First sight of the day were a few turkeys on a field, picking around on some hay stacks. In the past few years they started to pop up everywhere in the neighbourhood.
When I was on my way to check my first destination, the feeder station at Shirley Bay, I all of the sudden noticed something large on a tree next to the road. I immediately swerved to the right and got out my camera. Indeed, it was a bird of pray, keeping an eye on the road for some tasty treat. I am not 100% sure but I think it might be a red-tailed hawk. He watched me, as I got out of the car and pointed the camera lens towards him. He did not feel comfortable with the attention and took off.
I had the urge to follow him and try to get some more pictures since he just moved a bit down the road but in the end I decided to let him be and continued on my way in the opposite direction.
The feeder station was bustling with people again and I did not feel like mingling. So I continued to my next destination. Mud Lake.
It was a beautiful day for a walk at Mud Lake. The temperature was actually not bad for a walk, around -15C, and thanks to the sunshine and the lack of wind my face was not getting frosty at all.
I met way more birds than yesterday, including:
