Visited the garden yesterday, a juvenile Cooper's Hawk

Piper's Lagoon Sightings

A Lapland Longspur ( my first ) and a Savannah Sparrow.

Buttertubs Tree Swallows

Buttertubs Marsh

Out today under cloudy conditions, just right for birding. I observed the following. Pied-billed Grebe, Wood Duck, Red-winged Blackbird, Marsh Wren, Common Yellowthroat, Yellow Warbler, Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Cedar Waxwing, European Collared Dove, Northern Flicker, Downy Woodpecker, American Robin, Swainsons Thrush, Song Sparrow, Spotted Towhee, House Sparrow.

I was very fortunate to be able to capture these shots of a male Downy feeding his young.

Backyard Sightings

Rufous returned at the beginning of April

Images from Buttertubs Marsh

Tree Swallows looking for a suitable home, Canada Geese are incubating and a nice young heron feeding.