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canada goose, colonial lake, crawfish, eastern phoebe, great blue heron, photography, postaday, squirrel
Colonial Lake close to home is quite small, but it has a good variety of wildlife. An old Canada Goose, named Hank by the locals, does not seem to fly any more and enjoys eating the bread crumbs and cookies that people throw to him.
Hank, the old Canada Goose.
Squirrels are abundant, and at this time of the year they are stocking up on acorns and other wild nuts to prepare for winter.
Squirrel at Colonial Lake.
An Eastern Phoebe had something in its bill, but I couldn’t tell what it was. They usually eat small insects, and sometimes small fruit or seeds.
Eastern Phoebe.
A Ring-billed Seagull landed with a splash and caught something in its beak.
Ring-billed Seagull.
The champ was a Great Blue Heron who caught three fishes in less than 10 minutes as I photographed him.
Great Blue Heron.
Great Blue Heron with first fish.
Great Blue Heron with second fish.
Great Blue Heron with a crawfish.
