Otters and an Osprey

   After my workshop in downtown Dallas, Berry met me, circling the parking lot in a gray rental car. It was blisteringly cold and the wind was whipping around the building. At least it was not raining.

   We loaded up and went to nearby Lake Ray Hubbard, to see what we might see. We set up the scope and brought out the bins, found the Sibley's bird book and started our Trip List of birds. And when it was over, we had seen a handsome collection of birds. The only down-side was that I found it difficult to tolerate the cold weather.

Osprey

• American Kestrel, male
  
• Great Tailed Grackle
  
• Pied Billed Grebe
  
• Osprey
  
• Rock Dove, brown variant
  
• American Coot
  
• a domestic goose (anser cygnoides)
  
• Canada Goose
  
• American Crow
  
• Snow Goose
  
• Mallard
  
• Killdeer
  

   Berry caught sight of several River Otters, diving in and out of the water, and hiding under the large rocks on the levee. They could squeeze between the rocks and nothing could follow them there.

River Otter

Robert

photos courtesy of trapperran, prpdnews