The Last Week of August 2023

Last week, I went to a couple of ponds. The whole time I was at Uplands Wetland, this Great Egret was feeding.  I was on the bridge so close to it.  It just ignored me and keep feeding.

I also saw 3 Great Blue Herons, Turkey Vultures, Red-tailed Hawk, Song Sparrows, House Finches, Northern Flicker, American Robin, and Mourning Doves.  

Double-crested Cormorant

Midland Painted Turtles

I went to the airport hoping to find the Northern Mockingbird.  I could not find it.  The Eastern Meadowlarks were gone too.  There was an Osprey, Ring-billed Gulls, lots of Mourning Doves on the wires, and the American Kestrel (a blurry photo below).

American Kestrel

At another pond east of Fanshawe Rd, there were flocks of Cedar Waxwings.  

Cedar Waxwings