What a day today!

[Maestro]

In the morning it started early watching three ruby throated hummingbirds fluttering around the yard. Then on the way to church I found a gorgeous Cooper's Hawk trying to get a squirrel. It missed and just stood in the street rather dejectedly. :rofl: Later on in the day we went down to a lake about an hour from home to visit some friends for the labor day weekend. There I kayaked around the lake and saw, in no particular order,

Great Blue Herons in nests with chicks
Great Egrets
Green Heron
Cattle Egrets
A type of sandpiper, but I need to figure out which one.
Killdeer (very common I know)
Black Vultures
Turkey Vultures
Red Tailed Hawks
Either Forster's Terns or Least Terns (not sure)
Two Ospreys
Carolina Chickadees
More Ruby Throated Hummingbirds
Cardinals
Cowbirds
Crows
Lark Sparrow
House finches
A bright yellow bird, probably a warbler of some sort, flew right past me at one point, but I have no idea what it was really.

I wanted to try to find a Wood Stork which are known to make it into North Texas from time to time, but none were there. I also wanted to find a tufted titmouse, but I didn't have any luck there either, but I wasn't disappointed. It was a fun time.