And what's more
The egrets have flown, but I'm still overwhelmed with sights and sounds. The frogs, reclaiming the creek, are even louder. The robins, blackbirds, grackles, and golfers are in full voice as well (pay no attention to that man on the cart ...), and the mourning doves are cooing softly in the background, barely audible above all the clamor of the great outdoors.
In the past hour, in addition to the egrets, I've seen a killdeer, a vulture, a hawk (accipiter sp.), grackles, robins, a pair of finches building a nest, two chickadees, mallards in groups of two and three, mourning doves, countless male blackbirds, the swimming groundhog, and two goldfinches playing arial tag.
Update: The bluebird of happiness came by later and perched on the snag, followed shortly by the old grey (Canada) goose.
2 Comments:
Is this common for groundhogs to swim? While visiting with an elderly friend who has a pond, I have on several occasions seen an animal swimming across the pond and climbing out and scurring across the yard. I got some pictures when he came up to her bird feeder recently. He definitely looks like a groundhog. Doesn't have the tail of a muskrat or beaver. The Canadian Geese pair living there love to chase him away whenever they can. Isn't it great watching wildlife?!!
Hi, auntroee - thanks for stopping by. I don't know how common it is for groundhogs to swim; I didn't know they did until I saw this one. In the course of discussing him with my friends, I heard several stories of swimming deer as well, so go figure.
You're right, it's great watching wildlife. There's nothing I find more interesting or relaxing. I'd love to see the geese chasing the ground hog!
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