Great Egret Lingering briefly during migration, carefully scratching an itch. |
Great Egret Morning preening requiring a great deal of neck flexibility. |
Great Egret After all the grooming, time to hunt for a fish on two in the pond. |
Black-crowned Night Heron A very temporary migrant resting up in between flights. |
Black-crowned Night Heron Early morning it will come out and preen, hunt for food, then retire back into the trees. |
Ring-billed Gull Always a raucous visitor with its screeching calls. |
Osprey A casual fly over to scan for fish in Stricker's Pond below. |
Osprey Perched at another time, but it usually gets one of the large goldfish or carp to eat. |
Eastern Kingbird Alert as always, ready to fight their own kind and others. |
Great Blue Heron The pre-historic look. The bill has a touch of blood from an earlier meal. |
Great Blue Heron Wood Duck houses make for great perches when not actively hunting. |
American Robin Still nesting, though well into August, with a worm on the way to feed a young one or two. |
American Goldfinch Two chased each other back and forth in a leisurely manner. |
American Goldfinch It looked a lot more like play than anything else. |
Wood Duck A late season youngster. |
Northern Flicker With a dramatic wing flare the sometimes hidden, different colors show clearly. |
Double-crested Commorant A juvenile coming in for a landing. |
Double-crested Commorant Showing its Loch Ness Monster, chin up pose. |
Rose-breasted Grosbeak A juvenile with quite a variety of colors. |
Cedar Waxwing An always beautiful and dramatic bird that for some reason also seems to be gentle. |
Sedge Wren A classic pose with tail cranked up. |
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