Brown Chinese Goose

 

far from family
a Brown Chinese Goose feeding
in a roadside ditch

Black-and-white Warbler

buffy and puffy
this Black-and-white Warbler
looks like a first-year bird

 

Lesser Scaup

the waves on the lake

and Lesser Scaup with blue bills

cold December wind

Merlin

on top of the snag

a Merlin surveys the dawn

December morning

American Kestrel

catching a lizard
an American Kestrel
maneuvers away

Buffleheads

chilly afternoon

a pair of Buffleheads in

the neighborhood lake

Pileated Woodpecker

look - a young female

Pileated Woodpecker -

first of December