Ducks in a row
Canadian Geese on the water with their chicks
Canadian Geese family out of the water
Juvenile black-crowned night heron Flushed a couple of juvenile night herons as I walked closed to the ponds, but only got a couple of photos - they are very secretive and shy
Same visit, only the next morning - Canadian Geese with their chicks!
Juvenile black-crowned night heron in flight.
The Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge on a late April morning
Always a line of baby ducks would have an adult in front and at the end of the line
Pied-billed grebe, looking a little disheveled, in one of the ponds
I had the refuge to myself at the early hour, and as I turned a quiet corner on the path, there was the Northern Harrier, sitting in the morning stillness on a tree stump.
Northern Harrier, probably female, HBNWR
Northern Harrier
 Small flock of black-capped chickadees were combing the trees for bugs |  Song sparrow, living up to its name |
A lone Lesser Yellowlegs browsed for food in one of the wetland ponds
Savannah sparrow, HBNWR
Pale bird in a pale light, the Great Egret, Humboldt Bay
