November 7, 2010 11:00 am
Today Barbara joined us as we had a quick west-end outing.
We went to Kerwin Road to look for a reported Black-backed Woodpecker, but all we found were other birders.
Then we went to Hilda Road feeders where we saw several Blue Jays and Black-capped Chickadees along with a Red-winged Blackbird , an American Goldfinch and a few American Tree Sparrows and Dark-eyed Juncos.
We moved on to Shirley’s Bay where we saw quite a few Ring-necked Ducks and Lesser Scaup and one Pied-billed Grebe. Another birder said there were several Horned Grebes, but we couldn’t spot them.
At Andrew Haydon Park, we saw Common Goldeneye, Common Mergansers, Buffleheads and a couple of distant Common Loons in winter plumage. A Beaver swam right across the bay in front of us. Returning to the car, we saw a Great Blue Heron.
Craig and Pamela had to leave for Kirk’s, so we went out to Burnside after dropping off some hazardous waste at the dump. There were lots of Hooded Mergansers and some Ruddy Ducks. Too bad we missed these earlier with Craig and Pamela.
As compensation, they had a Barred Owl right in Kirk’s yard!
No comments:
Post a Comment