Hurkett Cove Conservation Area

Hurkett Dock September 7, 2011

These boats still fish.

The Jimmie N

The bay of the dock, at Hurkett Dock.
This is where White Pelicans and Tundra Swans
and rafts of ducks are in the Spring migration.
 Today a Northern Harrier patrolled the fringes.

Now we are at the Conservation Area, sighting for shore birds.

This was a surprise. A female Peregrine Falcon taking a bath.
Photo taken through the spotting scope lens.
And it turned out, another surprise.
Update September 8, 2011
(Brian Ratcliff has identified this as a juvenile
 from this area or aTundruis family.)

Coming back through the trail we walked into a flight of warblers.
 A Cape May, a Black throated Green,
a Red Eyed Vireo, a Black and White Warbler,
a Brown Creeper, that we could identify
and lots of flitters that we couldn't see long enough to name.

I had to dig my camera back out.
There is a moose at the end of the road.
(Note to self: get a better camera!)