It's All About The Birds

Be warned!
Lots of pictures and all of them are bird related.

Spring brings back the birds. It's an exciting time of year. It's also a time where I need to make many short trips to areas that are known to have lots of bird activity.

These are Franklin's Gulls.

The ones with the black heads are Franklin's gulls, the other Ring-Billed Gulls.

Where there are gulls there is bound to be a lot of noise. You can see this one has something important to say.

Excuse me! I'm coming in for a landing.

In case you were wondering, yes, there was still ice on this pond, but that was a few weeks ago and is all gone by now.

I think gulls have a special silk look.

Ducks are also showing up. The male Northern Shoveler is really quite a stunning bird.

Now, this one won't be winning any beauty contests. The Turkey Vulture has a special look. This particular bird allowed me to walk fairly close before he took off.

When he had enough of me it was up, up and away.

These may not be perfect shots, but I rarely get to capture a Swainson's Hawk, so I am still happy with the outcome.

As is usual for the birds, this one had no intentions of waiting around to have it's picture taken.

I hope you enjoyed spending time with me and the birds.

Let's just remember that each of these is one of God's creations.