Other birds are too, but first this bird from yesterday. Northern Shrike is a bird I've found by surprise maybe only two other times in the LP. The silhouette was a fun adrenaline rush when it popped up (just imagine if it's been April or May). It moved around a lot and must have been attacking the local birds since the robins and chickadees were making a lot of alarm noises. For a bird I would imagine that they'd never seen before they must have learned fast.
Today's bird of the day was a Chen goose. It was certainly mostly Snow, but when it landed had a bit of blue wartiness to the base of the bill.
The gulls chasing it are Herrings, so based on size it's at least mostly a Snow.
I have to admit I was kinda wondering how dramatic the pics would be if one of the local eagles had wandered by a little sooner than this one did, but the gulls flushed it first...
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