Pelicans!

Molly and I went to Blackdog Lake today to some cold weather birding.

We were rewarded with some pelicans hunkered up against the far shore of the lake. I tried to take some photos with my digital camera by holding it up to the eyepiece of the spotting scope and surprisingly, they sort of turned out. These won't be winning any National Geographic awards, but I am surprised that you can actually tell what these are supposed to be.

We also spied a pair of hooded mergansers on the little pond the model boat racers use during the summer.

Molly looked lovely as she busied herself picking up some trash while I scoped the lake for interesting waterfowl.