Birds at Josey Ranch the last day of 2023
/I got to the large pond at Josey Ranch (Carrollton TX) just after sunrise on the last day of 2023. The birds were in feeding mode. The ring-necked duck diving for fish…
The swans swimming up to a high bank to nibble the grass while staying in the water….
A flock of double-crested cormorants landing just as I arrived than quickly finding good places to feed on the pond.
They were more numerous than I had ever seen at the pond before…I was probably lucky to catch some that were migrating.
A great blue heron was statue-like – standing on the grassy shore.
When I looked at my images on a large sceen, I discovered that I had managed a photo of a scaup with its mouth open!
The sunrise was not spectacular; the clouds were thickening as the sun came up. It was spectacular to see the cormorants so active in the minutes of brilliant sunshine at one end of the pond. I headed back to work on tasks I needed to complete before I left for Missouri (going home) the following day.
