Another brisk sunny day and lots of people out walking and enjoying it. Today’s stroll took me to Brunswick Point where there were several other birders/photographers in addition to everyone else. From the birding perspective it seemed like mostly the regulars at the start. Half way along the trail I noticed a Short-eared Owl land in the farm field adjacent to the trail.
Once I made my way up to it I could see it was just taking a break from hunting over the marsh and resting in the sun.
It was not long before others were stopping beside me to see what I was looking at. It was far enough away that the Short-eared Owl was not overly concerned and continued to rest a while longer before its next sortie in search of food.
As I continued my walk I was joined briefly by some birding friends. We discussed recent sightings as we made our way south along the trail. Prior to splitting up he commented on how some Meadowlarks would be nice. As luck would have it, for me anyways,
… on my way back I came across two Western Meadowlarks. They were busy foraging in the marsh, but I was unable to get a better angle on them before they flew off to the other side of the dyke and out of sight in the fields. A nice find to finish the afternoon.
