Welcome 2017, today we have fog and overcast sky. I want to go rambling for new critters to photograph, however, being "New Years Day" I am a little concerned about travel.
The eagle nest need to be checked, it is getting close to time for them to lay eggs and start sitting on them. They should be adding to the nest at this time. I want a photograph of one with a large stick in flight.
My gold for 2017 is to spend more time photographing and studying wildlife. I also hope to photograph a fox and bobcat this year. It seems that the owl population has dwindled some. We once had no trouble finding them at Pond Creek but as of lately they seem scarce. The deer population seems smaller at Pond Creek also.
It was a spring like day in January while searching for new eagle nest. I have had good luck in the past few weeks of finding and photographing the bald eagles. This is an unusual subject for us here in East Texas, however they are becoming abundant as time goes on. At this time we have located six active nest with pairs on all the nest. and a few immature eagles.I have given the ones I post codes so as not to identify their locations for the safety of the eagles and their nesting habits. We did observe a catch and kill of a raccoon a few days ago, an experience not many have observed.. When looking for one species you never know what you will find, these ducks were located on a slough close by; no eagle photographs on this date .However a stranger to this local was filmed, an american wigeon. It is a bird of the far northern regions of the United States and way off course in this area.. Each excursion into the world of nature always produces something of interest and lots of pleasure.
