Spectacular Adventure at McLaughlin Bay

Pair of Tree Swallows by the sunset
Pine cones

Baltimore Oriole

Flock of Canada Geese

Croaking Frog

Red-winged Blackbird sticking his tongue out

Marching Deer Bottoms Up!

"I'm out of here, these so called "humans" are scaring me!"

Beautiful Flowers

Peeping Frogs by the Marsh in the Evening

Yesterday my dad and I went birding at McLaughlin Bay. As we arrived there we saw a Song Sparrow on a post we got a few photos of it and kept walking. I decided to use my bird whistle and a Fox Sparrow was attracted to it. Check for 2008, we followed it to the marsh and there we heard the sound it made which was simliar to my bird whistle. We kept walking along the marsh to find Tree Swallows at a nesting sight. We wanted to leave them alone because they were courting, mating and building nests. Then along the trail came some White-crowned Sparrows foraging but something perfectly yellow caught my attention and was very curious about it so we followed it and it wasn't a goldfinch. It was something else but we couldn't figure out what it was in the dense hedge until it flew out. Showing its beautiful colors then it perched where we could identify it. It was a Yellow Warbler check for 2008. Then I spotted the coughed up remains of a owl, so after that we were on the lookout for owls at the lookouts. There was no owl but we had evidence there was an owl here the coughed up remains of a small mammal. Then hundreds of frogs were peeping and croaking so I got a video of it. Then in the cedar hedge came a very bright colored bird and after looking closely at it we figured it was a Baltimore Oriole check for 2008. When we were walking to another trail a rabbit came, and we followed it to another trail. Which lead us to a huge White-throated Sparrow almost as big as a Fox Sparrow. We followed the trail to a pond were Canada Geese flocks were flying overhead and a Canada Goose pertecting her nest in the middle of the pond. Then we saw a Red-winged Blackbird stickig his tounge our when he called then it flew to his mate and they both went to drink from the pond. Then both a White-crowned Sparrow came and a frog swam to the surface of the pond. Which at first I thought it was a stick. It was already dark and it was almost my bedtime, so we quickly followed the loop and there was a deer. As soon as it saw us it walked very slowly lifting their legs and tail and left. Then another deer came and did the same thing. By then it was very late and I was very tired but I thought we might see an owl. My dad spotted something even neater a racoon just climbing down his tree to get ready to hunt. My dad started hissing, swaying his arm and other disturbances but I still didn't move. I wanted my dad to stop disturbing it so I prented to take a video of him disturbing it and post it on my blog. Opps, did I say that outloud, uh oh I hope my dad doesn't see this but I for the racoon own good. No offense dad, ha ha ha! Anyway, thanks dad for taking me if you do see this post. Thank you mom too for hoping that I would see a new bird. Goodbye,

Birdman