Ravine... again...

Went back there for an hour this evening - here is what I saw!

7 Winter Wrens
1 Swainson's Thrush
1 Veery
1 Gray-cheeked Thrush
1 Blue-headed Vireo
20 Ruby-crowned Kinglets
5 Golden-crowned Kinglets
6 Tennessee Warblers
5 Black-throated Green Warblers
4 American Goldfinches
2 Blue Jays

Hoping for a better day tomorrow!

Blue Jay at a feeder

Winter Wren - Tiny, secretive birds. This is my best picture of one!

Used flash and at a high ISO, so not a good quality picture!

Tennessee Warbler - I love them!

Great two hours at the ravine!

Headed out this morning to the ravine, to get some of the last warbler migrants, I was not disappointed!

10 Tennessee Warblers
15 Black-throated Green Warblers
5 Yellow-rumped Warblers
4 Northern Parulas
5 Nashville Warblers
200+ Ruby-crowned Kinglets
20+ Golden-crowned Kinglets

Here are some highlights!

Nashville Warbler in a pine.

Ruby-crowned Kinglet with his ruby crown raised!

Black-throated Green Warbler

Golden-crowned Kinglet

-Owen

Best shots from the first half year!

I hope you enjoy!

Here are some favourite shots of mine from my first 6 months birding!

Red-bellied Woodpecker male - Naples, FL

Cooper's Hawk juvenile - Toronto, ON

Carolina Wren - Burlington, ON

Red-tailed Hawk - Toronto, ON

Perched in a tree 25 ft away!

Least Bittern juvenile - Naples, FL

I flushed this one from under a wooden bridge. Thought it was a galinule, but the 

flight call was different. I followed it, and found a superb Least Bittern!

Spotted Sandpiper - Naples, FL

One that is actually spotted!

Hermit Thrush - Toronto, ON

Flew into a bush 8 feet away from me, grabbed a berry, posed, and ate it!

Ruby-crowned Kinglet - Toronto, ON

Tough ones to photograph!

Loggerhead Shrike - Naples, FL

Osprey - Naples, FL

Great Blue Heron - Naples, FL

Limpkin - Naples, FL

Quite a rare bird!

Eastern Kingbird - Toronto, ON

Eastern Wood-pewee - Toronto, ON

Cedar Waxwing - Toronto, ON

Northern Mockingbird - Naples, FL

Little Blue Heron juvenile - Naples, FL

Yellow Warbler - Cornwall, ON

Killdeer - Naples, FL

Snowy Egret fishing - Marco Island, FL

Common Nighthawk - Naples, FL

Veery - Toronto, ON

Please comment and express your opinion!

Won't be long before my next post!

Bye for now - Owen.

My life list

Here is my life list! March 22nd - September 28th.

In chronological order.

1. Morning Dove
2. House Sparrow
3. European Starling
4. Common Grackle
5. Turkey Vulture
6. Ring-billed Gull
7. House Finch
8. Northern Cardinal
9. Rock Dove
10. Carolina Wren
11. Black-capped Chickadee
12. American Robin
13. Northern Mockingbird
14. Blue Jay
15. Red-breasted Nuthatch
16. Downy Woodpecker
17. American Crow
18. Red-winged Blackbird
19. Killdeer
20. Dark-eyed Junco
21. Song Sparrow
22. American Tree Sparrow
23. Red-bellied Woodpecker
24. Brown-headed Cowbird
25. White-throated Sparrow
26. American Goldfinch
27. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
28. Brown Thrasher
29. Cedar Waxwing
30. Hermit Thrush
31. Chipping Sparrow
32. Brown Creeper
33. Cooper’s Hawk
34. Ruby-crowned Kinglet
35. Northern Flicker
36. Field Sparrow
37. Swamp Sparrow
38. Yellow Warbler
39. Hairy Woodpecker
40. White-crowned Sparrow
41. Veery
42. Yellow-rumped Warbler
43. Rose-breasted Grosbeak
44. Red-tailed Hawk
45. Palm Warbler
46. Common Yellowthroat
47. Nashville Warbler
48. Gray-cheeked Thrush
49. Northern Harrier
50. Magnolia Warbler
51. Black-throated Blue Warbler
52. Black-and-white Warbler
53. Mute Swan
54. Baltimore Oriole
55. Warbling Vireo
56. Eastern Kingbird
57. American Redstart
58. Blackburnian Warbler
59. Savannah Sparrow
60. Tree Swallow
61. Scarlet Tanager
62. Mallard
63. Common Tern
64. Double-crested Cormorant
65. Canada Goose
66. Cliff Swallow
67. Barn Swallow
68. Bank Swallow
69. Chimney Swift
70. Herring Gull
71. Spotted Sandpiper
72. Red-eyed Vireo
73. Gadwall
74. Ruby-throated Hummingbird
75. Caspian Tern
76. Northern Rough-winged Swallow
77. Gray Catbird
78. Eastern Wood-pewee
79. Osprey
80. White-breasted Nuthatch
81. Great Blue Heron
82. Belted Kingfisher
83. House Wren
84. Boat-tailed Grackle
85. White Ibis
86. Loggerhead Shrike
87. Little Blue Heron
88. Common Gallinule
89. Anhinga
90. Black Vulture
91. Mottled Duck
92. Green Heron
93. Tricolored Heron
94. Great Crested Flycatcher
95. Great Egret
96. Muscovy Duck
97. Common Nighthawk
98. Snowy Egret
99. Laughing Gull
100. Ruddy Turnstone
101. Sandwich Tern
102. Willet
103. Reddish Egret
104. Sanderling 
105. Black Skimmer
106. Wilson’s Plover
107. Black-bellied Plover
108. Roseate Spoonbill
109. Royal Tern
110. Marbled Godwit
111. Semipalmated Plover
112. Least Tern
113. Pileated Woodpecker
114. Swallow-tailed Kite
115. Limpkin
116. Fish Crow
117. Gray Kingbird
118. Magnificent Frigatebird
119. Red-shouldered Hawk
120. Bald Eagle
121. White-eyed Vireo
122. Brown-headed Nuthatch
123. Least Bittern
124. Glossy Ibis
125. Western Sandpiper
126. Semipalmated Sandpiper
127. Short-billed Dowitcher
128. Black-crowned Night Heron
129. Eurasian Collared-dove
130. Black-bellied Whistling Duck
131. Wilson’s Warbler
132. Northern Waterthrush
133. Chestnut-sided Warbler
134. Northern Pintail
135. Red-necked Grebe
136. Northern Shoveler
137. Lincoln’s Sparrow
138. Hooded Merganser
139. Philadelphia Vireo
140. Least Flycatcher
141. Sharp-shinned Hawk
142. Bay-breasted Warbler
143. Winter Wren
144. Swainson’s Thrush
145. Eastern Phoebe
146. Black-throated Green Warbler
147. Golden-crowned Kinglet
148. Northern Parula
149. Blackpoll Warbler
150. Tennessee Warbler
151. Canada Warbler

Going to a hawkwatch next weekend, and my local ravine before then. Will keep you updated!

It all started on March 22nd...

My birding career started on March 22nd 2013. Much has happened since then, I have improved, and learned a lot! I am creating this blog to post good pictures, provide trip reviews, and post life birds.

As of September 28th, I am at 152 species on my species seen list, or my ABA life list. I cannot wait for winter, and the birding blessings that come with it! My goal by New Year's is to have 225 species on my list, and I will do everything possible to do so!