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Friday, February 17, 2017

Backyard Bird Count Day 1

Turned out to be a beautiful spring like day for the first day of the 4 day Backyard Bird Count.


this was the scene this morning and as you can see the snow is now gone and the water levels have risen, thanks to all the rain we've had the last few days.  It was very quiet in the bird department, only item of note....


was this American Robin, one of several, returning right on schedule in mid-February.

After lunch we headed over to Harrison Bay....


where it was also very calm and quiet with water levels considerably higher than they were a week ago.


the resident pair of Bald Eagle were there.....


at least until one of them decided to fly to their nest.


the field's beside the dike were full of Canada Geese.....

but the most notable items was....


the number of Great Blue Heron in the area....22 to be exact.  One on nearly everyone of those pilings...


and a few more of them along the shore.

So tomorrow we will go out and see what we can see again, probably at Deroche and on Nicomen this time.

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