Thursday's Bird Watch

Jeanette and I were off to the Oregon Coast this past week to capture some sunshine and go birding, so I don't have a local bird to feature has I normally do.  However, I will share the best bird of our trip, this female Osprey.  I photographed it on Friday the 23rd at Cleawox Lake in Honeyman Lake State Park, south of Florence.  We were excited to see it as it is our first Osprey of the season.  Osprey migrate as far south as Central America in the winter.  We see them returning here in the Willamette Valley normally as early as mid-March. So even though it's still a little early to see them here in Dallas, we are now starting to keep an eye out for them.