Kip’s Comments - March 1, 2023

Company is Here!

After what seems to have been much longer than a normal winter, the spring migration has begun. Even though area water bodies are either out of their banks with spring flood water or still remain covered by winter ice, plenty of migrants have arrived.

I am not going to bother sharing the duck inf flight images since the pintails and mallards were quite far away. Green-winged teals were exhibiting interesting behavior by feeding on something unknown on the ice, so I will share a sample of those photos. Hundreds of greater white-fronted geese and snow geese are present too, though your best chances to see them are when they are in flight.

Also, you will see sandhill cranes are scoping out the area wetlands and bald eagles are on the hunt with so many smaller birds available for a possible meal.

Green-winged Teals on Ice - Image 791963

Greater White-fronted Geese - Image 791917

Sandhill Cranes in Flight - Image 791986

Bald Eagle in Flight - Image 791889

Bald Eagle in Spruce Tree - Image 791910