January 28th, 2015

Jen took me out to Ankeny National Wildlife Refuge.  We saw a few birds but they were pretty far away for me to get nice photos.

Here is an American Coot. I like how it looks more like a painting then a photo.

This is a pair of Ring-necked Ducks, they only winter in Oregon.

A song sparrow:

And a Juvenile Northerner Harrier (we think it was a juvenile anyway....) harassing some geese.

I had a serious case of lens envy at one point....

He has two big lenses!

The refuge was really quite beautiful. I look forward to going there in the coming months to see how it changes with the season.

and the moon came out:

But the coolest thing we saw today, was this coyote.

It's so fluffy!!!

Here is Jen trying to identify a bird.

Hope you have a great night!