Back to Bronte

We went back to Bronte Creek PP last night and this time we had a close encounter with the American Woodcock. As it was getting dark out, we started to hear the calls again. So we followed the noise towards the campground locations. There in the clearing we saw some movement and then suddenly two Woodcocks flew right past our heads! We were able to get a good look at them as they went by so we can now add this one to our life list without any question. One of the Woodcocks returned to the spot and then flew past us again. It was too dark to get pictures, but we did get more video of the sounds.


As we arrived at the park, we saw the Northern Mockingbird again. Whenever we have seen the NM here, it has not been calling, but last night it was making quite a bit of noise. It seemed to have a range of calls and was singing it's heart out. Not hard to tell that spring is in the air.



We also saw Killdeer in a gravel area and those were the last pics we were able to get before it was just too dark out to see what was out there.



Last night we saw a male Robin chasing a female around the yard. It shouldn't be too long until we come across a nest. I have not seen them checking out the nesting shelf, so maybe they are using another spot this year.




And just this morning I saw a flock of 16 (or more?) Crows flying through.


I'm also including a somewhat fuzzy pic of a fox that Dave saw running across the field on the weekend. We saw a fox 2-3 times last year in the spring but didn't see it all winter long.