The inclement weather (wind and rain, but a temperature in the low 50s) extended my  opportunity for some good bird photos. I returned to March Point in hopes of again finding the Long-tailed duck I had photographed March 15, but it had apparently moved on. 

However I did find a small flock of female Common mergansers camped on the beach, probably the first I had ever seen out of the water. They provided an opportunity for some excellent photographs. 

I also photographed male and female Common goldeneyes, but they weren’t acting like they were paired. 

This gull that had found a small crab and was busily devouring it. 

After returning from my excursion I still had daylight left so I set up in the yard in hopes of getting photos of Rufous hummingbirds. The only hummingbirds I saw were Anna’s and I wasn’t able to photograph any of them. 

I did photograph a Bewick’s wren that spent considerable time in the yard. 

I had seen very few Golden-crowned kinglets in the yard for the past week or so, but this afternoon several came to the yard for baths. Most seemed to be males, as are the birds in these two photos.