Great Egret

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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