I met Graeme early at Lake Artemesia so he could return the coffee cup I left in his car yesterday. Old age and memory.

He was a little late, and I ran into a very cooperative muskrat and a couple of beavers before he arrived.

Al though it was a slow and a little breezy, we did get a nice variety of birds, if not as many as we wanted. Still no migrants to speak of, though.

Two American Coots are still hanging out at the floating dock.

We found a single Wood Duck pair.

This Downy Woodpecker was foraging on the ground. Quite unusual.

A single Ring Necked Duck was in the lake.

Only a few Canada Geese remain in the lake.

This Muskrat got out of the water to eat. I don’t see that often.