A Beautiful Day at Reifel

The weekend was surprisingly nice, so Justine and I headed down to Reifel to meet up with our friend Katie, and see what was going on at the bird sanctuary. It was relatively quiet, but there were a few good sightings.

This hawk was on a light on the road into the sanctuary. I tried to get close for a better shot, but he got spooked and flew off.

The wood ducks are always beautiful.

For whatever reason, there was a huge number of herons hanging out in the lake near the entrance.

Black-crowned Night Heron

This beautiful bald eagle was hanging out in one of the trees near the entrance.

Golden-crowned Sparrow female

Brown Creeper

House Finch

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Black-capped Chickadee

Male Gadwall

Gadwall -winter male and female

Northern Pintail 

Female Bufflehead - one doing some diving

Great Blue Heron

Eurasian Wigeon

Sandhill cranes

Dark-eyed Junco