It was a cloudy, windy and chilly day, but we wanted to go see the birds at the lake before the next snow storm hit. We hiked around our lake one time. We couldn't believe all of the birds we saw. First we saw the Double-crested Cormorants. We really liked those! We also saw some ducks, but they were far off and we weren't sure what they were. We saw a dead Blue-winged Teal lying on the ground. It was sad, but it was very pretty and we were surprised at how small it was.
Next we saw three Great Blue Herons flying. They were huge! As we got closer to the cattails we saw something hiding! It was a Great Blue Heron and a Great Egret near each other. They flew off after awhile.
We saw these birds: Canada Goose, a Blue {Snow Goose}, American Coot, Hooded Merganser, Gadwall, Ruddy Duck and Northern Shoveler. We also saw American Robins, Common Grackles, European Starlings and heard a Northern Flicker and a Downy Woodpecker.
Early in the morning we saw over 100 American White Pelicans flying over the playground. We went out and watched them. It was cool!
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| Great Egret |
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| Look closely at who is hiding in the cattails! |
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| Blue-winged Teal |
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