Birds

On the way to school each morning we pass one of our favorite neighborhood lakes. It's a fun lake because it's full of turtles, has several families of Canadian Geese, and has a huge green field next to it that's perfect for playing ball (or was until Hawthorne started hitting so hard). In the spring we like to go there to feed all the fuzzy, chirpy baby geese, and the neighborhood association shoots fireworks off there on July 4, but the fall really is the most fun because that's when all the birds come. I stopped today to take pictures for y'all. They aren't the prettiest pics because the lake is low (no summer hurricanes) and it's seriously foggy today, but they'll give you the general idea of how cool the birds are.

They all look similar, but there are storks, great egrets, and at least one great blue heron mixed in there.
Around the curve to the left there were a bunch of Canadian geese and several different types of ducks.
The white birds were so impressive that I forgot to take a picture of all the others.

If you look carefully, you can see a flock of Canadian Geese flying overhead.
I wish I could add sound effects because they were really loud!
They're in the first picture too but are even harder to see because of the trees.

This hawk was circling the gray sky just above all the other birds. He was the cool loner.