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January
I took no photos of birds in January. I saw nothing new to inspire me and it was cold. However, present were the grackle, redwing blackbirds, mottled ducks, cormorant, loggerhead shrike, seagulls, sandhill crane, mockingbird, warbler, etc.
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February
2-9-2025: Greater Yellowlegs (above)- I think Greater Yellowlegs are the smallest wading bird that behaves like the bigger wading birds. They are usually alone and not with a mate of their own species, but fish all day along with similar wading birds. That is what the egrets and heron do. The smaller sandpipers travel in flocks and behave differently.
2-21-2025: These Common Tern, above, are new this year. They dive bomb for fish. They are like seagull birds, and we have seagulls that are new this year too. I think something is bringing the shore birds 20-miles inland.
2-24-2025- A new lone Sandhill Crane. I think it was left out of the mating process and the pairs are nesting. It is smart and eats peanuts well. It is like my buddy. This photo was 10-feet away with 600-mm lens, so I got this closeup.
2-25-2025- (above) We had a long rain overnight and the lake rose about a foot. Then, all of a sudden, the wide diversity of wading birds returned. Above are two wood storks (new this year), with the little blue and tricolor herons, and the snowy egret. Also in the lake were a cormorant, greater yellow leg, and sandpiper. The common terns, new this year, were dive bombing.
2-26-2025 (above) Some up-close shots of one of the three or so mockingbirds. They are usually alone, like this one. They sure seem a lot like the loggerhead shrike. I also caught a grackle from close range.
March
March 3, 2025-
March 9, 2025- Holy cow. I just checked the memory card from my camera. When I saw those eagle-like birds the other day, I pointed the camera and hoped. I got them!They were about 1,000 feet away and 500 feet high.
Google Images says they are bald eagles, but I don’t need that. We have in Ohio a nest of bald eagles about a 1,000 yards from my old house. I know what they look like when they fly. That is why I immediately spotted them.
Also, I filmed bald eagles down here in 2020. We have a pair of Bald Eagles in 2025.
3-9-2025: Tricolored Heron and Greater Yellowleg hunting bass minnows. Note the water disturbance under the heron. The cichlid and bass try to eat them as they fly over.
March 11, 2025- (above) The rare Great Egret stopped by. Look at its size compared to a Snowy or Little Egret (is that a juvenile?). The Great Egret is one of the giant birds like the Great Blue Heron, Sandhill Crane, Wood Stork, and Bald Eagle. They all have about a 7-feet wingspan and weight 7 to 14 pounds.
March 12, 2025- New Species: Ringed-neck duck. It dives for fish, which explains why it is here.
March 25, 2025- (above) Is this a Curlew? If so, that is a new species.
(Below) Ringed-necks. 
April
April 2, 2025- (Above) Little Blue Heron eating a large frog. I have actually never seen these frogs. I only get small tree frogs on my window. Also, the Loggerhead Shrike is still here in 2025.
April 3, 2025- This is the second year I have seen the painted turtle trying to mate with a different species, the softshell turtle. Fifty yards away was another painted turtle too.
April 8, 2025- The juvenile birds are out. Above is a Great Blue Heron with its baby. It could be a juvenile Little Blue Heron too, but this seemed like a mother protecting it.
Below is a White Ibis and baby. This is the second year I have seen a great Blue and baby raised on my lake and nearby.
April 12, 2025- (above) It is about a month since I last saw the Great Egret. It had its baby with it then. Now, it is alone. Look at the size of it compared to the Tricolored Heron (juvenile?). Below seems to be a juvenile Little Blue Heron.
Below, I think I have now captured (left to right) Little Blue Heron, Snowy Egret, and Tricolored heron.
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April 14, 2025 (above) All in a row.
April 15, 2025- (above) I’m experiencing incredible bird activity this year. Last year, the nearby construction of a park had lowered the water too much and scared away the birds. This year, they have limitless bass minnows.
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April 18, 2025- (Above) the giant birds only stop by every few weeks. They are many times larger than the others.