Birding Through Glass

I was up early so I grabbed the bike and headed to Pt. Mouillee SGA for a morning ride. Skies were clear, and although the temperature was only 60ºF conditions felt mild enough to leave the jacket home. I did put on bug juice and the mosquito jacket / gloves for the trip out to Cell 3. Parking at Mouillee Creek a bit after 7 am I rode around to the north side of the Walpatich Unit. I was looking for a singing Willow Flycatcher but instead found this Song Sparrow singing its song atop a bush alongside the canal to my left. Only a few Dunlin remained on the mudflats at the north end of the Walpatich Unit, but I did see the Black-necked Stilt , as well. As I was heading out alongside the east side of the unit toward the Lautenschlager Unit I spotted a Willow Flycatcher close enough to photograph. It flew to a dead snag a bit higher up and away from vegetation where it stayed after I left. A pair of Black-necked Stilts were flying overhead as I reached the North Causeway with the Nelson ...