It was cold and cloudy, but Turtle Pond had thawed and there were a bunch of Mallards, a couple of Wood Ducks, and the prettiest American Black x Mallard drake I've ever seen:
He was pointed out to me by a young birder whose name I didn't catch. There was a female hybrid and a couple of pure Black Ducks as well, and the Pond was visited by a young Sharp-Shinned Hawk. He made a couple of passes at the ducks.
That didn't work out very well.
Looking for the Long-Eared Owl didn't work out, either; the pine he had been in was occupied by a sleeping raccoon.
At Evodia, things were busy. The Baltimore Orioles were about, as were a pair of very confiding Brown Creepers.
Best wishes for the New Year.
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