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    The long-billed curlew is a very appropriately named shorebird.
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    A male (left) and female northern shoveler show off their outsized bill that is used to strain out food from the water.
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    A flock of godwits and willets soar over one of the ponds.
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    Nesting behavior begins in late March and April for Canada geese.
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    Wood ducks appear in the oxidation ponds in April.
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    The northern pintail is “considered by many to be the most elegant of all our ducks” (Burton and Anderson).
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    A rare sighting for me of an immature black-crowned night heron.
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    The hyperactive snowy egrets, whomove around looking for prey, have yellow feet and a black bill while the great egrets have black feet and a yellow bill.
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    The adult Black-crowned night heron in breeding plumage.
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    Great egrets stand and wait patiently for fish to swim by and then plunge after their meal.
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    The power-line towers are frequently used as perches by raptors such as this red-tailed hawk.
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    Keep your eyes open to see river otters swimming in the ponds at the Marsh in pursuit of their next meal.
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    Northern harriers have a distinctive swooping, low-level flight pattern while hunting prey.
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    Great egrets occasional go after prey on land; in this case, it had stalked and killed a vole.
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    A pine siskin was feeding on teasel seeds.
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    A House finch showed off its red head.
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    A great blue heron made a successful catch of a fish on a very windy day.
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    The hyperactive and shy marsh wren is very vocal with its song as it establishes nesting territory.
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    This “little brown job (LBJ),” likely a song sparrow, has a beautiful call.
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    A large murmuration of godwits and other shorebird species moved over the mud flats at low tide.