Monday, May 4, 2009

Thickson Woods

Last Saturday I went birding with my dad at Thickson Woods. We saw many cars parked beside the conservation area. They were all birders, we got excited thinking they were here because of a rare, recent sighting, but they came because they thought it was a great place to bird. Everyone had the same field guide: A Field Guide to Birds East of the Rockies By: Roger Tory Peterson. First we went to the open field part, there we heard an extremely fast song, I soon recognized as the same bird I saw at my house recently, a House Wren. Also, Tree Swallows filled the area; catching bugs, mating and building nests. The last time I saw Tree Swallows was probably last autumn. Anyway, we walked on to the forest and a group of birders had their binoculars up, pointed at a tree. I looked and saw a small orange figure singing a fimiliar song to a robin. It was a Baltimore Oriole, when the group left an Orchard Oriole came! They have one of the most variable songs, but all birds are unique for something. I soon heard a kinglet in a nearby tree, so I aimed my binoculars and spotted it gleaning insects of branches (common behaviour of kinglets.) The trail lead to another group of birders watching a small thrush, so I came closer and identified it was an Ovenbird. It appeared to be flushed not knowing where to go as it was cornered, not singing just perched on a log. Is this common behaviour of under-leaf scavengers, or was it frightened, submit your ideas in the comment box (below this post.) I walked to the next part of the trail while my dad searched for the Ovenbird. The part of the trail I was now in was filled with warbler songs, they all song at the same time so all I could identify was a Yellow-rumped Warbler and a Nashville Warbler. Both very secretive birds always high up in trees. I then met up with dad and we went to the marsh, there we watched a Short-tailed Weasel feed its young, baby rats. Soon other birders came still following the same Baltimore Oriole, but a small brown figure caught my eye in the cattails. I soon recognized the; brown crown, white supercillium (eyeline,) and off white breast from our previous, annual trip to Point Pelee National Park. It was a Marsh Wren and there was also Gadwalls, a Red-bellied Woodpecker, American Robins and Red-winged Blackbirds in the background, mixed between a marsh with dead trees and forest-floor-like habitat. This evening I went birding to the same spot with my mom, we parked got and we heard Cooper's Hawks, Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, a Tennessee Warbler and everything on Saturday too. We didn't stay for long because it was getting dark so we left.
Total Names of Birds Seen:
Red-winged Blackbird
Northern Cardinal
Black-capped Chickadee
Brown-headed Cowbird
Brown Creeper
American Crow
Mourning Dove
Gadwall (Check for 2009)
American Goldfinch
Canada Goose
Common Grackle
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Check for 2009)
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Cooper's Hawk
Blue Jay
Dark-eyed Junco
Killdeer
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Mallard
Baltimore Oriole
Orchard Oriole (Check for 2009)
Ovenbird (Check for 2009)
Feral Pigeon
American Robin
Chipping Sparrow
House Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
European Starling
Tree Swallow (Check for 2009)
Mute Swan
Nashville Warbler (Check for 2009)
Tennessee Warbler (Check for Life List)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Check for 2009)
Hairy Woodpecker (Check for 2009)
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Check for 2009)
House Wren
Marsh Wren (Check for 2009)
Total Number of Birds Seen: 42 species
I will show you prof of some of my sighting tomorrow.

Monday, April 13, 2009

Dyngus Day Dinner

Dyngus Day, also known as Easter Monday is the day after Easter. To celebrate it we went to my cousins house. Aunt Lori, Uncle Bruce, Cousins Michael, Jason, Kira, Tyler, friend Jamal, Michael's wife Lacy, Jason's girlfriend Charyl and our family all had a family dinner together. Thank you Aunt Lori for preparing that delicious meal. Next we played baseball with some of Tyler's friends and then we went home. Then my dad and I went birding and heard a Ruffed Grouse for the first time this year.
Total Names of Birds Seen:
Red-winged Blackbird
Northern Cardinal
Black-capped Chickadee
American Crow
Mourning Dove
Canada Goose
Common Grackle
Ruffed Grouse (Check for 2009)
Ring-billed Gull
Sharp-shinned Hawk (Check for 2009)
Blue Jay
Dark-eyed Junco
Killdeer
Feral Pigeon
American Robin
House Sparrow
Song Sparrow
European Starling
American Woodcock
Total Number of Birds Seen: 19 species of birds

