Bad birding morning - great photo morning!

On this cool 7 degree October morning, I went back to my local ravine. Terrible birding outing, but I got a few great shots!

Here's what I saw:

30 Golden-crowned Kinglet
6 Dark-eyed Junco
7 American Goldfinch
3 Northern Cardinal
2 Black-capped Chickadee
12 Hermit Thrushes
1 Hairy Woodpecker
10 Downy Woodpecker
1 White-throated Sparrow

Here are some shots!

Downy Woodpecker male

Hermit Thrush!

Hermit Thrush eating berries off the side of my neighbour's house!

My best Hermit Thrush shot ever!

Golden-crowned Kinglet - many of them on the paths!

White-throated Sparrow pose

Dark-eyed Junco

Please comment!

Happy birding!

-Owen

A cold evening birding...

Went to my local ravine last evening, sorry for the photo quality, it was cold, and dark...

Here's what I saw:

1 Swainson's Thrush
1 Song Sparrow
2 Chipping Sparrow
10 White-throated Sparrow
1 Downy Woodpecker
1 Hairy Woodpecker
30 Golden-crowned Kinglet
5 Winter Wren

Here are some shots:

Perfectly posed Chipping Sparrow pair!

Hairy Woodpecker female with dinner...

Winter Wren!

Many of these Golden-crowned Kinglets on the path in front of me, many more in the trees!

Full moon!!!

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Happy birding!

-Owen

Northern Ontario, Sparrow Bonanza!

Went to Owen Sound, Ontario this Sunday for Thanksgiving, and saw many birds, including 7 sparrow species:

-Swamp

-Field

-Song

-Chipping

-White-crowned

-White-throated

-Lincoln's

Here are some shots!

Swamp Sparrows - two of 15

White-breasted Nuthatch

Turkey Vulture

Song Sparrow - one of 10

 White-crowned Sparrow - juvenile. One of 5

Swamp Sparrow pose!

Yellow-rumped Warbler - wouldn't usually include this shot, but it was on the roof! 

Scenery

Cows staring me down

Moon

Please comment!

- Owen

Tommy Thompson Park - a 12 lifer affair!

Was not disappointed this weekend at Tommy Thompson Park, as I got 12 lifers in 4 hours! Tommy Thompson Park is a notorious waterfowl hotspot - throughout the winter, I will bird there looking for waterfowl, owls, larks, buntings, raptors, and possibly longspurs.

Here are the new birds I saw:

1 Peregrine Falcon
1 American Coot
1 Black-billed Cuckoo
1 Ring-necked Duck
1 Lesser Scaup
1 Green-winged Teal
9 Trumpeter Swan
10 Canvasback
15 American Wigeon
20 Redhead
30 Greater Scaup
30 American Pipit

Here are some photos:

Palm Warbler - one of 10

Brown Creeper - one of 7

Yellow-rumped Warbler - one of 50

Creepy Herring Gull - one of 10

Black-billed Cuckoo 

Canvasbacks - 10 of them in the group

Lesser Scaup: leftmost bird   -   Greater Scaup: 3 rightmost birds

Northern Shovelers

Greater Scaup

-Owen