The day after Christmas was a beautiful day on the island. We saw a few birds at Ding, but still not as many as we usually see around Christmas.
There was one Roseate Spoonbill that appeared to give us a nice smile.
We watched the Yellow-Crowned Night Heron below stalk over to the water, dip his head in and come out with a crab for lunch.
We saw a couple more Yellow-Crowned Night Herons resting in trees.
We saw a couple of Anhingas, one female and then one juvenile that didn’t have white on its wings yet. The light reflecting off the wet black wings of the juvenile almost looks white, though.
Back at home, the Osprey pair are staying close to the nest in our neighbor’s backyard. We hope they will be nesting soon!
I think this is a Red-Shouldered Hawk. Whatever it is, it was terrorizing the doves in our backyard.
A couple of nights ago, the full moon had a cover of hazy clouds, so it made for an interesting pic.