Sunday, September 16, 2018

September 15, 2018

We visited Sandy Ridge Reservation close to dusk on Saturday. We had some excellent sightings. 

The first bird we noticed was this bald eagle

A goldfinch

A great egret looking for dinner

A great blue heron on the hunt

A belted kingfisher

A closer shot of the bald eagle


A trumpeter swan

The other bald eagle of the local pair came to join the first

A great egret in a tree

A male wood duck

A close-up shot of a grasshopper

A rabbit crossed our path

A tree full of cormorants

A double-crested cormorant


We spotted the pair of sandhill cranes

The pair of bald eagle

A closer view of the sandhill cranes looking for food


An excellent sighting of a green heron

The green heron before it took flight

Until next time!