After general conference, Chieko and I decided to take a little drive to the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge. By "little," I mean about 70 miles.
I'm not good with bird identification, so take my naming here with a grain of salt. I think this is a red-winged blackbird.
This is a coot. I don't know if it's an old coot.
When we were here in February, there were hundreds, maybe a few thousand swans. Today we saw only these two leftovers.
This is a yellow-headed blackbird. The reeds were full of these today.
I think these are grebes.
Mr. and Mrs. Mallard Duck.
This is a yellow-headed blackbird. I was trying to get a picture with the setting sun on his head and neck, but this is the best I got.
This is a muskrat. Chieko saw about three of these.
These are scaredy coots.
This is a pelican at takeoff.
This is the same pelican just after takeoff. Look for another bird in this picture.
This end of the wetland had quite a few pelicans.
Pelicans doing a little fishing while a heron looks on.
Chieko with several pelicans in the background, which you can't see, because they're too far away. Maybe if you squint.
I don't usually post sunset pictures, but this seems to be a fitting way to end this day.
