Christmas Eve Horned Grebe

And some cooperative redtails, Cedar Waxwings, a showy Merlin, Bufflehead, etc. Took too many photos. I hope you all enjoyed your holidays, thank you for reading.

Horned Grebe. 12/24/23

The night before Christmas Eve, I decided I’d bird the next day.

I’d already birded that day, the 23rd. It was meant to just be a walk at a place I like to bird—not a full on birding walk. I got there early, birded with my camera, walked without it.

Saw a Swamp Sparrow during the walk, a few hundred yards from where I previously ha…