Tuesday 31 December 2013

BIRD LIST FOR 2013

JANUARY 2013


Ruffed Grouse


January 1

Black capped Chickadee
Common Redpoll
Pine Grosbeak
Hoary Redpoll
Downy Woodpecker
Red Breasted Nuthatch
Raven
Hairy Woodpecker
Blue Jay
Canada Jay
Ruffed Grouse

January 2

White winged Crossbill
Pileated Woodpecker

January 5

pigeon

January 7

European Starling
Evening Grosbeak

January 9

Crow

January 11

Barred Owl

FEBRUARY

February 3

House Sparrow

February 19

Northern Shrike

February 27

Common Goldeneye
(Nipigon River)

NO NEW BIRD FOR MARCH

APRIL

April 5

Herring Gull
(garbage dump)
Golden Eagle
(garbage dump)
Bald Eagle
(garbage dump)

April 10

Canada Goose
(Thunder Bay)

April 16

Yellow rump Warbler

April 17

Dark eyed Junco

April 23

Fox Sparrow

April 24

Ringbill Gull

April 25

Tree Sparrow
White throat Sparrow

April 28

Pine Sisken
Purple Finch
Grackle
Rusty Blackbird

April 29

Merlin

April 30

Robin
Kestrel
Swamp Sparrow
White Pelican
(Nipigon Marina)
Double Crested Cormorant
(Nipigon Marina)
Common Merganzer
(Nipigon Marina)
Hooded Merganzer
(Nipigon Marina)

MAY

May 2

Savannah Sparrow
Red Wing Blackbird
Song Sparrow

May 6

Turkey Vulture

May 10

Bufflehead
(Nipigon Marina)
Common Loon
(Nipigon Marina)

May 11

Lincoln Sparrow

May 13

Mallard Duck
Great Blue Heron
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Green wing Teal
Piebill Grebe
Widgeon
Tundra Swan
Red breasted Merganzer
Ring Neck Duck
(all Nipigon River)

May 15

White crown Sparrow
Broad Wing Hawk
Solitary Vireo

May 16

Rose breasted Grosbeak
Ruby throated Hummingbird
American Goldfinch

May 23

Harris Sparrow

May 31

Morning Dove

JUNE

June 2

Blackburnian Warbler

June 11

Eastern Bluebird

June 14

Black Duck
Yellow Warbler
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow
Tree Swallow
( all Red Rock marina)
Kingfisher

June 24

Red-eyed Vireo

JULY

July 18

Orange Crown Warbler
Warbling Vireo

July 21

Coopers Hawk
Veery

July 28

Wilson's Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Yellow Bellied Sapsucker
Palm Warbler
Connecticut Warbler

AUGUST

August 3

Mourning Warbler

August 11

American Redstart
Ovenbird

August 22

Black throated Blue Warble
Chestnut sided Warbler

August 29

European Goldfinch
(immature . Two of us saw it but the closest we can come to identity is this bird. Tried for a photo but the leaves were hiding it.)

SEPTEMBER

September 4

Spruce Hen (Grouse)
Goshawk (northern)

September 7

Black and White Warbler
Tennessee Warbler

September 20

Canada Warbler
(Species # 100 for my list this year)

September 25

Bohemian Waxwing
Cedar Waxwing

OCTOBER

October 10

Snow Goose

NOVEMBER

November 28

Boreal Chickadee
(#104)

NO NEW BIRD FOR DECEMBER

Barred Owl came for a visit in December.

 

American Tree sparrow showed up on December 15
 and got onto our Christmas Bird Count count-week.
Still here December 31, 2013
so I will get a Tree Sparrow  on  my 2014 Bird list for January
Coping with the minus 30 degree F. temperatures.

Sunday 22 December 2013

WEASEL

December 22, 2013

What bad home cookin' brings out of the wild.

Weasel

Weasel


On the dining table (barrel top) with roast beef.

Gray Jay. This is whom I planned to feed.

Monday 9 December 2013

THE LYNX 'S BACK

And that's all I thought I was going to get on December 8th, 2013.

First shot out of focus!

Then the focus kicked in.

Then I got a little too close - but, Nice Fur shot.

Good look behind the ears of a Lynx.

Last visual from the second window.

First view from the third window.

Since he missed his grouse under the Blue Spruce
 he is tracking the other three that went this way.

Stepping high.

Moving onto plowed lane.

Showing its big feet.

Starting its turn.

Finally a Full Face Pose. Back and Front together.