Christmas Greetings

I want to wish my nerdy blog readers a Merry Christmas! I want to wish a happy winter solstice (a univeral holiday!) And a Happy New Year as well. 

I have not birded to much lately, but i had a few days off this week and attempted to bird out near Harrow this week. My trip out there gave me looks at Merlin, Eastern Bluebirds, Accipiter Hawks as well as a few other seasonal birds.

I also got lucky by finding a saw whet owl at the Ojibway Park complex area in West Windsor. I think this might be my first self found saw whet owl!

Wishing for peace, health and happiness and a prosperous new year.

Yours in birding, 

Dwayne

 

Only Brilliant Birders Can Solve this Pun

 

Red headed Woodpecker graces yard, along with hummingbirds

On September weekend mornings, I like to sit on my back porch and observe birdlife in the hedgerow behind my yard.

This morning, I was looking at common birds when I heard a northern flicker call, then soon after I heard something that sounded like A red headed woodpecker. "It would be nice, but its just my imagination" - I thought this to myself as I sipped my coffee. Then, to my amazement, my favorire bird briefly alighted on a treetop behind my house. Wow!

But, it was only for a brief moment. 

I have had easy views of hummingbirds daily since late august when I put up my new feeder. Here are some photos:

I slowly noticed that hummingbirds would often perch withing 10 feet of my back porch,,, allowing for great views, especially with my 600mm telephoto lens.

Good fall birding!

Dwayne

Holiday Beach on Labour Day Weekend

 I had a wonderful morning of birding on this past labour day weekend.  I had several warbler species as well as flycatcher species.  The photo above shows the lake erie beach dune habitat. 

Holiday beach has the classic lake erie scrub/swamp habitat thay migrants love to visit during migration. I spent two hours sorting through tonnes of birds. These photos are some that I managed to photograph...

As a final note - I have had a new hummingbird feeder that immediately attracted hummingbirds. There are three or four that I see fighting over access to the feeder. Amazingly i have noted that they perch in a tree close to my back deck, affording incredible photos occasionally. 

 

I have also noted two different olive sided flycatchers over the last week or so as well. ... Just from my back yard!

Good birding!

Dwayne