![Little birds along the river Little birds along the river](https://photos.smugmug.com/Tonys-Takes/n-hsSJf/2021/10-09-2021-South-Platte-Scenes-and-Critters/i-FRQwxqh/0/3d0a63c9/X4/20211009%2009-58-06%200514-Edit-X4.jpg)
My photo walk Saturday was focused primarily on big birds, images of which I will share here soon. However, some little ones also garnered some attention. Among them, a spotted towhee, a bird I had never seen in person before and best of all, I managed a capture of it with a meal. Others were a common grackle all fluffed up, a killdeer along the river’s edge and a kingfisher.
![A common grackle fluffs up. (© Tony's Takes)](https://photos.smugmug.com/Tonys-Takes/n-hsSJf/2021/10-09-2021-South-Platte-Scenes-and-Critters/i-jcNBBh9/0/6f7e1c1f/X4/20211009%2009-06-03%200119-X4.jpg)
![A killdeer walks along a river's banks. (© Tony's Takes)](https://photos.smugmug.com/Tonys-Takes/n-hsSJf/2021/10-09-2021-South-Platte-Scenes-and-Critters/i-bFmvQCT/0/b79a71c0/X4/20211009%2008-29-59%200066-Edit-X4.jpg)
![A kingfisher rests on a log. (© Tony's Takes)](https://photos.smugmug.com/Tonys-Takes/n-hsSJf/2021/10-09-2021-South-Platte-Scenes-and-Critters/i-9JPzjWW/0/9f0235b6/X4/20211009%2010-02-34%200530-X4.jpg)