February 2-5 catch-up

Here are some pictures of the February birds on my list. The first two were actually taken in late January, but I've seen them in February too. The rest were all taken from either my computer chair or the deck just outside of this room yesterday.

Hooded merganser male

Great blue heron

Brown pelican zoomed in on

Brown pelican first glimpse so you can see where the creek is. This is at high tide.

Tufted Titmouse

The immature male Baltimore oriole close view

Same bird enjoying orange

Double crested cormorants--one diving

First view of the cormorants--I like the symmetry

Chipping sparrow

Carolina chickadee

C is for Cormorants

It was a good day at Bear Island for cormorants. These are all double crested cormorants--the only one we have around here except for a rare great cormorant passing through.

These cormorants are resting on a 'rice trunk'. This mechanism was used to irrigate the rice fields with fresh water as it came down the river, and by closing it, the salt water, coming up with the tide, was excluded. The wildlife management people still use the trunks to control vegetation growing in the impoundments, principally to attract migrating ducks.

These photos look better clicked to larger so you can see the detail on the birds.

The dark one on the right is an adult male.

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Thanks.

Is there a species you'd like to see more of?