January 2, 2007

• Happy New Year!

  Well, reckon we all have to start getting used to writing 2007 on our checks now. Hope y'all all had a refreshing holiday weekend. Please pray for precious little Amber, who spent New Year's Eve in the ER, bless her heart.

  DS and I drove about halfway across the state hoping to get a good start on this year's bird list. It was rainy most of the day, so birding wasn't as good as we'd hoped. But we had a great time and watched a gorgeous sunset on the way home.

  We stopped at one of my favourite spots in Madison, Lake Frances, to add Wood Ducks to our lists. There have been quite a few there every time we've been. Up till now. Not a single WD was to be found. Also MIA was the female Mandarin. We first spotted the male Mandarin Duck about 3 years ago. Last year, we found him with a mate. This trip, he was hanging out with 3 Mallards and a gargantuan 'Malloid' (mallard hybrid). There were several Cormorants and Anhingas, 12 Pied-billed Grebes swimming and diving and 2 Great Egrets scouring the shoreline.

   

  The late hour and bad weather didn't make for great photography, but I did manage to get a few nice shots of the Mandarin. Isn't he gorgeous?!

  

  Here he is with his 'Malloid' buddy.

  

  Y'all have a JESUS-filled day! ^i^

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