I see this red tail hawk hunting around the pond pretty regularly. The lightning rod stands on the east side of the pond.
Searching for prey.
A black phoebe also searching for prey.
A ruddy duck hen cruises the pond.
Red tail “stink eye!”
The mill pond, also known as the otter pond, is visited by various birds all year long. This was a snapshot of the visitors one day in November.
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Otters have company at the mill pond! Thanks for sharing.
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Yes, they have plenty of company. Besides golden retrievers.
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Fantastic photos! Tell me, why does a mill pond need a lightning rod???
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Thank you Laura! I think the lightning rod is near the pond for better grounding. I believe it is tied to all the large metal mill buildings.
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Beautiful post 🙂
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Thank you Irene!
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Beautiful hawk photos.
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Thank you so much!
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Great photos of some beautiful birds!
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Thank you Teresa! I always check to see who’s on the pond. Never can tell.
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I wish we had a pond on our property…but we live fairly close to lakes and we see some nice waterfowl at various times of the year. We don’t usually take photos as nice as yours though! 🙂
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I bet you could. We love our ponds. There our swimming pools. Although, they’re hard to float around on with goldens trying to climb on our inflatable rafts.
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Is it your birds day today ? 😀
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It’s my birds day everyday!!!
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Great !
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