The days shorten, the clouds lower, the rain falls. Opportunities to take one’s camera for a walk diminish. Below is a grab bag of mostly birds taken between raindrops.
A White-crowned Sparrow scrounges for seeds at Nelson’s waterfront.
I see one or two Common Loons most days. Usually they are beyond the reach of my camera: in the dawn twilight, and far away in the rain.
Horned Grebes often pass by.
Much less common to see is the Red-necked Grebe.
This female Hooded Merganser was a bit unexpected, especially as she has her hood erected. Odd.
But, a female mallard is about as common as it gets.
A white-tailed doe was seen in the rain across a field at twilight. That’s nothing special, but this one struck me as a bit unusual. Look at its ears. A deer can swivel its ears to listen for danger in front or behind, but this was the first one I have noticed doing both at once: one ear forward, the other backward.
Finally, two shots of an immature Bald Eagle. This is one of two seen soaring.
And landing—well, it isn’t clear that this is the same bird as above, it might be the other one.
