The first day of spring brought the best day ever at Koll wetlands!! Upon getting there we saw the most birds that I've ever seen at the wetlands! Everywhere you looked there were ducks, geese, shorebirds, hawks, swallows, coots, warblers, herons, you name it!
These are some of the photos from our visit.
Look at the size of that goose!
A male ruddy duck back in his breeding plumage.
A very friendly killdeer.
Wait, what's that?
I think that's a Wilson's snipe! A life bird!
What are these? Do you know?
A female bufflehead.
A bufflehead party!
Buffleheads and greater scaups.
A pair of ring necked ducks.
One canvasback and three male ring necked ducks.
Lesser scaup and two shovelers.
A gadwall.
Geese.
* = life bird.
- Pied - billed grebe
- Mallard
- Green winged teal
- Western Canada goose
- Cackling goose
- Greater scaup
- Lesser scaup
- Bufflehead
- Ruddy duck
- Ring - necked duck
- Red tailed hawk
- Violet - green swallow
- Great egret
- Great blue heron
- Wilson's snipe *
- Gadwall
- Canvasback
- Killdeer
- Yellow rumped warbler
- Black capped chickadee
- Mourning dove
- Northern shoveler
- Song sparrow
Another fluffy yellow-rumped warbler.
The bushtits have started pairing up!
A pied-billed grebe.
Two ruddy ducks.
A great blue heron building a nest!
Short-billed dowitcher, (middle)? Wilson's snipe (left and right).
A mourning dove came for a visit.
This little female Rufous hummer was perched here right outside our window for around 45 minutes until flying to the feeders!
Do you have any idea what these flowers are?
A pretty tree.
One of the many mallards hanging out here.
