East End Birding

March 3 with Barbara, Bill & Connie

We picked up Connie at 9 am and headed out to Frank Kenny.  We did not see much except crows, pigeons and starlings until we turned onto Giroux, where we saw only a few Horned Larks and Snow Buntings.

From Giroux, we headed south to Larose Forest to check out the feeders.  We spent some time here but there were only a few common species and no sign of grosbeaks.

Chemin Clarence Cambridge was closed for the winter, so we had to backtrack a bit via Limoges and take 417E to Hwy 138.  We turned north and checked out Concessions 20 and 21 where we saw many more Snow Buntings and Horned Larks with a few Lapland Longspurs thrown in to the mix.

It was time to stop at the Burger King for our bagged lunch, but from the parking lot, Connie spotted a light-morph Rough-legged Hawk perched in a tree across the road.  We jumped out and hurried across the road to photograph it.

After lunch, we went west on Concession 19, but we saw nothing new, just a few more Snow Buntings.

Connie managed quite well, in spite of the difficulties with her knee surgery.

Bird List

1. Northern Cardinal
2. American Crow
3. European Starling
4. Rock Pigeon
5. House Sparrow
6. Wild Turkey
7. Horned Lark
8. Snow Bunting
9. Black-capped Chickadee
10. Downy Woodpecker
11. White-breasted Nuthatch
12. Mourning Dove
13. Lapland Longspur
14. Rough-legged Hawk
15. Common Raven