Cormorants at the southeastern Connecticut coastline this fall.

Another image from the egret gang that descended upon the Ice Pond in Mystic CT last week.

During last months visit to the Ice Pond, we had a variety of birds to photograph, as you have seen already. Here is an interesting shot where the cormorant took off from its perch on the mid-pond rock (see earlier post). The bird cruised past the blue heron standing on the dock and a great egret standing on a branch above.

A great blue heron stands on this dock on the east side of the ice pond for hours. Late one afternoon while I waited for him to do something, anything!, he turned to his left and took a bow. He then slowly walked off stage.

Along the coast near the Mystic river.

While sitting beside the ice pond, a pair of ospreys flew search patterns overhead. At one point, this one began adjusting from horizontal flight to vertical.