Today I went do to the park to see what was down there. It was raining when I left the house. It continued to rain the entire time I was at the park. On my way to the park I was walking on the seawalk when I see a varied thrush fly up from a mountain ash tree. I was able to get some photos of it before it flew away. I continued to walk to the park. I was on the beach when I saw a flock of mallards at the edge of the water. I walked down the beach a ways further and I came upon a big flock of duck. There were a lot of american wigeon and a few shovelers and a few green winged teal and a few mallard and one eurasian wigeon in with all of the american wigeon. I was about to get my camera out to take photos of the eurasian wigeon when all of the ducks flew away they did not land back at the park the rest of the time I was there. I went down the beach a little ways, and saw a flock of gull I looked to see if there was any unusual or rare gulls in the flock but did not see any. I went on down the beach a bit further, and came to the mouth of indian river. There were more gulls there but I did not see any unusual or rare gulls there either. I did see some goldeneyes and other ducks but nothing really interesting. I went home after that.
- Question why did all the birds fly away while I was there even though I was not doing anything aggressive tores them?
- Question why did they not land further down the park?
- Question why were there a lot of ducks down at the park today?
