Sunday, April 18, 2010

Spring at the Refuge

Only the first 1.5 miles of road is open now, to let the birds of the refuge have a peaceful spring and summer.  I parked at the internal gate and walked down to the bridges, about 1.5 miles and sat and enjoyed life in the refuge. 
One or two harriers only and no kestrels or other raptors did I see.  But pheasant, herons, cormorants, lots and lots of ducks, pelicans, gulls of all sorts, avocets, black-necked stilts, Canadian geese, snowy egret, yellow-headed blackbird and red-winged blackbirds were all visible.  Heard in the distance were sandhill cranes - they have an unmistakable cry - but were way off in the rushes and not visible.
The little black spots visible in some of the bird pictures are BUGS, not spots on my sensor.  The bugs are out and only the slight breeze made them bearable.










































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