Wood Ducks and a Great Crested Flycatcher

Great Crested Flycatcher

I immediately heard two Great Crested Flycatchers when I got out of my car this morning.  They were both in a tree very close to my car.  As I got out and walked over to them, they took off, but that allowed me to get one in flight.  Then, where they landed, I finally got a photo of them perched in a tree, rather than on a wire like I normally see them.

Great Crested Flycatcher

I love seeing Wood Ducks in trees.  I normally see one or two pairs here, but this morning there were 8 of them, one female and 7 males.  They posed for me in a Live Oak Tree for a while; I partially concealed myself with the dumpster right by their tree.  A Mockingbird didn't like that at all and swooped me.  So I moved to a different vantage point, and the ducks were fine with me until one of the janitors came by and scared them off.  They flew to the lake, so I took a few photos of them there.

Wood Duck

Wood Duck

Wood Duck

Wood Duck

It was a pretty good morning.  Here's my list of 23 species I found this morning:

Wood Duck 8
Mallard x Mottled Duck (hybrid) 2
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Anhinga 1
Great Egret 1
White Ibis 1
Osprey 1
Common Gallinule 2
Killdeer 1
Rock Pigeon 4
Mourning Dove 5
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
Blue Jay 3
Fish Crow X
Carolina Wren 1
Northern Mockingbird 4
European Starling 1
Northern Parula 1
Northern Cardinal 3
Red-winged Blackbird X
Common Grackle X
Boat-tailed Grackle X