Lynde's Conservation Area #2 (pictures)

Me holding a chickadee
Two chickadees eating
out of my hand Red-winged Blackbird
wet Mute Swan

Lynde's Conservation Area

Today I got up early in the morning and woke my dad up. Unfortunately, my little brother woke up also and my mom was not very happy about that. So, my dad got Jesse back to sleep and we got ready to go to Lynde's Conservation Area. As we got ready I smelt a skunk! And I disliked it. It was almost as bad as the smell of rice chips. And I really DON"T LIKE THE SMELL OF RICE CHIPS!!! Guess what... MY MOM JUST BROUGHT RICE CHIPS INTO THE ROOM and I"M not KIDDING.

Anyway, when we finally got there it was much better than smelling skunks and RICE CHIPS. Yes, I said that to you mom. OK but the birds there were amazing. For example the Bufflehead and the Mute Swan. Well, the Mute Swan is colorful but extremely aggressive. That reminded me of the time a Mute Swan almost wrecked my shoe. But, surprisingly the Mute Swan I saw there was not so aggressive at all.

Once we walked into the forest part of the conservation area the chickadees were begging us for the cereal I was carrying. So, once again I fed them and they followed me everywhere, even into the Blue Jay territory (chickadees are often scared of Blue Jays). After the chickadees left us alone we went to the marsh nearby. There, we saw many Red-winged Blackbirds, Mallards, Buffleheads, Mute Swans and Canada Geese. Oh, we also saw some Common Grackles in the forest.

We saw many other birds but if I listed them all it would take forever.

Thanks dad for taking me there, it was fun!
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For some reason I can't get my pictures on this post, but I will post something right after this one called Lynde's Conservation Area #2 ( pictures)
Hopefully it will work>

Lower Population?

After school there was a surprisingly low amounts of birds. It had just rained so why was there not a lot of birds??? Anyway, the few birds that I did see were pairs of America Robins and my mom saw a variant adult male Slate-colored Dark-eyed Junco. Anybody know why a scientists named that bird such a long name? Well, back to the low amount of birds. Even this morning, when it was raining I didn't see a lot of birds. Do you think it was because of the wind?

The bird of today is the Guira Cuckoo or the Guira Guira. Of course when I type it in italics its the scientific name. Put your hand up or just tell me if you've seen that bird. Problably not, because they only live on the OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD!

I'm hoping tomorrow that my dad will take me to Lindoln's Conservation Area. I am hoping that because the last time we went there we saw many waterfowl, marshbirds and forest birds. For example the Mallard, Red-winged Blackbird and Blue Jay.

Today was a good day at school but I have a lot of homework. I will have to do that tomorrow because tonight is family night. (Family night is usually on a Friday night and its a time we do something special). This family night is on a Friday, and we are watching Happy Feet and eating pizza. And now a joke!
Nock nock
Whoes there?
Orange
Orange who?
Orange you glad I'm not always talking about birds
ha ha ha ha

Second Marsh Wildlife Area

Very early this morning, before I went to school my dad and I went to Second Marsh Willife Area. At first we saw a Brown Creeper creeping up some trees the old Brown Creeper fashioned way. They do this by flying to the base of one tree and creeping circularly up it and repeating this over and over. Then I started hearing Wood Ducks flying, all of a sudden some Canada Geese flew over and then the Black-capped Chickadees were interested with the cereal I was carrying. So I feed them it and...THEY LOVED IT!!! Infact they loved it so much that they followed me to the van!

Then it happend, we saw beautiful Wood Ducks courting. My dad told me that they were courting. There was chasing and flaping and all this excitment. There was so much noise that it scared the Red-winged Blackbirds into the trees. The chickadees were still there. But soon it would be time for school so we started heading back. On the way back my dad and I saw the Brown Creeper again and a few VERY NOISY Common Grackles. I think they were males. Of course, the Black-capped Chickadees were still begging for food and my dad was getting anxious to get me to school, but we found out we still had some time. And then...

THE CHICKADEE HURT ME wa! wa! wa! no I didn't cry but it HURT!

My dad and I had a good time there and I wasn't late for school...... And now a joke!


Between you and me (not Leah Holmes) she loves the smell of SKUNKS!!!

Put your hand up if you think thats weird. My hand is up and... I hope Leah Holmes does'nt see this blog post :-) :-

Cardinals and Blue Jays

On Easter Sunday I got a new tripod for my digital camera! I took many pictures with it of Northern Cardinals and similar birds.

I am seeing lots of Song Sparrows and Dark-eyed Juncos which are in the sparrow family. Sometimes the Song Sparrows sound like chickadees (fee-bee-ye). So I get ready to take a picture of a chickadee when, a Song Sparrow(s) comes. Then I end up taking a picture of a Song Sparrows.

We drove my grandma and papa to the airport yesterday afternoon. They are on their way to Phoenix, Arizona. After dropping them off we saw, Red-tailed and Red-shouldered Hawks. They were perched by the road (not beside each other).

This morning I took some pictures of Blue Jays which are so good at mimicking. I know people say they are expert mimics, but now I truly believe them because I heard the Blue Jays.

I will try to put some pictures on the blog sometime soon.

Tomorrow I am going back to school.

Oshawa Creek

Today, my dad and I got up early and went to Oshawa Creek. It was quite cold this morning (-3 degrees celcius). Inspite of the freezing weather we were still able to see many species of wildlife. So here are some of the things we saw; Yellow-beiled Sapsucker, Hairy Woodpecker, Cape May Warbler, Franklin's Sparrow, Northern Cardinal, Common Raven, American Crow, White-breasted Nuthatch and more!

I also saw other animals courting. We saw a brown Mink which obviously had just come out of the water because it had a small fish in its mouth. I at first thought it was an otter but after we realized it was a Mink.

Lots and lots of people were fishing for Rainbow Trout but, not many of them caught any fish. Maybe we will bring our fishing rods next time?

Today is also my aunt Ruth, not cousin's, birthday. SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY AUNT RUTH!

Yesterday I watched The Living Lord's Supper at church. But, I didn't see The Ten Commandments yet, maybe I will watch it later. Tonight I'm going to my aunt Lori's house for Easter dinner.

Everyone, have a good Easter weekend!

In My Backyard

Yesterday, I saw two Northern Cardinals. I watched them mate. I also saw a plump Mourning Dove roosting. I have two bird feeders but they only visit the hopper feeder, not the platform feeder. Those Northern Cardinals are very pretty.

Two days ago I saw a flock of tame Black-capped Chickadees.

I want body, soul and spirit and mon@rch to see this blog the most. I have started e-mailing body, soul and and soon I'm going to get in contact with mon@rch.

One time when my dad and I went for a walk we saw Black-capped Chickadees and Downy Woodpeckers.