A good day on the Fox River, Oswego

Juvenile Eagle
Today I saw 7 Bald Eagles

Merganser, male and Canada Goose
There were thousands of Canada Geese on the river.

Herring Gull, and Ring-billed Gull, and at least one I don't know.

Male Merganser.  There were several males and females in a couple of different places.

Common Golden-eye.  It was interesting to watch as they floated on the river, diving for food.

Saw this Heron land on the branch.

These two were just sitting on the bank of the river.

Female Merganser.

There were lots of mallards on the river.

Geese in flight.
There were flocks of geese all along the river.

Juvenile Bald Eagle.

This one looks like it is almost an adult.

Another juvenile Bald Eagle

And another juvenile Bald Eagle.
I spent hours along the Fox River today.  Also went down to one of the parks on the other side of Oswego.  Will do a post all about those birds.  It was fun taking the time to just watch them.
Mary

Backyard visitors

Unsure gulls

Kildeer

Chipping Sparrow

We seem to have a lot of bunnies in our back yard.

Female red-winged blackbird.

white-crowned sparrow

White Throat sparrow

Rock Run Rookery Preserve

Second stop on my birding day in Will County, Rock Run Rookery Preserve.
As I pulled into a parking place, this flock flew up in front of me. I thought it was gulls.
As I looked closer, it turned out to be White Pelicans!

There were so many.

Could not believe my good fortune.

Mergansers

Gulls

Canadian Geese, Gulls

Gadwall, Scaup, Merganser

Ring-billed Gull

Canada Goose

You just never know what you will see!

One of the farms we passed on Route 6 had these cute goats.  They were all willing to pose for us.

Llama's and Shetland ponies were on the same farm. 

We stopped at the lock and dam and found this group feeding on the ice.

There are always gulls flying around.

No one was willing to give me a frontal view.

From a distance it can be hard to describe what the bird is you see.
Okay, these turned out to be geese.

Some eagles are willing to pose for you.

Hawks are plentiful.

Looks like this opossum is just coming out of hibernation.
Now to identify each of these birds.
I will update as I find out.  

New York wildlife

While traveling some of the back roads around East Aurora, I caught sight of this buck resting in a wooded area.

Ron was inching up and down the road so I could get a shot.  He could see the deer, but I could not get a shot of him.

Finally, I got the perfect shot!  He was so nice to sit there while I composed my picture.

Ring-billed Gull

Mallards by Niagara Falls.  There were sheltered from the rapids.  Still some fairly young ones.

Geese sitting on a log by the edge of the American Falls.

Mallow

In one of the small gardens by the falls were these beautiful, Black-eyed Susan's.

House Sparrows were in big supply looking for handouts by the falls.

How many times do you get to see a black squirrel?  He sat very nice for me.

Gulls sitting just out of the rapids by the American Falls.

View of some of the rapids.

Gulls

The identity of gulls is a bit hard, as you can't tell if this is a different type or just a different phase of the Ring-billed gull.