Osprey
It’s not the best photo but this osprey hung around our neighborhood for a few days last week. It might be the same one that came last spring–it likes to sit on the tree stumps across the cove. Ospreys are almost as big as bald eagles, and a lot more common. They are superb catchers of fish, and it’s thrilling to watch them circling over the lake, peering intently at the water, and zooming down . . .
Birds of Tedderhaven
One of the best things about living here is the bird life. I’ve seen so many new birds, both (relatively) exotic and more common. I was lucky enough to have the camera when my first canyon wren landed in front of me on the driveway.
Here is a list of what we’ve seen so far in no particular order:
- Belted kingfisher
- Northern mockingbird
- Northern cardinal
- Double crested cormorant
- Great blue heron
- Osprey
- Carolina wren
- House wren
- Canyon wren
- House sparrow
- House finch
- Lesser goldfinch
- American goldfinch
- American pelican
- Pied billed grebe
- White winged dove
- Cedar waxwing
- Rufous hummingbird
- Ruby throated hummingbird
- Black chinned hummingbird
- Carolina chickadee
- Canada goose
- Turkey vulture
- Black vulture
- Red shouldered hawk
- Eastern phoebe
- Greater roadrunner
- American robin
- Cliff swallow
- Chimney swift
- Black crested titmouse
- Verdin
Fog on the Lake
