This elegant drake Mallard sits at one of my favourite locations for birding. The boardwalk at this point along Kinglet Trail
serves as a roof for a local Weasel and the complex vegetation is home for wrens, several species of woodpeckers,
nesting ducks, and many other fauna. Occasionally, a Moose wanders through and you step aside.

another view	Birds of Prey: Peregrine Falcon, Osprey, Great Horned Owl, Merlin, Red-tailed hawk, Swainson's Hawk, Northern Harrier, and Turkey Vulture.	Osprey	Osprey
another view	This Great Horned Owl family was situated precariously by an amphitheater building that can be very popular. The day after I found an adult having lunch, we came across some young girls who were taking pictures of an owlet on the ground. We then saw the nest and later noted 2, then 3, then 2 again owlets in the nest.	owlets on nest	owlets on nest
male and female	"Water Birds": Canada Geese, Mallard, Common Merganser (shown left), Canvasback, Redhead, Green-winged Teal, Common Goldeneye, American Wigeon, Bufflehead, Lesser Scaup,Northern Shoveler,and Gadwall ducks; Ring-billed, California, Herring and Franklin's gulls; Spotted Sandpiper, Wilson's Snipe and Killdeer; Red-winged Blackbird, and American Coot; Double-crested Cormorant, American White Pelican, Common Loon, Horned Grebe	Franklin's Gulls	Sandhill Crane
Solitary Sandpiper	Different varieties of birds were seen outside of the park in the adjoining countryside, including the Sandhill Crane shown above. Every roadside sparrow we saw was a Savannah Sparrow. A small wetland yielded the Solitary Sandpiper. Roadside nest boxes had Tree Swallows but no bluebirds were seen.	Savannah Sparrow	Tree Swallow
Hairy (above) Downy	Woodpeckers: Hairy, Downy, Northern Flicker, and Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. Heard a Pileated. Failed to see a Three-toed or Black-backed, which are known here. The Flicker offered a chance to see its eye covered and opened.	Sapsucker	Flicker (eye open) eye covered
another view	Deep Woods critters: Winter Wren (the best singer in the crowd), Brown Creeper (shown), Ruffed Grouse (shown), Western Tanager, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Least Flycatcher,Gray Jay, American Crow, Common Raven.	Ruffed Grouse	Brown Creeper
White-throated Sparrow	Roadside critters: Sparrows: White-throated, Song, Lincoln's, Chipping, Savannah; Warblers: Yellow-rumped, Yellow, Black & White (probably many others and more on the way); Red-winged Blackbird, Common Grackle, Black-billed Magpie, House Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco, Tree Swallow, Black-capped Chickadee. Mammals seen on this trip to SWCPP	Lincoln's Sparrow	Yellow-rumped Warbler another view

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