In today's post, we will be looking at what I saw earlier today at the lake where I get most of my heron photos. However, in today's post, there will be no herons. There will be another exciting bird later though...
Gulls - Muggers of The Lake
We saw lots of gulls at the lake - robbing food and divebombing other birds. These next couple of photos are of black-headed gulls in their winter plumage.
The next photo is of another bigger gull - judging from the bill shape it looks like a juvenile herring gull wintering inland.
One bird that isn't often on the blog is the tufted duck. The Black and white ones are the males and the brown and white ones are the females.
Next up is a lonely great crested grebe. These might be the best grebe photos I have ever taken.
Mute Swans - The World's Heaviest Flying Bird
There were several swans there too.
The next photo is when I tried to get a photo of the black-headed gull but a swan photo-bombed it.
Coots and Moorhens - Close Relatives
Here are some nice, clear photos of moorhens and coots.
Like the grebe, this might be my best robin photo yet.
These aren't the best photos but I will still show them anyway.
The most exciting animal on today's post is the cormorant. It had obviously just been fishing as it started to dry its wings.
That's all for today's extra-long post (I like to call them mega posts). Stay tuned as later in the week there will be some more (not as good) cormorant photos. Remember to leave a comment and thanks for reading!
hi joe
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