We had perfect north west winds but it was slow going for the first hour or so, by 10:30 a.m. the birds started rolling in. Turkey Vultures, a few Goshawks, Sharp Shinned hawks, and plenty of Red Tailed Hawks on their migration rout along the shores of Lake Ontario.
We also watched black capped chickadees, golden crowned kinglets, finches and Leslie quickly Identified a small group of Redpoll’s (thanks Leslie!).
Windy & seriously overcast with intermittent rain, perfect for photography! Well, not really but what the heck, the camera gets a bit wet, no big deal right? My first visit to Alex Robertson Park in Pickering was great. This is a must see park and comes complete with wooded areas, meadows, wetlands, and sculptures! Yes, I sad sculptures.
Although today was not optimal for birding, off and on rain with very high gusting winds I still saw quite a bit for the short time I was there. The usual suspects like Canada geese, Mallards, but also watched four Great Blue Herons off in the distance, Long tail ducks, mergansers, and a host of other species of waterfowl.
I was surprised by the size of the reservoir, I was also surprised by the amount of ducks! There had to be 100 mallards floating about, plenty of Canada Geese, one Red Tailed Hawk and watched one lone Great Blue Heron fishing the north section of the reservoir.
Amazingly hot weather (record breaking temperatures) on Sunday & Monday, Tuesday was a blow out with rain all day. But I did get back to the Humber tonight for a few photos.
Arrived at Rosetta McClain Gardens at 9:00 a.m. today and it didn’t take long to see some Migrating raptors. By 11:00 a.m. we saw two peregrine falcons, countless sharp shinned hawks, a few kestrels, coopers hawks and a northern harrier. Did anyone lose a peregrine falcon?
Arrived around 10:00 am to view the migrating birds of prey with Frank and friends, but it was a slow day for the raptors (or so I thought!!), but with a good turn out of watchers its always a fun outing! It was dull overcast day but plenty of small birds were about, including chickadees, and a variety warblers.
Was not a great day for birding at the Don Valley Brickworks, overcast, cool and nothing seem to be moving. I brought along a wide angle lens and decided to take a few photos to give those bird watchers that have not been here yet an Idea of what the property looks like. The fall colours just starting turn, the brickworks looked magnificent!
