August 22 2026 birding gallery is up (finally)

A wee bit late with this one. It’s a kooky mix of snoozing ducks, weird shots of random objects and pigeons. Great Blue Heron near the fish ladder, for obvious reasons.A seagull flying over a gray sky.A rare shot of a dragonfly in flight.A ruffled Ring-billed Gull looking back.A cricket. Or grasshopper?A Long-billed Dowitcher foraging in the shallows.Size comparison between Mallard and Long-billed Dowitcher.Yellow flower.No Fishing.Close-up of lily pads, converted to black and white.I'm pretty sure this is a muskrat. Definitely not Nessie.Still Creek, looking somewhat less still.Mallard snoozing on a stump.Female Wood Duck snoozing.Female Wood Duck Xtreme snoozing.Male Wood Duck still looking dapper.Male Wood Duck balancing.This orange mallard is likely a hybrid, as mallards will get into shenanigans with many other ducks.Pigeons opposed.Rock Pigeons on a railing.A young Rock Pigeon up close.A Canada Goose going through Xtreme molting.White-crowned Sparrow. Prev 1of23 Next Original…