Yep, I slipped on a rock and took the plunge. But before that happened, I
had at Kirk Pond:

About an equal # of both sexes of Common Merganzers
Lesser Scaup
Greater Scaup
2 Pied-billed grebes
1 Kingfisher who sat within good camera range until I got the camera focused
pair of Redheads
1 Great Blue Herons
1 coot
3 cormorants (unable to stop for species ID)

At home I was wandering around the woods and sighted:

1 Chestnut backed-Chickadee

There was a lot of bird activity this morning - a very lively flicker
amongst them.

Yesterday morning was pretty neat. The five local crows had divided their
forces and each group was harrassing one of the red-tails. It doesn't seem
to be discouraging the hawks from staying in the area though, so I'm
watching for nesting indications.

Happy birding!

Peggi




Peggi Rodgers
Oregon Research Institute
Eugene, OR
peggir at ori.org
"A bird does not sing because it has an
answer, It sings because it has a song"