Sunday 2 December 2012

A cold day's birding

1.12.2012

In spite of a cold wind ( or maybe because we birded by car it wasn't too bad!) we found some interesting birds last weekend around Westport. 6 Ravens in total (4 at the Salem dump and 2 at Green Lake),  a late male American Kestrel on Mulville Rd , near Fermoy,  1 Common Loon on Wolfe Lake, 1 Pine Grosbeak near Salem dump, about 10 Common Goldeneye male and female at the north end of Canoe Lake, and hundreds of Hooded Mergansers in several places: Sand Lake Westport,  Canoe Lake (north end),  Dewitt's Rd (along withabout 20 Ring-necked ducks) and many Common Mergansers in the same locations.  At Green Lake, 3 female or juvenile male Common Mergansers were on the lake, and 3 Pileated Woodpeckers were drumming and then flying together.
Chickadees and White -breasted Nuthatches, and a  Downy Woodpecker continue to come to the feeders.
 
 Very cold birding, but productive!

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