After about another whole week of rainy weather, today I woke up to blue skies and the sun shining. So, we found another place to look for some wildlife and especially birds. We Googled some birding spots near us, hoping to find a new location, and sure enough a place we had not heard of was found: Eagle Lake Refuge. According to their website it is an especially good place for waterfowl and wading birds, and the best viewing season is in the winter. Unfortunately, by the time we got ready to go, it was about 1 pm when we got there and most of the ducks were out on the water and very much aware of our intrusion into their refuge and wanted nothing to do with us getting closer than 300 yards. Not very good for photography.
Our plans are to go back again one day, before the…
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