn keeping up my 365 bird project. On Sunday, I was treated to a Northern Shrike … a first for me and a rare site. Saturday birds were scarce given the autumn storm … just a black-capped chickadee.
Day 282: Black-Capped Chickadee
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Day 283: Northern Shrike
The birds will not be able to hang around my local pond much longer. As you can see the first snow has sprinkled the ground with white!
