I jump at the chance to go to Wilson Lake. It's not so much a birding thing; it's a relaxing thing. If I get to do some birding there, all the better. So most of the my last weekend was spent like this: 
Not a bad way to spend a weekend, especially when the weather is awesome! But I got to take some birding walks as well. While it didn't pay off in the form of large groups of migrants as I was hoping, it did pay off with a few interesting things. The first of which is pictured below:
Eastern Collared Lizard
I also picked up a fairly unexpected year bird: Broad-winged Hawk. I saw this beaut (bute-o?) on the Cedar Trail in Otoe area of Wilson SP. When I first saw a large bird take off from the tree to the left of the path, I thought it would be an accipiter, but the white bands on the dorsal surface of the tail made that impossible. The bird landed where I could see it, and the looks I got were of my first Kansas Broad-winged Hawk!
I also picked up a fairly unexpected year bird: Broad-winged Hawk. I saw this beaut (bute-o?) on the Cedar Trail in Otoe area of Wilson SP. When I first saw a large bird take off from the tree to the left of the path, I thought it would be an accipiter, but the white bands on the dorsal surface of the tail made that impossible. The bird landed where I could see it, and the looks I got were of my first Kansas Broad-winged Hawk!
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