Since my daughter and grandson are in town, we thought they might enjoy a visit to Eagle Bluffs Conservation Area on the Missouri River floodplain. Despite the cool, cloudy, misty weather, it proved to be a good decision.
Highlights included a small flock of snow geese, about fifty American white pelicans and a few bald eagles. American coot and northern shovelers were abundant, joined by a mix of other common ducks and a handful of pied-billed grebes. Other sightings included a flock of ring-billed gulls, two red-tailed hawks and the first tree swallows of the season (for me at least).
While my four-year old grandson enjoyed seeing the waterfowl and eagles, he was primarily fixated on the possibility of seeing coyotes. Unfortunately, those wild canines did not make an appearance this morning but their absence spawned a host of possible explanations from our youngest naturalist and the futile search kept him entertained.
