Shovel Nose Ducks

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7COTR8HA28&feature=youtu.be

At Tule Lake, Shovelnose Ducks were sheltering from the Wind next to the Levi Road...there were knockdown pics and clips to take, but no sooner than I would roll forward in Silver, than the Shovelnoses would take flight, or paddle out...I tried for pics a lot, like a mile of Shovelnoses!...but not much luck, and on return, (I only went out into the Refuge a little way, by the Tiki Hut) the Shovelnoses flying up was back lit by the Setting Sun, and too the Water coming off the Shovelnoses' Wings--pics and clips for another visit!...not many other Waterbirds about, and just one Eagle, and maybe Two Harrier Hawks...Refuge was windy quiet, but for tomorrowmorrow are pics and clip of  Tule Lake White Pelicans...today: a late Afternoon down the hill to Hites Cove and the Poppies...pics and clips for sometime...sunny cloudy warm...Chickaree by the Cabin, Grey Squirrels and Ground Squirrels out and about and entertaining the tourists too...