A few birds

The past few months (is it really that long since I’ve posted here?) I photographed a few birds.

A warbler- Kilowatt Park, 11/19/16

Mallards in the rain. Dothan Brook, 12/1/16
Blue jay — Kilowatt Park, 12/23/16
Turkeys in the snow– Hartford, VT 12/13/16
Tom turkey on the wood pile. Hartford, VT 1/9/17
Ruffed grouse. Hartford, VT 1/9/17

North of the Wilder Dam, the ice on the Connecticut River has been coming and going since mid December as the temperatures go above and below freezing, but below the dam, it has been ice free. This week I noticed about 100 mallards near the West Lebanon-White River Junction bridge. We’ve also seen them flying in smaller groups above Kilowatt Park.

Mallards –Connecticut River, 1/8/17