It was clearing up and cool when I headed out to Reifel to help out on the trails this afternoon. Just prior to getting there, parked cars were lining both sides of the street watching the Snow Geese in the fields. There was still a good crowd when I arrived at the parking lot. Potential highlight for the day was a Northern Saw-whet Owl along the centre dyke trail. On checking that out first, it had moved on not long before I got there. Other highlights were some Horned Grebe,
… which were resting when I first located them.
They did get busy eventually and started diving for fish,
… along with striking a few nice poses. The other highlight,
… was a Ruddy Duck. It was in the same area as the Grebe,
… and was hanging out with them when first spotted the other day.