Josey Ranch Birds – January 2023
/There was not a lot of extra time during my work trip to Carrollton TX in late January…but I did manage a morning to check the birds at Josey Ranch. I was a little early; the sun was up but the large building to the east was still blocking much of the sunshine. There were quite a few birds to see.
The scaups
The Northern Shovelers (the first time I had seen them this season at Josey Ranch)
The coots
The Canada Geese
A Great Blue Heron…A Great Egret
The Double-crested Cormorants (although not in as large numbers as previous visits)
A male bufflehead (looking for breakfast so difficult to catch on the surface!)
The resident swans
It seemed that many of the birds were in motion….leaving wakes as they moved through the water. I enjoyed the few minutes I spent…getting my nature fix for the day before I started packing up items to be donated from my parents’ house.
