Song Sparrows

The last couple months, since I started some migratory bird walks and searches... I've become even more familiar with Song Sparrows than ever before.So many times in the past I would hear one of their more popular songs and would try to figure out who was singing it. This year, more than a few I have come into close range with and have been able to sit and watch them sing away without a care in the world. Such beautiful noises from such a small...

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Carden Plain... WoW!

Thursday June 18th had us going up to the Carden Plain area which is up past Sutton and near the town of Kirkfield. The weather sure wasn't looking promising, even as we got in the van shortly after 7am. It was agreed that we were going unless a monsoon, hurricane or tornado struck.Carden Plain is deemed an important area for birds and over 200 species migrate and nest to this very large piece of land. I must add that this area is not a conservation...

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Bye Bye Birdy-s!"

I can't believe it! After weeks of excitement and anticipation with this pair of nesting Black Capped Chickadees and knowing their babies hatched AND us waiting to see the whole family at some point...we go away for an over-night, leaving around 10:30am Sunday morning and returning around 6pm Monday, everybody got up and left the nest in that span of time.I so wish we saw something, anything, but it was not to be.I am thankful for what I witnessed...

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Keep your eyes open in your journey...

Well, it's the second week of June and I am on vacation for two weeks. We went to Port Credit the other day to Snug Harbor for lunch and a walk along the boardwalk. A lot of Ducks, Swans, Swallows, Grackles, Red Wing Blackbirds, Cormorants, Terns and Gulls could be seen.My biggest surprise was when we passed these flowering bushes and I happened to notice some fuzzy creatures sitting atop of them... we believe them to be baby Red Wing Blackbirds....

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Death of a Feathered Friend...

Now I took no pleasure in taking this picture but I had to. I have never been this close to an American Goldfinch! Of course this is no way I want to see one of the many backyard birds that I love so dearly... to be dead in my hands. It was just so weird how it happened and it makes me think about our own existence here on Earth. One minute you are here and in a flash you are gone. I went out back around 8pm Friday night to put a bit of Safflower...

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My First Indigo Bunting Sighting!

On Sunday May 31, 2009... I saw my first Indigo Bunting ever, up at my friend's place in King City, Ontario. There are reports of them closer to my home than her place but I have yet to see any. Angie and I kept our eyes open for them at Rattray Marsh the other week with no luck (though some other birders saw 3 moments before).Now I will have to get Angie up to my friend's place sometime this summer to catch a glimpse. I actually saw 2 males...

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