Went for a run around Como Lake this morning. Besides the expected birds (Song Sparrows, juncos, Red-winged Blackbirds) I heard, then saw, an Eastern Phoebe where the footpath goes under Lexington. Then some squawking Ring-billed Gulls attracted my attention to a Bald Eagle sitting in a cottonwood on the eastern side of the lake. I actually saw an eagle in this same tree a couple years ago. As I watched today, the eagle flew down to the end of the spit before the gulls chased it toward the southwest side of the lake and I lost track of it.
No waterfowl that I could see other than Mallards, but I was running and had no binocs. = When I turned onto Milton to head home, I heard a pair of Brown Creepers. One was at about eye level due to Milton being on a hill. = No binocs needed there. A great morning! Cyndi Elias St. Paul
