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.

A double crested cormorant has been spending many hours standing on this rock in this fresh water pond only yards from Fishers Island Sound

A female mallard proceeds on a foggy morning mission several days ago.