https://www.katybugsnaturalistnotebook.com/blog daily 0.75 2025-01-22 https://www.katybugsnaturalistnotebook.com/blog/useful-little-nail monthly 0.5 2025-01-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/675af43ffd6c51110d0b707a/75492c37-65d9-41d7-8ea4-1d4cd3469778/DSC_0230.jpg Blog - “Useful Little Nail” - Make it stand out Female and male hooded mergansers. When displayed, the hoods are very prominent for both sexes. The males is white while the females is a reddish grey. Fun fact, the membrane that protects the eye when hunting underwater is called the nictitating membrane. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/675af43ffd6c51110d0b707a/b57ff5cb-4fbb-443a-8819-3abb363fb762/DSC_0227.JPG Blog - “Useful Little Nail” - Make it stand out Male hooded merganser at Silver Lake Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/675af43ffd6c51110d0b707a/0ede9747-a6b3-4946-a617-6ebfce6285bc/DSC_0195.JPG Blog - “Useful Little Nail” - Make it stand out What duck is not like the other? Second to the left is a northern shoveler and can often be found mingling with the residential mallards. Overwintering grounds along the eastern shore and will migrate as far as Alaska for breeding season. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/675af43ffd6c51110d0b707a/66fa8e18-ab9a-4380-830a-2c3ff110a186/DSC_0242.jpg Blog - “Useful Little Nail” - Make it stand out This sassy and territorial belted kingfisher was super hard to get a picture of. The only way I was able to grab this picture was by playing another kingfisher call on my phone to lure them out. The call is a high shrill rattle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/675af43ffd6c51110d0b707a/e32608a6-6a2b-4bbd-8059-e823e1a6778e/DSC_0306.JPG Blog - “Useful Little Nail” - Make it stand out Northern shovelers skimming the surface for food. Often found hunting together to stir up small invertebrates below the surface. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/675af43ffd6c51110d0b707a/9b78e653-99d8-4190-b6cb-bde3a1040fcb/DSC_0252.JPG Blog - “Useful Little Nail” - Make it stand out Northern shoveler with a red-bellied wood pecker. Red-bellied woodpeckers are exciting to watch as they climb rotted trees pecking for insects. They are pretty vocal, with what I would describe as a nasally brrrrrrllllll. Made the mistake of calling them red-headed wood peckers in Ornithology and got a stern disappointing look from the professor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/675af43ffd6c51110d0b707a/bf53ae26-340d-4eae-82e2-7c1dbaec93e5/DSC_0205.JPG Blog - “Useful Little Nail” - Make it stand out Blue Jay grabbing a drink. Don’t worry, I picked the trash up after taking this shot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/675af43ffd6c51110d0b707a/6f6f8c75-a935-450c-9266-4467b4983ae5/DSC_0293.JPG Blog - “Useful Little Nail” - Make it stand out The residing heron. I think of him as a grumpy old dinosaur. Usually he can be found perched in a tree, bending the branch with his weight, or under the bridge. https://www.katybugsnaturalistnotebook.com/about daily 1.0 2024-12-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/675af43ffd6c51110d0b707a/107e8d32-f372-47aa-9112-d0aea9d676dc/IMG_2677.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/675af43ffd6c51110d0b707a/f7dfd79c-9541-4256-a6f2-bb7012d14c73/IMG_2674.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/675af43ffd6c51110d0b707a/35496483-aad3-4f6d-b4b2-c81eb64efb9c/IMG_20180522_162735730_HDR.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/675af43ffd6c51110d0b707a/d75dd8f1-56c9-411b-ba0c-2794b23152d7/received_2077673875589584.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/675af43ffd6c51110d0b707a/e2389d37-18f2-43f1-a10e-5ce4645615aa/IMG_7769.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/675af43ffd6c51110d0b707a/35172b66-5a78-44e3-bc9a-c007c86b6099/IMG_4908.jpeg https://www.katybugsnaturalistnotebook.com/contact daily 0.75 2024-12-12 https://www.katybugsnaturalistnotebook.com/shop daily 0.75 2025-04-24 https://www.katybugsnaturalistnotebook.com/shop/p/photo-book-masad monthly 0.5 2022-06-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/624b503cda13ff732584c2c7/1649102918486-KCHELAHUCPBGH09GNA2C/photo-book-v1.jpg Shop - Photo Book