Red Breasted Merganser at Lake Artemesia.

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Well, it’s my birthday and I treated myself to an easy trip to Lake Artemesia. The mergansers were a surprise-they look young and it makes me wonder if they were born around here.

I tracked down the Yellow Warbler’s nest, but the orioles remain elusive;easy to hear, hard to spot.

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Lake Artemesia 24

Lake Artemesia.

Green Heron 2016-22

Green Heron 2016-23

I’ve seen the Green Heron in this tree several times.

Yellow Warbler 2016-22

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Yellow Warbler 2016-21

This Yellow Warbler was making many trips to feed his babies.

Robin 2016-9

This Robin posed nicely.

Wood Duck 2016-107

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Wood Duck 2016-105

It was a Wood Duck kind of day.

Red Breasted Merganser 2016-12 Red Breasted Merganser 2016-11

Red Breasted Merganser 2016-13

These Red Breasted Merganser appear to be juveniles.