Our trip through Ding was a bit sparse on the photos until we were almost to the end of Wildlife Drive. We came upon a beautiful Great Blue Heron, with mating plumage, posing on a rock a few feet from the drive. He, or she, seemed to understand the beauty it was displaying to all of the photographers who were snapping away.
Looking as good standing on one foot as standing on two.
We only saw one white pelican and it was tucked in and ready for a nap.
There has constantly been at least one eagle on the nest for a few weeks. I haven’t seen any behavior that looks as if they are feeding a hatchling yet. We hope they are sitting on a viable egg, though. One of the eagles was in a nearby tree (which is also newly dead) keeping watch over the nest.
When I was taking the eagle photos, a flock of white pelicans flew high overhead.
The osprey nest in our neighbor’s back yard is looking promising for future chicks. The male is sitting on the nest and the female on the perch.