Snowy Morning

Springbank Park - London, Ontario

1C, windchill -5C, overcast, lots of snow

I went to Springbank Park on this snowy morning.  I didn't stay too long as the snow was really accumulating.  I couldn't get close to the river...too much snow.  At the pond, lots of Mallards and there was a Black Duck.  Canada Geese were flying over and I can hear them at the river. 

Mallards

Female Mallard (left)  Black Duck (right)

Mallards

Mallards

BIrding in Greenway

Greenway Park - London, Ontario     -12C, windchill -22C, flurries

It's another very cold day.  I went for a short walk along the river in Greenway.  I took these photos on the walkway as there was too much snow to go right up to the edge.  

There were a number of Buffleheads grouped together.

Buffleheads

Buffleheads

A few Goldeneyes.

Common Goldeneye

Common Goldeneye  (female)

Common Goldeneye

I missed the Long-tailed Duck on the New Year's Day walk.  I couldn't get my eye on it.  I was really pleased to find it today.

Long-tailed Duck  (female)

Common Mergansers...one male and two females.

Common Mergansers

New Year's Day BIrding 2018

New Year's Day Bird Walk (Nature London) - Greenway Park

It was a very bitterly cold walk this morning:  -14C with windchill -24C, light snow.  My first bird for 2018 is the Bald Eagle.

We walked along the Thames River to see what we can find.  

What I saw: Bald Eagle, Red-tailed Hawk, Mourning Dove, Brown Creeper, Mallard, Canada Geese, Common Goldeneye, Common Merganser, Pied-billed Grebe, Great Blue Heron, Common Crow, and Ringed-billed Gull.  There were other birds found but I could not get my eye on them.  

Bald Eagle

Brown Creeper

Immature Bald Eagle

Common Goldeneyes

Buffleheads

Pied-billed Grebe

Buffleheads