George C. Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary – Page 28

Creeper & Kinglet

Not much from this afternoon’s walk, but I did manage a couple of the little ones.

This Brown Creeper,

… and a Ruby-crowned Kinglet.

Along with the thousands of Snow Geese along the shoreline.

Owl & White-throated Sparrow

Everybody loves to see owls,

… and this afternoon this Barred Owl provided many visitors at Reifel with a good close look as it roosted right above the trail.

Bonus bird of the day was this White-throated Sparrow just down the trail from the owl.

Rough-legged Hawk

A nice day with decent crowds at Reifel this afternoon. While starting out along the east dyke trail amongst all the regular Black-capped Chickadee,

… was this Chestnut-backed Chickadee. While it actually landed on my lens at one point, I did not manage to get it in better lighting than this.

With the sunny skies I then headed to the outside dyke and west marsh. There have been a couple of Rough-legged Hawks in this area. One of them came in roosted in a tree, unfortunately there was no clear shot.

So I waited patiently for it to leave,

… and managed these shots.