Sunday, April 12, 2009

Easter

On Maundy Thursday, Paul, one of Jesus' disciples made a deal to betray Jesus for 30 pieces of silver the next day. On Good Friday Jesus had his last feast with His disciples and said "This is My last feast with you, one of you will betray Me". Peter asked "Will it be me?", Jesus replied "No". Then Paul tricked Jesus to coming outside and several soldiers nailed Jesus to a cross, dissing Him and put Him in a tomb. Peter came and an angel told him "Do not be afraid, He will return". While Jesus was dead, He took the keys of **** from the devil. On Easter Day, the tomb opened and Jesus came back alive. He visited all of His disciples, then went to Heaven. Jesus died on the cross for us, and therefor we should thank him.
Goodbye,
Birdman

Saturday, April 11, 2009

Lynde Shores Conservation Area

White-throated Sparrow White-striped Adult
Eastern Towhee Adult Male Red-eyed
Song Sparrow Adult Eastern
Blue Jay Dark Adult x Pale Adult Intermediate
Mute Swan Adult in Display Posture
Canada Goose Common Adult Laying Eggs
This morning I went birding with my dad at Lynde Shores Conservation Area. As we drove there we saw a Great Blue Heron and a small white bird flying over a pond. Then we parked, paid and started birding. First I saw a Blue Jay and a Northern Cardinal, then we walked to the pond. That "small white bird" was a Bufflehead, it was away from the rest of the waterfowl, foraging by itself. Then a Canada Goose came begging us for food, of course we didn't give it any, but it was funny! The place was filled with Red-winged Blackbirds singing "ok-a-reeeee" and displaying, but I still haven't seen a female Red-winged Blackbird this year, interesting. Anyway, next we went to the "Cranberry Marsh", there I heard a loud "chip" from a Least Chipmunk. Next Black-capped Chickadees came begging us for food, but we didn't have any seeds so we walked on. When we came to the marsh habitat I heard a bird singing "drink your teeeeeeeeee" from a low bush, then the bird came out, it was a Eastern Towhee. Then robins, sparrows and goldfinches filled the place with music for about 30 minutes. Then we saw an injured White-tailed Deer on the trail in front of us walk away. It appeared to be starving and shot several times. Then we went back through the field to the forest and we saw Swainson's Thrushes go in a brush pile, I was very excited because I never saw them before. Although I may have in New Brunswick when we went camping there last July. Mom, said she would prepare a breakfast soon, so we went home and discussed all the birds we saw.
Total Names of Birds Seen:
Canada Goose (5)
Mute Swan (2)
Mallard (9)
Bufflehead (1, Check for 2009)
Great Blue Heron (1)
Killdeer (1)
Ring-billed Gull (17)
Mourning Dove (3)
Downy Woodpecker (1)
Blue Jay (16)
American Crow (2)
Black-capped Chickadee (52)
White-breasted Nuthatch (3)
Brown Creeper (2)
Swainson's Thrush (3, Check for Life List)
American Robin (23)
European Starling (29)
Eastern Towhee (5, Check for 2009)
American Tree Sparrow (2)
Field Sparrow (1, Check for 2009)
Fox Sparrow (4, Check for 2009)
Song Sparrow (17)
White-throated Sparrow (1)
Dark-eyed Junco (2)
Northern Cardinal (11)
Red-wined Blackbird (78)
Common Grackle (50)
American Goldfinch (6)
House Sparrow (1)
Total Number of Birds Seen: 29 species
Goodbye,
Birdman

Friday, April 10, 2009

Thursday, April 9, 2009

2nd Year Anniversary!


