My owl friends: Sunday Surprises

I love Sunday mornings! Especially when it means I get to go photographing. I had not been down to my favorite spot in a bit, so that's where I headed.

I usually walk around the lake counter clockwise, so today I decided to do the opposite. Good thing I did. I got to the gazebo area and spotted both black crown night herons. One was across the lake and one was near the gazebo. The one near the gazebo was in a tough place to photograph but I gave it ago. I only have about a million trillion night heron pics :)

I looked over to the island and saw an interesting bird. I wondered what it was as I
was running around the lake to get a better view. Oh yeah! It's an immature night heron!
Sweet!

I got around the lake and got this pic.....

Cool! I was standing there admiring the bird and wishing he would move to a more photographic spot. He must have heard me because he flew across the lake and landed on the boardwalk! I hustled over there and got some very sweet photos!

I continued around the lake and found the GBH and a mallard hanging out together. I love getting those interspecies pics. It looks like they are buddies :)

There were at least 15 snowy egrets around and since I have a gazillion pics of them, I went for the silhouette shot........

The night heron I had seen from the other side of the lake was hanging in his spot. I was pretty close when I got this pic.

I was almost around the lake and there were a bunch of cute little guys flying around. I got a lot of blurry shots before getting this sweet shot! It's a western wood-pewee. Very cute!

I decided to head home but made a quick detour to stop at Prospect Park in Wheatridge.
It was quiet but very pretty as I walked along the path. I was almost back to the parking lot when I decided to walk over to the lake that's very close by. This bird came flying by and I quickly realized it was another immature night heron. What? What were the odds I'd see 2 immatures in one day....crazy! He landed in a nearby tree, so I walked over. Just as I got there he flew along the lake heading north. But then I realized there was another one in the same tree. He took flight too but circled back to the same tree.