It finally stopped raining so we camped under the stars Saturday night in the screen tent (about 30 degrees) and went birding at the Minor Clark Fish Hatchery. We arrived just in time to see a juvenile Bald Eagle stoop onto a fish. It ate it on the bank of the pond, but when it noticed us it flapped into a tree
before heading back for a second helping
where it joined its parents
and a sibling
A flock of Hooded Mergansers was swimming up the Licking River lagoon
but when they noticed me sneaking around in the bushes they took off
Other birds, like this male Prairie Warbler, ignored me
so I sat on the bank of the lagoon and watched the birds feeding through the underbrush
male Ruby-crowned Kinglet
sporting his red crown
female Yellow-throated Warbler
male Red-winged Blackbird
I looked over at the fish breeding ponds and was surprised to see a flock of Turkey Vultures just hanging out
I sat by a creek in the woods and found myself surrounded by a flock of Yellow-rumped Warblers
male Yellow-rump
The resident Louisiana Waterthrush did a fly-by to give me a piece of his mind
As we left, the juvenile and its parents were still fishing from the ponds
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