I have now been posting for two years!
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Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Northern Cardinal

Northern Cardinal Adult Male Eastern
Northern Cardinal Adult Male Eastern
Northern Cardinal Adult Male Eastern
Northern Cardinal Adult Male Eastern
Northern Cardinal Adult Male Eastern
Northern Cardinal Adult Male Eastern
Northern Cardinal Adult Male Eastern
Northern Cardinal Adult Male Eastern
This evening, as I was finishing my dinner, I noticed something red in the Cedar hedge behind our back yard. I quickly put my dishes in the dishwater and got my camera. Unfortunately the glass back door was poorly affecting the photos, so I very slowly and carefully opened the door. It started singing it's familiar song pichew pichew tiw tiw tiw tiw tiw tiw. Max, my dog has very sensitive ears and he didn't know what this sound was so he barked. Very surprisingly it didn't fly away, it just moved to a branch inside the tree (cardinals are usually very timid.) But I wasn't complaining about this daring cardinal because I was able to get many clear photos and videos of it. Then I went upstairs to write a blog post about it.
Total Names of Birds Seen:
Northern Cardinal
Ring-billed Gull
Dark-eyed Junco
Total Number of Birds Seen: 3 specie(s) of birds
Goodbye,
Birdman
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Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Rare Winter Birds

Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch Interior Adult Female Nonbreeding Dark-eyed Junco Slate-colored Adult Male
This morning I woke up very late and went downstairs. I was about to go outside, but then I noticed about 5 centimeters of snow! So I sat down and had breakfast by the window, soon a flock of small birds came. I got my camera and took some photographs of them, they were Dark-eyed Juncos! They were in a mixed flock of various finches. I was about to finish my breakfast but then a bird came that I've never seen before, a rosy-finch and a different type of chickadee! I was very excited, what else will this unusual day bring; snow, rosy-finches, juncos, what next!? I finished my breakfast and was putting my dishes in the dishwater, but then my mom saw a heron! I've never seen one yet this year, finally! What a day! I was about to get The Sibley Guide to Birds to confirm my observations, but when I found it, it was in a very poor condition; missing pages, cover gone, split in three pieces and it had stains all over it from coffee. The result of studying it everyday for a few years, I'm going to have to start saving $53.00. When I found rosy-finches in the book, I was correct! Rosy-finches are here, they must be confused because the closest they come here is Michigan, United States and Quebec, Canada.
Total Names of Birds Seen:
Black-capped Chickadee
Boreal Chickadee (Check for Life List)
Cassin's Finch (Check for 2009)
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (Check for Life List)
House Finch
Purple Finch
Ring-billed Gull
Great Blue Heron (Check for 2009)
Dark-eyed Junco
Common Redpoll
Pine Siskin
House Sparrow
Total Number of Birds Seen: 12 species of birds
Goodbye,
Birdman
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Monday, April 6, 2009

Extinct Species, Rediscovered

Four, thought to be extinct species of birds, have been rediscovered with prof from DNA tests; Eskimo Curlew, thought to be extinct in 1963 has been rediscovered in 1999 (Kenn Kaufman's Guide to Birds of North America), Carolina Parakeet, thought to be extinct in 1905 has been rediscovered a 2004 in Honduras (Bird Chick http://birdchick.com/wp/), Ivory-billed Woodpecker, thought to be extinct in 1987 has been rediscovered in 2001 in Louisiana, United States (Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology http://birds.cornell.edu/) Bachman's Warbler, thought to be extinct in 1962, has been rediscovered in 2002 (Birds of North America Online.) How could these birds have been here all this time without us knowing, because they adapted to live away from their predators and problems such as hunting. These birds have made a unbelievable adaption, now we should protect them with all our power so they make a recovery and become common again. Perhaps we've learned a valuable lesson here, and we all should learn from it, before they actually become extinct! Now we should also protect any endangered species like the Whooping or Hooping Crane, who once only had a very small population in Northwest Territory, of about 100 birds and now lives in Florida too, because of us! If we all "pitch in" we can do this for the rest of them like Hancanith Macaw, who's numbers are declining because of the pet trade. Now we can and should protect these precious birds before its too late.
Goodbye,
Birdman
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Sunday, April 5, 2009

Northern Harrier

This evening a large bird of prey came flying down and caught a bird by a wetland with a field beside it. It was a Northern Harrier!
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Total Names of Birds Seen:
Northern Harrier (Check for 2009)
Total Number of Birds Seen: 1 specie of bird

