Thursday, March 05, 2009

Eagles at Cooper Park

This morning around 9:00 am Scott and I walked the boardwalk at Cooper.
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As we walked the first section of boardwalk we saw an eagle through the trees. It rested for a short time before taking off again.
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Three eagles were working the river at the edge of the marsh.
They would fly into the wind and then turn around and ride it back,
hunting all the way.
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One of the eagles landed in a tree out at the edge of the marsh.
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Lots of Mallards Ducks and Canada Geese. Many Ring-billed Gulls and one Herring Gull. A dozen crows were cruising through the flooded woods and marsh. The water is over the beaver dam but not the boardwalk.
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Red-winged blackbirds were trilling from many different locations. Starlings, of course, were present, imitating other birds. Chickadees, a Robin, and a Downy Woodpecker were also present.