A foggy Friday morning. Binoculars cleverly harnessed. Camera slung shoulder side. Pen and waterproof notepad in hand.
Lengthening my inhalations and exhalations, I gaze out onto a small pond. The tall marshy green and brown reeds contrast with the dark unbroken surface of the water. The stillness is mesmerizing. Just how I like it.
Softly walking, I listen. Lured by sounds, I push further, into undergrowth. A dainty deer trail emerges and I find myself next to a body of water I've never noticed before. Surrounded on all sides by dense foliage, I feel a sense of complete isolation. Bird sounds are all around me now; I firmly grasp my binoculars as I whip my head around trying to see them all. Then I gasp. A black-crowned night heron -- a lifer!
Species List
Pied-billed Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Black-crowned Night Heron*
Black Vulture
Accipiter sp.
American Coot
Killdeer
Least Sandpiper
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Eastern Phoebe
Blue Jay
American Crow
Carolina Chickadee
Carolina Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
European Starling
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Common Grackle
House Finch
House Sparrow
Sounds like a place I would like to be!! Congrats on the lifer!
ReplyDelete...beautiful narration, and I love your little Field Sparrow. Their little faces always melt my heart.
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