On the road again…

I’m off to Connecticut this morning to see some of my family that lives there, and while I’m traveling, here are a few more pictures from Sunday. As I rode my bike north from Lakeshore State Park, I noticed a slew of birds in the water beside the Milwaukee Art Museum.

Here’s a greater scaup, …

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a male bufflehead, …

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a ruddy duck, …

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a northern shoveler, …

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and a young red-breasted merganser drake whose adult feathers are starting to come in.

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Also, here’s another look at the tree sparrow, but this time picking grass seeds, …

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and here’s one more look at that western meadowlark that has everyone in a tizzy.

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Published by Andrew Dressel

Theoretical and Applied Bicycle Mechanic, and now, apparently, Amateur Naturalist. In any case, my day job is researching bicycles at UWM.