Friday evening Suzanne Johnson called us from Eldorado and told us that there was an influx of birds at the water treatment ponds. She invited us to come down there Saturday morning for some birding there. We were happy to hear that there were finally some birds arriving there so, Ann and I headed that way.
I don’t remember how many different species that we saw but there were, Green-winged Teals, Pied-bill Grebes, Gadwalls, American Wigeons, Eared Grebes, Northern Shovelers, Blue Huron, Vesper Sparrows, Red-winged Blackbirds, Savannah Sparrows, Meadowlarks, Ruddy Ducks, Lesser Scaup, one Redhead, Pyrrhuloxia, and one female Ring-necked Duck.
The weather was nice, but very windy, and it made photographing these birds on the water difficult. Hear are a few photogaphic highlights. Some are not award-winning images, but good enough for identification.
Green-winged Teal
Ruddy Duck
Eared Gebe
Wind-blown Vesper Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Back here in San Angelo, activity with some migratory birds are picking up. On O. C. Fisher Lake we have seen numerous American Kestrels, Loggerhead Shrikes, Meadowlarks to name a few. There are several hundred American White Pelicans, American Avocets, Greater Yellow-legs, Least Sandpipers also. We have seen two Norther Harriers almost daily. This morning we saw two Red-tailed Hawks also.
Click on the above images to see enlargements.
Happy Birding!!
Texas Tweeties by Bob Zeller 
I love the duck photo, especially the surrounding water of contrast. The waters look surreal.
Thank you, Martina,
Bob
So beautiful – all of them. They get my award, for what it’s worth. The rough water really adds something, don’t you think? Such wonderful patterns of light.
Thanks, Cindy,
I was really just trying to get the closest pictures as I could. They were about 200 yards away and I was hand-holding my 500mm out the window, trying to keep it steady in the wind. They were just a little more than a dot in my viewfinder. If I tried to get out of the car to set up my tripod, they just got spooked even more, and flew further away. I am happy to get what I got.
But thank you for your kind words. 🙂
Bob