Careful when out hiding/finding rocks! Spotted at Oliver Nature Park. I startled it - thankfully it chose flight over fight.
Snake was curled up under rock. Chilly, cloudy day
This was really tiny and in full sun, on a hill beside a pond.
Female American Kestrel, not banded.
0815 arrive: thought I saw a wing flip and a dark head peek at me, but not in photo. Watched for 20 minutes, but young remained out of sight. Came back at 0914, an adult was standing in nest as well as a dark-feathered young. The adult kept it's head up and looking toward lake. After a few minutes the young laid back down (out of sight). I left.
Foggy day. Lots of rain has filled the flood plain.
A waterfowl of some kind observered near the Silvan Avenue Bridge from Continental Bridge Park
Foggy day. Lots of rain has filled the flood plain.
Northern shoveler observered near the Silvan Avenue Bridge from Continental Bridge Park
Foggy day. Lots of rain has filled the flood plain.
Gadwall observered near the Silvan Avenue Bridge from Continental Bridge Park