Thursday, August 30, 2018

Refuge Thursday..

Windy at the refuge, glad there was open water to help keep it cool. Still plenty of birds around, Snowy Egrets, Black-crowned Night Herons, GBH, Sandhill Cranes plus the shorebirds and ducks, mostly Mallards it seems.
The night herons tend to hang out in about three willow trees, so when you walk under them there is a lot of squawking and branch movement as they fly out. Mostly they just circle around and land in another tree. These seem to be all juveniles so far. Wonder when they will migrate, if they will.
As another example of anything can happen, I was driving out from the refuge ready to go home and looked straight in the eyes of two Sandhill Cranes by the side of the road. Not sure who was most surprised!
Enjoy!

It was a big sky day out in the wetlands....


A dragonfly chasing a great blue heron!


Teasels in fall color..



Hanging out..


Juvenile Night Heron


Natures water painting.


Hitchhikers..


Snowy egret in the wetlands..



The Sandhill Cranes..


No comments: