House Finches
Black-capped Chickadee
Grey Squirrel
Herring Gull
Black Scoters (left) and Buffleheads (right)
Red-tailed Hawk
Northern Shrike
Cedar Waxwings
Cedar WaxwingsAt 10:00am, Ruth picked me up and we went to Riverside Park and went birding. We only walked for about 10 minutes because of Ruth's knee having an infection as you know from her blog. Although we saw, American Crows, Northern Cardinals, House Finches, European Starlings, Rock Doves, Mourning Doves, we got to hand feed Black-capped Chickadees and Grey and Black Squirrels. Then we went to Linear Trail to try to spot the recent Juvenile Bald Eagle sighting. Unfortunately we didn't, although we saw Herring Gulls, Black-capped Chickadees, Black Scoters, Buffleheads, Canada, Geese, Mallards and a Red-tailed Hawk. So we went to a place someone else had spotted an eagle but the river there was frozen so we had no chance of seeing one. Next we went to a road with many Pine Trees because someone spotted White-winged Crossbills there recently. We may have seen them there but I don't have any prof. Anyway we did see Northern Shrikes and Cedar Waxwings roosting and feeding their young. Then we went to Tim Hortons for lunch I had the Chili Combo a Ruth had a Steeped Tea. After having lunch we went to Ruth's house to pick up Becka and drop her off at a friend's birthday party. Then we drove me home at about 3:00pm...seeing more crows! We saw a total of 21 species of birds! Although we didn't see White-winged Crossbills or Bald Eagles I still had a good time, thank you Ruth for taking me birding with you!
Goodbye,
Birdman
4 comments:
I had a lot of fun today too although it was so cold!!! We did see a lot of birds. Your pictures turned out well and you got this post written very quickly. I was happy to see the Northern Shrike. Maybe we will see the eagles next time.
Hello,
Ruth-Thank you, maybe next Saturday we can try to spot a Bald Eagle again.
Goodbye,
Birdman
What a great birding day. Thank you for sharing these lovely photographs.
Great day out birding and 29 is a very good count considering the weather. How very nice for you to have Ruth take you along.
I loved your landscape shot with the birds in the distance.
Post a Comment