Despite a return to cold temps the waterfowl continue to move into and through the area. Today was more winter like compared to the previous few days with wind and temps that struggled to reach 40. I tried to find an early Virginia Rail at Lake Wallace without any luck so I decided I would head over along the river to Mitch's Way where a female Redhead showed up yesterday. The Redhead was still present but tough to pick out as it moved among the trees in a flooded part of the river. I tried to walk the length of the road for passerines but the high water levels flooded the road about a half mile in so I headed back out without finding anything noteworthy. I tried again without any luck to find the Redhead and perhaps get some photos. I did however find two neck tagged Canada Geese that were banded in Greenland (details on those to follow when I hear back from the researchers up there). There were quite a few Canada Geese dropping into the East Meadows out of view and I didn't feel like driving over and making the long walk down to see them so I instead headed to Silvio Conte NWR-Fort River and turned up my first Eastern Meadowlark of the year in the county plus some Northern Harriers. Yesterday I did spend some time in the East Meadows just as the cold front arrived and kicked up the winds, cleared out the fog and dropped the temps. Although the numbers and variety were down a bit from the previous days there were still tons of waterfowl to look through and watch flying overhead.
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