August 11, 2021
Reports of fall warblers made Mud Lake it an easy second choice after Ross Road. And we were able to sleep in a bit longer too! We parked at the filtration plan and were amazed to see not a single birder under the trees across the road. Nevertheless, we headed over and soon got some action by the Scout Trees.
Barbara headed down the path to the river and saw some photographers up to their waists in water getting photos of a couple of juvenile Peregrine Falcons on an island. With her long zoom, she was able to skip the wade in the river!
We birded a bit more on the grass, then headed up to the ridge.
Here we got a few more warblers and other goodies.
On the lake we had many Wood Ducks in eclipse plumage as well as a distant Pied-billed Grebe.
By this time, we were hot and tired, but Pamela stuck it out and got a Willow Flycatcher in front of the filtration plant.
After all this effort, we celebrated with an ice cream at the Beachconers.
After a late lunch and rest, we decided to head out again, this time to the Richmond Conservation Area. But we were sorely disappointed as the ponds were all bone dry. We walked over to the Jock River and back along the access road and saw a few Goldfinches, but no significant sightings. We went home by Barnsdale with a swing by the dump. But there were no hawks; our best bird was a Great Black-backed Gull.
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