Life is good when as you are completing a workout and ready for a physical break … the birds suddenly appear and pose for the guy with a camera. With one mile left while cycling first I found this Great Egret fishing the shadows of Medicine Lake, and then after taking a few pics of the egrets, just a bit further along a bike path I found these Northern Shovelers and Wood Ducks eating algae in a small pond. As I have noted many times, my Canon Sx-70 and monopod goes on all bike rides with me!

Let’s also hear it for weather apps with hour by hour weather predictions that are actually correct. I was out bicycle birding during the only time today with sun. It’s now blustery and raining.

Great Egret

Northern Shovelers

Northern Shovelers & Wood Ducks