I'm In a Fowl Mood

Yesterday, as we sat at our table in the campground at Cherry Creek, there were all sorts of birds flying around in the meadow.  Soon I realized my mission for the day was to get some good pics of them, or at least make the attempt.  Some, like the robin who wakes us up with his song every morning, are easy to take a photo of.  They stay put, even when you get fairly close.  Others, like the Western Tanager, don't stay in one place for very long and are always flying from tree to tree.

Yep, I was in a "fowl" mood.  Don't ask Don about the play on words.  He might just tell you I have other

days like this, but it is the other foul word! I digress....back to the bird pictures.

This is the beautiful Western Tanager.  When he landed in the tall grass, all you could see was his head.

 A Western Kingbird in a tree near our RV.

We saw these two Mallards when we went for a walk in the wetland area of the park.  I can just imagine one say to the other. "Hey Mack, if you look sideways at her, she sure looks a bit odd."

This little fella is a Western Wood Peewee Flycatcher. 

The Magpies are large and very aggressive birds.  They will gang up on other birds and dive bomb the squirrels.  Pretty, but dangerous if you are a fellow feathered species.

We had seen this Prairie Falcon earlier in the day when we were bike riding.  We drove back with my good camera, and he was still flying between his two favorite tall trees by the lake.  Guess the grassland between the trees must provide some good meals for him (or her).

 

“The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.” 
― Willie Nelson