I went birding at Greenway Park two different days last week. - Feb 19 & 22.
February 19 was a very cold day, -12c but sunny. There was a nice variety of bird at the river. Canada Geese, Mallards, Common Mergansers, Hooded Mergansers, Common Goldeneyes, Bufflehead, Green-winged Teal, Great Blue Heron, Bald Eagle, Red-tailed Hawk, Ring-billed Gull, White-breasted Nuthatch, Downy Woodpeckers, Mourning Doves, Northern Cardinal, Blue Jays, Black-capped Chickadees, Dark-eyed Juncos, and American Crows.
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| Great Blue Heron |
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| Common Merganser |
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| Common Goldeneyes |
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| Common Merganser |
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| Green-winged Teal sleeping |
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| Common Goldeneyes |
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| Green-winged Teal |
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| Pied-billed Grebe |
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| Bald Eagle |
February 22 - A difference in weather. Today was 8c, overcast. I found the Pied-billed Grebe again which was nice. Also I saw some American Black Ducks, Common Mergansers, Bald Eagle, heard my first of year Red-winged Blackbird, a Song Sparrow and Northern Cardinals were singing. |
| Pied-billed Grebe |
I watched 2 Red-tailed Hawks flyover. One of them dived to the ground and by inches missed a squirrel then flew up in the tree.
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| American Black Duck |
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| Red-tailed Hawk |
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