Birding

I enjoy bird watching so much!  Each month as I am able, I go on a bird walk with fellow birders.

I've taken my grandchildren on the bird walk in the past.  

All except Claire who was too young.  

I took Emeri and Eli, but the only picture I found of that day was one where we went to Drubers before the bird walk!

The bird walk begins fairly early.   Here was the sun rise when I left the other morning.

I love this walk in the woods!

Anywhere from 4 - about 15 generally meet monthly to see/hear birds.  It is the 1st Saturday of the month and we meet by the museum.

Using my new lens I got for Christmas.

Red-bellied woodpecker - He was hiding behind the tree stump, so Greg walked to the other side so he would appear so I could get a shot.

There were so many robins.  These are from the north.  They come here for the winter.  They will return north and the ones we have here in the spring will return from the south.  The northern robins are a little bigger than the ones we have in the spring-fall.

sweet black-capped chickadee

female downy

And the male.  He has a red cap.

We saw quite a few cedar waxwings too.

Gorgeous bird!

When I got home, I mentioned to Al that I'd like to go see the eagles at East Lake.  We were headed to Hillsboro anyway, so we took a different route.  We were rewarded with a view of one eagle!  I've heard there are 3.

After we finished what we needed to do in town, we decided to go to Marion Lake also since it is so close by.

We saw pelicans and Canada geese

and one eagle this day

These red-winged black birds were all banded together as 3 hawk hovered overhead.

 I didn't get a photo with all 3 hawks, but they were going back and forth over these blackbirds.

I'm sure a little disconcerting for them!


How precious is your steadfast love, O God!
    The children of mankind take refuge in the shadow of your wings.
Psalm 36:7