Copperas Landing and Birds Along the Way

 

Copperas Landing is flooded!

 

Chimney at Copperas Creek Road.

 

American Tree Sparrow in the brush along Copperas Creek.

 

A small flock of Canada Geese flew over.

 

White-throated Sparrows were in the brush on both sides of the road to Copperas Landing.

 

White-throated Sparrow.

 

Northern Cardinal.

 

Pileated Woodpecker.

 

 

Juvenile Bald Eagle soaring over Copperas Creek and the flooded bottom land.

 

 

Immature Red-tailed Hawk.

Bell's Landing after the Snow

 

Tuesday morning Scott and I drove out to Banner Marsh to see if we could find the Short-eared Owls again. No luck with the owls, but we did find two Northern Harriers and several hundred American Tree Sparrows!

 

 

Northern Harriers dance across the sky.

Northern Harrrier hunting the grasslands of the Waterfowl Refuge at Bell's Landing.

 

 

Northern Harrier flying low over the grassland.

 

 

More than 200 American Tree Sparrows were in the bushes around the parking lot.

 

 

American Tree Sparrows covered the parking lot by the boat ramp at Bell's Landing.

 

Horned Larks in the snow.

 

 

 

Northern Harriers were scouring the grasslands at Bell's Landing on Tuesday morning, before the clouds moved in.

 

Mallard Ducks flew over Banner Marsh.