Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Banner morning at the Birding Center

I had a wonderful morning at the Bird Center today.



An American White Pelican was enjoying the sunrise when I arrived.





It wasn't long before a Harrier Hawk came screaming by, flying low over some ducks.



A Blue-winged Teal slowly paddled by.



A Black-crowned Night Heron also took the opportunity to do a duck-flyover.



It wasn't long before a Brown Pelican appeared voicing his opinion of all the low flying activity.



Meanwhile, a Snowy Egret was having a very ugly bad-hair day. I had big fun photographing this bird.



The Brown Pelican might have been feeling neglected and started splashing behind me. It was either taking a shower or trying to scare up some breakfast.



Charlie, the resident Great Blue Heron showed up to give me some company. I've never seen him catch anything while fishing next to me. It may have been looking for a hand out.




A male Red-winged Blackbird was preening on the other side of the boardwalk. Females are brown.




A Green-winged Teal groomed himself while his female friend snoozed indifferently.



And finally, a Tri-colored Heron caught a bit of breakfast.

All in all, a wonderful morning to photograph birds. While I've photographed this birds before, never with so much fun. To top it off, it's supposed to be 75 degrees today. It just doesn't get much better than this.