July 20-22, 2012
We stopped at Burrough Rd
just outside of Venosta and hiked a couple of km along the bike path. Jane and Sami had seen a family of Sandhill
Cranes here recently and also an Upland Sandpiper. Well, we saw neither, but there were lots of
birds - Savannah and Song Sparrows,
Common Yellowthroats, American Goldfinches, American Robins, Ring-billed Gulls,
European Starlings and a Brown Thrasher.
For mammals we had a Racoon and a White-tailed Deer.
Returning to the car, we decided to drive a little further
along Burrough, whereupon we saw 4 Wild Turkeys.
Then we carried on to the cottage.
The next morning, we decided to try birding and berry
picking on Ch. du Lac à L'Arche, where it turns to go down towards
Cayamant.
There were virtually no
berries due to the drought, but we saw a few nice birds, including a
White-throated Sparrow, and Eastern Phoebe and an American Kestrel.
I decided we should hike over an explore the abandoned farm
at Lac Catherine.
The fields were full
of Savannah Sparrows and also a darker bird which I had to look up - female
Indigo Buntings.
Barbara spotted an
Eastern Kingbird too.
We drove to the other end of the lake and saw a bunch of
juvenile Eastern Bluebirds on a wire.
We
stopped on the way back to check out the decorative rocks, and I spotted an
adult male Common Yellowthroat (all the previous one had been juveniles).
As we drove down the hill to our cottage, I spotted a
juvenile Yellow-bellied Sapsucker.
Unfortunately, we were not able to get a photo.
Later, while watching the Purple Finches and
Red-breasted Nuthatches around the feeders, we saw a Brown Creeper on the tree
behind.
The Creeper and the Thrasher
were numbers 106 and 107 on our cottage list.
We also had some brief visits from a Ruby throated Hummingbird, both
Downy and Hairy woodpeckers and Blue Jays throughout the weekend.
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