April 5th. At Cranberry Bog, a female Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) nesting on the little island near Smith Street.

 

Most likely the same goose that nested there last year and (at least) the year before that.

 

 

 

The male was on the bank several hundred feet away; again, like last year.

 

A Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodius), but not the one from previous years which had a damaged tongue protruding from its throat.

 

 

 

More geese at the far end of the pond.

 

They took off and flew past me.

 

Across the pond, a second female on a nest near the shore, dead center in this photo.

 

Probably the same bird that nested there last year.

 

"Dad" was not far away.

 

On the west side of Smith Street, Skunk Cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus) leaves have expanded.

 

 

 

Again, the adult Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) was at the pond east of River Road at around 11:15 this morning.

 

 

 

 

 

It circled once and moved on.

 

The usual Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) pair was there as rain began to fall.

 

 

 

 

 

Note the pop-up rain drops at the upper left.

 

April 6th. Before I got this far, I heard the Pied-Billed Grebe in the Common Reeds (Phragmites australis). Here what I heard here: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Pied-billed_Grebe/sounds

In the foreground, a leaping Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis), then several Red-winged Blackbirds (Agelaius phoeniceus), a Canada Goose (Branta canadensis), and an American Robin (Turdus migratorius).

 

 

 

As I approached, the geese flew...

 

...and landed in the marsh.

 

 

 

 

 

The pair of  Buffleheads (Bucephala albeola)...

 

...and the single male.

 

The pair of Ring-necked Ducks (Aythya collaris) were quite close today. The male...

 

...and the female.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

American Robin (Turdus migratorius).

 

Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) on a Wood Duck house where swallows nested last year.

 

Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura).

 

Periwinkle or Myrtle (Vinca minor).

 

Ornamental Daffodils still blooming.

 

There is another pair of  Buffleheads (Bucephala albeola) at the pond east of Route 207.

 

 

 

 

 

Last stop of the morning, the pond east of River Road where I spotted this distant Osprey (Pandion halaetus).

 

 

 

Gradually cutting the telephoto...

 

...to show how far away it was.

 

Can you still see it?