Not a lot to report from the past week, just some cold and wet
birding squeezed into my schedule that resulted in only a few new
birds for the year. Probably the highlight was last Monday night,
when we were discussing our evening plans and my daughter Anna said
“we could go owling!” I must be raising her right.
I took her suggestion, and we went out searching for owls for about an hour and a half while the rest of the family was occupied elsewhere. After a few fruitless stops, a red phase Eastern Screech-Owl called in response to my recording, then flew in and landed within about 15 feet of Anna, giving her great looks before it flew away.
Today at Briery Creek I (finally) heard a Hairy Woodpecker, which made 80 species for the year so far. Otherwise -- there have been decent numbers of Ring-billed Gulls at Sandy River Reservoir this week, but no Bonaparte's (or any other species). A few Horned Grebes have been hanging around both Sandy River and Briery Creek Lake, along with the more common duck species, but that's about it for the highlights.
I took her suggestion, and we went out searching for owls for about an hour and a half while the rest of the family was occupied elsewhere. After a few fruitless stops, a red phase Eastern Screech-Owl called in response to my recording, then flew in and landed within about 15 feet of Anna, giving her great looks before it flew away.
Today at Briery Creek I (finally) heard a Hairy Woodpecker, which made 80 species for the year so far. Otherwise -- there have been decent numbers of Ring-billed Gulls at Sandy River Reservoir this week, but no Bonaparte's (or any other species). A few Horned Grebes have been hanging around both Sandy River and Briery Creek Lake, along with the more common duck species, but that's about it for the highlights.
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