Birds near the Lake Springfield Boathouse
/My husband and I enjoyed a walk in the Lake Springfield Boathouse last week. The first bird I saw was an Eastern Bluebird! Unfortunately, I was dealing with glare on my camera’s (Canon Powershot SX70 HS) viewfinder/screen, so I didn’t get a very good picture. I guess it was enough thrill to see the birds there.
There were some birds further out in the water…not very photogenic…but it seems that they are all mallards.
The most numerous birds we saw were black vultures – in a sycamore, warming up in the morning sunshine. There were three that seemed to be communicating with each other.
I photographed two birds almost too far out on the water – realized once I got home that they were scaups (male and female).
And then….a red-tailed hawk…perched at the top of a sycamore with lots of seed pods near the dam. The bird’s breast feathers were fluffed against the cold. The area has more traffic, and I was glad the hawk did not seem disturbed by the noise.