Saturday, April 4, 2009

Darlington Park

Today I woke up at 5:50am and was ready to go birding by 6:00am. Then I went downstairs to go wake my dad up. We were about to go outside but then we noticed the weather (10mm of rain, snow and wind speed of 53km/h), I watched the Weather Network until it "cleared up". At 7:00am, the storm went away and my dad and I went birding. After helping my dad unload some of his working supplies, we went to Darlington Park. At first I didn't remember going birding there before with my dad, but as soon as I saw the place I remembered. We were just about to park then a woodpecker-shaped bird flew. I got out of the truck and followed it, it was a Downy Woodpecker, then my dad parked. We started walking on the trail but it was very muddy. "Good call on the rubber boots dad". Soon we watched a flock of American Crows mob a Great Gray Owl. Most of you probably don't believe me but we have pictures of it from the last time we went to Darlington Park. The trail was leading to an open field and it was still very windy, so we went to a trail by the creek. We had some difficulty walking down the steep hill to the creek but despite the beginning of the trail, it was quite enjoyable afterwards. First we watched a Barred Owl fly over the top of the forest, then dad claimed he saw a Chipping Sparrow but it was actually a Ruby-crowned Kinglet. It came very close to us and gleaned insects of the tip of a branch then flew to the next coniferous tree. Then I heard the Barred Owl call: "Who cooks for you, who cooks for you all" a familiar sound to a somewhat experienced birder. It was soon 10:00am and no phone call from mom!? So we went home and she was making breakfast, then we all sat down and enjoyed the delicious meal mom prepared.
Total Names of Birds Seen:
Red-winged Blackbird
Northern Cardinal
Black-capped Chickadee
American Crow
Mourning Dove
American Goldfinch
Canada Goose
Common Grackle
Ring-billed Gull
Killdeer
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Check for 2009)
Mallard
Northern Mockingbird (Check for 2009)
White-breasted Nuthatch
Barred Owl (Check for 2009)
Great Gray Owl (Check for 2009)
Eastern Phoebe
Feral Pigeon
American Robin
House Sparrow
Song Sparrow
European Starling
Turkey Vulture
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker (Check for 2009)
Total Number of Birds Seen: 24 species of birds
Goodbye,
Birdman
(edited by mom)
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Friday, April 3, 2009

Another Blog

Today I've created another blog, I'm going to update it about every day too. Current one: http://birdman-nature.blogspot.com/ New One: http://birdman-birdquiz.blogspot.com/ Be sure to check them out. Also please become a follower of my blogs (refer to right side.)

Why We Should Enjoy Rainy Days

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After
1. The Sun and rain give plants chemical energy. Animals eat plants, storing the chemical energy. Then we eat animals and we get the chemical energy. Without rain with wouldn't be alive!
2. Rain falls in oceans, lakes and other bodies of water. We collect the water from there, next its filtered and we drink it. Without rain we wouldn't be alive!
3. Rain helps nature grow! Without rain we wouldn't have the beauty of nature to enjoy and blog about.
So next time you bring your umbrella outside and say "Rain, rain go away" or "Man, I wish it never rained!" think again about this post. The images above were copied from a website that they are purposed to be copied.
Goodbye,
Birdman

