Recent rains had plenty of water pouring out the lake overflow. Up topside, the high water level let me get into those little nooks and crannies around the lake I like to poke into, like this little spot with a small feeder bubbling into the lake up at the far end, almost like a miniature waterfall: The sun poked through the clouds occasionally, but that was enough to bring out the turtles. Two’s company: Up above the lake, I didn’t see many Great Blue Herons around (sorry, no obligatory GBH picture this time), but the Double-Crested Cormorants<\/A> were all up and down the lake. I’ve said it before, just when I think I’ve seen it all, Nature throws something else up in my face, like the Chipping Sparrow mentioned above, which I saw for the first time. I also spotted a couple little creatures on a tree trunk. Maybe they climbed up there to escape the rising waters, as this tree would normally be on dry land. That wasn’t a lot of wildlife pictures from out on the lake, so I’ll fill in with a few from a busy backyard feeder.<\/p>\n Lots of comings and going, a Blue Jay<\/A> comes, a Red-Bellied Woodpecker<\/A> goes… It’s been a busy year so far (to say the least), and now with the “civilized” world grinding to a halt, it might be good to pause and reflect that the rest of the world goes on. My suggestion: find a way to get outdoors, while maintaining your social distance. On that subject, IMHO the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kayak","category-nature"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildcorvid.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildcorvid.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildcorvid.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildcorvid.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildcorvid.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1303"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/wildcorvid.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1303\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1307,"href":"https:\/\/wildcorvid.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1303\/revisions\/1307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildcorvid.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildcorvid.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildcorvid.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nand some of the trails along the creek were pretty soggy from the slosh-over.
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\nIn the woods, it’s a lot harder to spot the wildlife, but this Chipping Sparrow<\/A> came out on the path long enough to snap some pictures:
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\nbut maybe three’s a crowd:
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\nFive definitely is a crowd:
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\nMourning Dove<\/A> approaches:
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\nMourning Dove<\/A> and Tufted Titmouse<\/A> share the seeds:
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\nNo mistaking the Northern Cardinal<\/A>, and downstairs a Dark-eyed Junco<\/A>:
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\nNow it’s the Blue Jay<\/A>‘s turn to bolt. Gear up!
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