It’s hard to know what day it is lately. Once I figured out that it was Saturday morning, we took off to drive through Ding. But first, I want to share some photos I took from my yard this week. An Eastern Screech Owl visited the owl box in our yard on a couple of different days. It could be the same bird, but the markings seem a little different between the two days. I suppose time will tell if we will have a nest soon.
And a couple of days later . . .
Different lighting and different angle, but same owl?
I am not lucky at catching photos of a red cardinal. They are very shy! I managed to get one photo of the one below.
At the observation deck on Indigo Trail at Ding today, we watched several Yellow-Crowned Night Herons readying their nests. It was fun to watch while one (we decided it was the male) repeatedly brought sticks to the nest. The other (again, we decided it was the female) would yank the stick from the male and place it in the nest and wait for the next one. They repeated the process many times before we left.
Hmmmm. He’s taking too long this time!
Where is he?
Don’t I look pretty while I hand off the stick?
Off to get another stick.
Wheeee!
Coming, Honey!
The hand off . . .
The Little Blue Heron below, in its white phase, was walking along Wildlife Drive.
Just a little further down the drive was a pretty Little Blue Heron.
We came across a Reddish Egret searching for breakfast. This one had a transponder on its back.
I’m not sure if this is a red-breasted merganser or a common merganser. I’m sure Hugh will let me know.
We stopped by the area of the beach where residents can park if they have the correct permit. So far, we can still park here if we keep the social distancing rules. When I get to this point in the walk from the parking lot, there’s such a feeling of calm that comes over me. The tension and worries fall away.
This osprey flew into a tree behind us, looked around, then had the breakfast that he had brought with him.
We saw several live scallops along the beach today.
From what I can research, the bright little dots around the edges are the scallop’s eyes.
We saw several pretty boats out on the water today. The one below was called the “Beverly Isabella”, so it caught my eye!
I took a quick video before we left. It was a very cloudy overcast day, but it was nice to be outside.