Thursday, April 2, 2009

Back Yard Birding

This morning I helped my dad set up set up beds. Then at about 8:30am I went outside and sat down with Max. Soon I heard a long, uneven rattle coming from a moderate-sized bird with a thick bill, perched on a tree above the an open marsh beside our house. I looked at all the sounds of woodpeckers in North America but none of the sounds compared to what I heard. I heard that same sound but this time I noticed it was a harsh, unsteady clatter. I remembered what a kingfisher sounded like, from a camping trip last year to Cedar Beach. Once again I looked in the Sibley Guide to Birds and found kingfishers. The silhouette I saw in the tree and the sound it made, obviously made it a Belted Kingfisher. Just to be 100% sure it was, I researched it in the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. With all of my information it was for sure a kingfisher. Next I heard a call similar to a Song Sparrow but it was clearly different. I looked in Sibley's Book and searched all the similar species for Song Sparrows. There I found the Winter Wren, but as I was reading that page, a sparrow caught my eye, again it was similar to Song Sparrow but there was something different about it's breast. The only bird that matched up to it was a Black-throated Sparrow, but they only live in the Sonoran Desert. How could one end up here, I must have made a mistake, but I can't seem to match the bird I saw with any other birds in Sibley's Book. Anyway, back to the wren, Body, Soul and Spirit (Ruth) and Mon@rch (Tom) had recently seen one of these so there was no point of researching, the Winter Wren migrates through here every spring. Up to northern Ontario to southern Northwest Territory and Yukon. I'd heard this sound only once and it was far away so I couldn't figure out what habitat it was in. I came back in with max at about noon, had a snack and helped my dad unpack (we've just moved last Saturday.) From now on when I write total species of birds and the end of a post I will put a question mark beside if I'm not 100% sure, otherwise the bird was seen for sure.
Total Names of Birds Seen:
Red-winged Blackbird
Northern Cardinal
Black-capped Chickadee
Brown-headed Cowbird?
American Crow
Mourning Dove
American Goldfinch
Canada Goose
Common Grackle
Boat-tailed Grackle? (Check for 2009)
Herring Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Great-blue Heron? (check for 2009)
Blue Jay?
Dark-eyed Junco
Killdeer
Belted Kingfisher (Check for 2009)
Mallard
White-breasted Nuthatch
Eastern Phoebe? (Check for 2009)
American Robin
Black-throated Sparrow? (Check for Life List)
House Sparrow
Song Sparrow
European Starling
Winter Wren (Check for Life List)
Total Number of Birds Seen: 19 species, 7 ? species
Goodbye,
Birdman

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Late Night Birding In Damp Forest/Open Field

Yesterday my dad and I decided to go birding in search of the woodcock in display, so we left with a flashlight, a few minutes before it usually gets dark. We walked down the block to a damp, brushy forest with a open field beside it. It was still late evening so many songbirds were making their last song for the day. We kept walking until we found where the forest and field met. There we turned on the flashlight and listened very carefully. Standing there a female Canada Goose came which sounded very similar to the woodcock. We stood there for about ten minutes and then, as soon as the sun had completely gone down we heard a nasal PEENT! Followed by one of them flying up high in the air making twittery whistles and then a loud chirping sound. Then it dived so fast I thought it disappeared. Then both the male and female did their courtship display, covering so much area that I had a difficult time trying to track were the sound was coming. They both did that same thing over again until we left the field. Then we heard a single hoot, which was a Long-eared Owl. We didn't hear it every few seconds because we were talking for the rest of the jog. Then we saw them fly in front of us again, at first we had mistaken them for swallows because of their small size, but then when the second one came, I noticed a completely different flight pattern. On our way back home we found out where a museum was. Maybe that will be my next blog post topic, maybe. Anyway, I think that the mystery bird from my last post is a hybrid between two grebes but I'm still trying to identify it. Thank you for any help you may have given me (I only look at the comments from before, after I do my next post)
Total Names of Birds Seen:
Red-winged Blackbird
Northern Cardinal
Black-capped Chickadee
Brown-headed Cowbird
American Crow
Mourning Dove
House Finch
Northern Flicker (Check for 2009)
American Goldfinch
Canada Goose
Common Grackle
Ring-billed Gull
Blue Jay
Killdeer
Mallard
White-breasted Nuthatch
Long-eared Owl (Check for 2009)
Feral Pigeon
American Robin
House Sparrow
Song Sparrow
European Starling
American Woodcock
Downy Woodpecker
Total Number of Birds Seen:24 species
Goodbye,
Birdman

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Loon or Grebe

This picture was taken at the edge of Lake Ontario in Hamilton on Thursday, March 19, 2009 at about 1 0'clock pm. For elevation ask Ruth (Body, soul and spirit.) I previously said it was a Western Grebe, but it also may have been a Red-throated Loon. I'm still comparing the two species but because it was continually diving, I could only get one, slightly poor photograph of this mystery bird. If any of can are able to contact a experienced birder (preferably David Allen Sibley) and ask him to check this out it would be greatly appreciated. I've narrowed it down to the Red-throated Loon and the Western Grebe because it had a; yellow-black, slightly upturned long bill, gray-black crown, bright red eye, black eye-ring, gray supercillium, brown-rufos neck, brown back, white undertail. It may have been a hybrid but that would be unlikely, but if it was the female would have to be a Western Grebe and the male, a Red-throated Loon because it had more grebe plumage features than a loon. It dived for about 1-2 minutes at a time without looking down first and always came up a different spot then would go in alert posture and dive again, repeatedly. It was solitary and away from any other waterfowl, very close to shore and it was silent. Any bird that considered flying where it was would leave immediately as soon as it saw this mystery bird.
If you or anyone you know may have an idea what this is, please comment ON THIS POST or e-mail me at swpsnook@live.ca .
Goodbye,
Birdman

