After some volunteer work at Reifel there was still time for a walk. The weather was not the greatest with overcast skies and intermittent showers. I started by watching a few groups of sparrows, always on the lookout for something out of the ordinary.
But it was just the regulars present today.
Then there is the bane of the songbird world.
The Brown-headed Cowbird is a brood parasite. They make no nest of their own with the female laying her eggs in the nests of other species. These other birds will then raise the young along with their own.
Some shorebirds have been frequenting the inner ponds the last few days.
This Lesser Yellowlegs foraging and catching what looks like a small invertebrate.
Along with some Least Sandpipers doing the same.