But the highlight of the day was seeing a mama great horned owl and her two babies, less than six months old, sitting only about 20 ft overhead. Herewith:
Monday, May 28, 2012
Wetlands Birding, Redux
Went back to the wetlands early this morning to catch birds at breakfast. Neighbor T came along, as she had never been there. I got to add a few more birds to my life list, and can now name the turtle I saw on Friday. T is a big reptile lover, and she identified them as red-eared sliders. There were quite a few out sunbathing today. Today's birds included tentative identifications of a ring-necked duck, blue-winged teal, and cinnamon teal, but I'm not confident on my ids of these three at all. But I've been able to definitely add the northern shoveler, Abert's towhee, pie-billed grebe with its black ring around the bill, great egret, and the northern rough-winged swallow. I used to see hundreds of cattle egret in Belize, so I was happy to officially see their big cousin.We also saw a couple of great blue herons, old friends of mine from Belize.
But the highlight of the day was seeing a mama great horned owl and her two babies, less than six months old, sitting only about 20 ft overhead. Herewith:
But the highlight of the day was seeing a mama great horned owl and her two babies, less than six months old, sitting only about 20 ft overhead. Herewith:
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Oh, that's awesome! I have some very grainy, very underexposed photos of a pair of these guys who were at the top of a telephone pole. I took them at about nine or ten at night. Your photos are waaaaay better than mine!
ReplyDeleteThanks! I surprised myself with how nice they turned out. I'm very anxious for the fall to come and migratory birds to start appearing. I just need a better pair of binoculars.
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