Squaw Creek - and a lifer

I enjoyed a few hours driving around Squaw Creek yesterday. I took load of pictures. Here are five. I chalked up one lifer for the day. (that means the first time I ever saw a particular bird). That bird was the Sandhill Crane. Click the pictures to enlarge if you like.

This is the sky. See all the dots? Those are snow geese flying into the refuge. They just kept coming, and coming, and coming. It was a constant flow for the over an hour.

This is a Short-billed Dowitcher.

This is a Sandhill Crane.

This is a Northern Shoveler.

This is a Bald Eagle. The estimate is there are around 60 on the refuge right now. I saw at least 30 myself.