Guided Bird Walk

Skip and I went on a guided bird walk at the Birding and Nature Center this morning. Robert Pritchard, whom we know from the Bay Area Birders and whose summer home is near us in Wilmot Creek, was our guide.

Great blue heron

Reddish egret

Mr and Mrs Mottled Duck

Red-eared slider

Roseate spoonbill

Blue-wing teal

Young gator

Green heron

Big gator

'Flotilla' of redheads + a few American wigeons

80% of the world's redheads pass through this area.

Snoozing brown pelicans

More redheads

Coot with lobed feet

Spotted sandpiper

We saw most of these this morning...

It was cool-ish and foggy when we first went out. Just as we were finishing 2 hours later, the sun came out and it is now warm. We may go back out later this afternoon, then follow that activity with happy hour drinks and snacks.