Bird Watching: Bird Watching: Daily piccies vol 428, 1 by reddirtretiree

reddirtretiree wrote:
Gary, I've only been keeping a life list for a couple of years, but 4 or 5 years ago in the winter, I'm sure I saw a Great Gray owl in Oklahoma. I had taken my grandsons target shooting on Christmas break and it was perched on a fence post along the road. I stopped and backed up to get a better view and it just sat there. No camera, of course. Looked it up when I got home. Another bird I don't have on my list.

The Greater Scaup are still on the big pond, but swim to the back when I drive up, fly if I walk up. Didn't even try to shoot them this a.m. Had 6 Ring-necked Ducks and they are shy too. Shot this one, the ring is visible on his neck. Taken at some distance and cropped considerably.