Jen and Eric were working so we decided to go birding at one of our favorite places. Lee Metcalf Wildlife Refuge. It’s a short drive from their house in Hamilton and we usually see an occupied great horned owl nest.
The nest was empty so the owls must have flown, if they used it this year). So we continued on our walk. Hearing several different birds, Renita used her Merlin app to record their sound and to identify them. One of the birds it identified was a new bird for us, a Vaux’s Swift. They are migrating and they do nest in the area so we got one for our life list.
Other birds we spotted and photographed were a cinnamon teal,
a Northern Shoveler
,
A Red Tailed Hawk, (with a vole in its claws), and a wild turkey.
As we watched the birds a muskrat swam by and a prairie dog/ground squirrel stood tall.
Nothing unusual but any day we get a new life bird is a great day. Clear skies
No comments:
Post a Comment