Seen rolling around in grassy slough, then they spotted me and moved to island. They then changed direction and crossed the latrine heading back toward Butte Creek.
Heard alarm calls as I past pond. Also, think its a juvenile due to small size compared to the very large adults.
Found dead under some valley oaks
tiny beetle, looked golden in the sunlight(could not get it show up in photographs) found on leaves of floating primrose willow
very tiny, possibly recently hatched
5 Hooded Merganser ducklings with a wood duck hen and 2 juvenile wood ducks