Where were these Birds

 

Common Gallinules

...on Sunday?

Many miles were driven that day in hopes of seeing birds we didn't see. Common Gallinule, Grasshopper Sparrow, Double-crested Cormorant and Black Vulture were featured prominently. There were others, but we looked pretty hard for these.

Guess what we saw when we went out this morning...or heard in the case of the Grasshopper Sparrow...

Double-crested Cormorant

Yeah, all four of the above. The only species I was able to photograph were the gallinules and cormorant, but the vultures sailed right over my head when I was hanging out the laundry, and the sparrow sang to us from the edge of the road on a farm we visit often.

It's okay. I will take them any way I can get them.

Wood Duck...just because he was pretty

Update....and we went back to the pond last night and realized that the Grasshopper Sparrow was a much more common Savannah Sparrow, and missed the amazing flock of shorebirds a friend found there. Got a Ring-necked Pheasant as a consolation prize.