Plano Outdoor Learning Center / Bob Woodruff Park / Oak Point Nature Preserve

Nov 28, 2009

Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Northern Mockingbird
Catches a cricket for breakfast Northern Mockingbird
Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta) Western Meadowlark
Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta) Western Meadowlark
A juvenile Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) was watching the doves in Bob Woodruff Park. Cooper's Hawk
A female Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus) was hunting in Oak Point Nature Preserve. Shortly after this picture was taken she caught a rat and perched on the ground in the open field to eat it. Northern Harrier
Sedge Wrens (Cistothorus platensis) are normally very secretive, but two birds popped up for a few seconds in the wet field near the lake in Oak Point Nature Preserve this morning. Sedge Wren
Harris' Sparrow (Zonotrichia querula) in a thicket near the parking lot Harris' Sparrow
This Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) does not look like the "Slate-colored" subspecies. Is this an Oregon Junco, or an intergrade? Dark-eyed Junco
Another photo of the junco. junco
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) Song Sparrow
Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) Echinacea
 
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Mourning Dove
Domesticated Muscovy Duck (Cairina moschata) male Muscovy
Domesticated Muscovy Duck (Cairina moschata) female has a smaller facial mask Muscovy
American Snout (Libytheana carinenta) Snout