Bird Watching: Daily Bird Pics (and conversation) #446, 3 by MargaretK

MargaretK wrote:
The Painted Buntings are incredibly beautiful, GP.

Great shots, as always, duc. Love the Woodpeckers. What a shot of those storage holes.

Here's a Pacific Heron that's made itself at home at the local lake over the past few months. I've never seen one of these birds before and this one is on its own. Really distant shots. Even to get these, I had to tread very, very cautiously through the grasses, listening for the odd tiger snake, which love long grass in wetland areas. It looks like its got a suture line down its neck.

Next, a couple of Sacred Ibis then a Pink-eared Duck with three ducklings.