My Happy Place Part 2 More Pictures of Farmington Bay

When I set out to take pictures of Farmington Bay for the slideshow, I wanted to get pictures of birds, the landscape and plants and all seasons of the year. It took three years thousands of pictures and a lot of patience. Here are some more of those pictures.

Loggerhead Shrike

Cattails

Beaver House

Spillway Farmington Creek

Eurasian Collared Dove, five years ago I had never seen one, now they are quite common.

One of the cub scouts watching waterfowl from the deck of the nature center

This scout was picking cheatgrass out of his socks during a work project

Common Yellow-throat, one of the more difficult birds I have photographed

A dust-bow

The deck of the Nature Center

Gadwall in courtship flight

Green-winged Teal

Marsh Wren another difficult bird to photograph

Bulrush and Sunflowers

Common Goldeneye, Gadwall and Hooded Merganser

Western Meadowlark

Female American Kestrel

Willet

Black-necked Stilt