Monday, March 30, 2009

Bird of The Week: Blackburnian Warbler

ALL OF THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS FROM "BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA"
Common Name: Blackburnian Warbler
Scientific Name: Dendroica fusca
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Parulidae
Juvenile Perched: N/A
Juvenile Flight: N/A
Imature Perched: N/A
Imature Flight: N/A
Adult Female Nonbreeding Perched: more subdued facial pattern, orange throat and breast, white wing bars, black streaks on flanks
Adult Female Nonbreeding Flight: N/A
Adult Female Breeding Perched: more subdued facial pattern, orange throat and breast, white wing bars, black streaks on flanks
Adult Female Breeding Flight: N/A
Adult Male Nonbreeding Perched: pale orange line center of crown, complex black and-orange face pattern, white streaks on black back, white patch on wing, brilliant orange throat, black streaks on breast and belly, white belly
Adult Male Nonbreeding Flight: white edges to outer tail feathers, bold white wing patches
Adult Male Breeding Perched: pale orange line in center of crown, complex black-and-orange face pattern, white streaks on black back, brilliant orange throat, black streaks on breast and belly, white belly
Adult Male Breeding Flight: white edges to outer tail feathers, bold white wing patches
Voice: Call a slightly husky chik; flight-call a high, thin zzee; song variable, but always high-pitched; swirling series of lisps, spiraling upward to end in an almost inaudible trill.
Nesting: Fine cup in conifer on horizontal branch away from trunk, usually high in tree; 4-5 eggs; 1 brood; May-July.
Feeding: Gleans arthropods, such as spiders, worms, and beetles; also friut.
Occurrence: Breeds in coniferous and mixed forests from Alberta east through the North Great Lakes to Newfoundland and south into the Appalachians of Georgia; migrants found in wooded, shrubby, or forest edge habitats. Winters in wet forests in Costa Rica and Panama, and southward as far as Peru.
Length: 13cm
Wingspan: 21cm
Weight: 9-12g
Social: Winter flocks
Lifespan: Up to 8 years
Status: Secure
Flight: fast, slightly undulating, and direct with rapid wing beats.
Other: This fiery beacon of the treetops is considered one of the most beautiful mambers of its family; its orange throat is unique among the North American warblers. The Blackburnian Warbler co-exists with many other Dendroica warblers in the coniferous and mixed woods of the north and east, but is able to do so by exploiting a slightly different niche for foraging-in this case the treetops. It also seeks the highest trees for nesting
Distinguishing Features: The female is like a dull adult male, but with two wing bars and no black on the face.
Avian Firefly: This male in breeding plumage glows when seen against a dark forest background.
ALL OF THE ABOVE INFORMATION IS FROM "BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA"
For more information about the Blackburian Warbler go to birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/Blackburnian_Warbler.html/





Thursday, March 26, 2009

Preparing for Move

We're packing so I'm unable to write a blog post for a few days. Also the Bird of the Week post (I'm starting it every Monday) will be postponed.

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Update

March 28th-Moving back to Oshawa, Ontario
April 18-25th-Setting Up New Bird Garden
April 11th-Trip to Ottawa, Ontario

Monday, March 23, 2009

Possible Wing Injury

Today, unfortunately as my dad was driving me to school, he had hit a hawk. He had slammed the breaks but we still hit it. It was very young so it was a weak flier, so it couldn't fly over the car fast enough. We pray that it wasn't injured or killed, as we came home we looked around but there was no sign of it. We both feel horrible for our accident, hopefully it only got hit on the edge of it's wing so it wont be injured as severely as it would if we hit a different part of it's body.
Goodbye,
Birdman