American Coot at Terrapin Nature Park

After an average sunrise at Sandy point, I went back to Terrapin, which had many more birds, but not much variety.

Kent Narrows had nothing at all, so CBEC was next, and it had many birds, but too distant for good images. Still the weather was perfect and I got to see a lot of birds.

Sandy Point 145

Sunrise at Sandy Point.

Mallard 186

Mallards are common, but the light and the reflection makes this one special.

Great Blue Heron 367

There’s almost always a Great Blue Heron in the marsh ponds.

Herring Gull 16

Herring Gull 17

Many Herring Gulls were fishing in the pond.

American Coot 103

Cornell: “The waterborne American Coot is one good reminder that not everything that floats is a duck. A close look at a coot—that small head, those scrawny legs—reveals a different kind of bird entirely. Their dark bodies and white faces are common sights in nearly any open water across the continent, and they often mix with ducks. But they’re closer relatives of the gangly Sandhill Crane and the nearly invisible rails than of Mallards or teal.”

Fox 33

This Fox was foraging along the shore of the marsh pond at Terrapin.