The weather pattern of storms on the
weekend has been holding with this last weekend's high winds and cold temperatures. Hasn't exactly been the best birding weather, but the birds keep moving, nonetheless. Good numbers of Golden-crowned Kinglets are moving in the area and what a delight they are to view in a good
compact binocular such as my
Leica Ultravid 10x25 BL. Unlike the crown on the Ruby-crowned Kinglets, the crown on this Kinglet blazes forth in all its glory. At the lake, still seeing Lesser Scaup and good numbers of Red-breasted Mergansers. Also managed to add a Horned Grebe as he bounced up and down between the whitecaps along the shore.