Another perfect day

Well, another great day had gone by. What more can I ask for? Maybe more animals to see?

Another beautiful sky watching day.

Mr. and Mrs. Gadwall (Anas strepera). Always enjoy looking at the intricate patterns on the male's body feathers.

A lone Eurasian Wigeon (Anas penelope) male surrounded by happy American Wigeon (Anas americana) couples.

Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus). Seems that it was patrolling the area beside the bush on its right. A nest, perhaps? I'll have to keep an eye out next time.

Returning home, I saw this Gray Squirrel (missing most of its tail) scurrying up a tree and laid flat against the branch. I still saw it anyways, and it had food in its mouth the whole time.

Another Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis). I wouldn't be surprised if this is the same individual from yesterday.

An adult and immature Bald Eagle perched on a tree in the golf course and watched the maintance guy mowing the field.

Along the dyke trail, Snow Geese were feeding. Then this dog-walker asked me if I want to take some take-off pictures. I don't think my answer was relavant as he and his dog was already walking toward the birds.

Back onto the field, fellas.
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Windy day and Eurasian Wigeon

This morning, it was raining cats and dogs for awhile, and then this was what the afternoon looked like.

Strange weather. The clear day was thanks to the strong wind that blew from the west, and when I mean strong, I am talking about walking at a angle to avoid being pushed over by the wind strong.

Strong enough to blow branches down.

And strong enough to cause ripples in a still pond.

Even the birds were having difficulties getting from Point A to Point B. I saw several times when the smaller birds were at the mercy of the wing flying backwards and sideways.

When this Bald Eagle eventually landed on a branch, it was facing into the wind and had to take off soon after.

Take-off pose!

After reading Rock Paper Lizard's post, I had been searching for this Eurasian Wigeon (Anas penelope) since then. And let me tell you, it's not easy, especially with these shy birds and only one European Wigeon hiding in a large flock of American Wigeons. Well, I saw it today.

Can you see it? It's the red-headed male.

There it is! What a handsome bird (no offense to the birds beside it).

I'll bet you need no help finding who's different from the other here.

Have a good day (or evening), everybody.

PS - I passed my road test today! Hooray!
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