Birds at Elmendorf Lake, Part 2

Tuesday, January 15, 2013 *

When I arrived at Elmendorf Lake Park Monday, January 7, I parked in the lot on SW 19th St closest to the dam in the southeast corner of the park. From the parking lot, I walked upstream and continued counterclockwise around the loop trail that circles the lake.

With the exception of the vermillion flycatcher in Sunday's entry, I am posting the photos of the birds in this multi-part series in the order they were taken as I walked around the lake. This set of photos include a great blue heron (Ardea herodias), northern shovelers (Anas clypeata), and lesser scaups (Aythya affinis):

* Due to the full schedule I have this week taking a class, all posts for the week will be from previous walks.

Birds at Elmendorf Lake, Part 1

Thursday, January 10, 2013

I have barely begun to edit all the photos of birds that I took on my walk at Elmendorf Lake on Monday (January 7). This is definitely going to be a multi-part series.

The first five photos below are of Northern Shovelers (Anas clypeata). This was by far the most abundant bird at the lake Monday. There will be more photos of them in upcoming posts:

The second set of five photos are of Lesser Scaups (Aythya affinis):

The next post in this series will be the Sunday Special Edition (January 13).

Refreshed by the River, Part 2

Thursday, October 18, 2012

This is the second set of photos from my walk along the San Antonio River yesterday. Experiencing the presence of the damselfly, the lesser scaup and the snowy egret was a particular delight. But my soul took flight when the red-tailed hawk appeared as I was photographing the cirrus clouds above the tree.

The Lesser Scaup

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

There are a lot of ducks on the San Antonio River. This time of year they are almost all mallards. On my walk on Friday, December 16, one duck stood out from all the mallards with its black tipped white bill and dark black head. This is a Lesser Scaup. There are a few of them spending their winter here: