When I have a good day at Blackwater I wonder why I ever go anywhere else. If it were closer, I might do that.
Lots of eagles, swans, geese and ducks today. There were also far more people than usual, which is a bit of a drag, as they frighten off the birds.
A good day, regardless.
I don’t often get this close to a Lesser Scaup.
I see American Wigeons more often at Oakley Street than anywhere else.
This is a female Canvasback.
These Redheads were at Oakley Street.
I found this juvenile Red Shouldered Hawk on the way to Cambridge.
This is the same banded American Kestrel I found last week. She was banded as a nestling on 22 June 2013 in a nest box in Sussex Co., NJ.
Many Tundra Swans hang out at Blackwater.
I came across several pairs of Bald Eagles.
Hooded Mergansers tend to be very skittish, so I was lucky to get this close.
There was a large flock of Snow Geese.
This Great Blue Heron was one of the first birds I saw.
I saw two large flocks of Northern Pintails.