Bird catchup

Here are a few recent pictures of birds.

Three species of gull are commonly seen around the Lake in the summer: Ring-billed, Herring, and California. Now and then, something different turns up, such as this Bonaparte’s Gull.

It is not that the House Finch is uncommon, but I rarely see one along the lakeshore.

There are many opportunities to take pictures of ospreys in the summer, but I rather liked this portrait of one hunting from a pine tree.

The Song Sparrow is so common that I rarely take its picture. However, this one looked positively reflective.

Now that there are ospreys about, herons are somewhat harder to find. This one was hunting in a marsh.

The Spotted Sandpiper is a daily visitor. This one looks as though it just caught a grub.

My favourite picture of the last week is this one of two female Common Goldeneye Ducks.

The picture of the heron was taken by Cynthia Fraser and is used with permission.