I did make it up to the Meadows and got some pics. Havent spent alot of time going thru them yet, But heres a couple highlights.
Horned Lark. Difficult to photograph. Lands about 50-80 feet away and teases photographers.
Sharp Tailed Grouse. Beautiful ground bird with outstanding displays (which should be starting up). We saw three of these birds in a group.
Surprise of the day. Eastern Tiger Salamander. The ponds are still frozen and lots of snow around.
The first of the Red-winged Blackbirds are staking out territories now. Larger numbers of these guys moved in this week.
Swans on regular ice dont photograph well. We saw many of these guys, some too far away to photograph, others were sleeping on the ice with their backs to us. These two were more alert.
There were three eagles here, a juvie is in the tree and by behaviors, was probably the one flying in young from last year. The adult in the tree took off so I assume that was an intruder. There was a fourth eagle in a nearby tree. We saw many eagles.
OK Thats a start. be back later with more.
