Last week, I went to some local areas. At Uplands Wetland, there were lots of birds moving this morning under overcast skies. Along with the Canada Geese and Mallards, there were 3 Green-winged Teals. Lots of American Robins, American Goldfinches, Dark-eyed Juncos, Blue Jays, Northern Cardinals, a couple of Red-tailed Hawks, Red-winged Blackbirds, Downy Woodpeckers, Red-breasted Nuthatch and Black-capped Chickadees.
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| Red-tailed Hawk |
This Cooper's Hawk stopped by for a few seconds. I managed to get a couple of photos before it took off.
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| Cooper's Hawk |
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Green-winged Teal
with a female Mallard to the right. |
At Canterbury Park (November 4), a large migration of American Crows were flying over this morning. I counted 360 Crows streaming westward. They were quite high. I stopped counting to continue birding as they were still flying overhead. There were lots of Starlings in the trees mixed with American Robins and Blue Jays. I also saw a flyover Great Blue Heron, Red-tailed Hawk, Canada Geese, Mallards, American Goldfinches and a American Tree Sparrow.
On November 6, I went to the Coves. It was a cool start -2c but warmed up nicely to 9c. Again, this morning. American Crows were streaming West which I counted up to 106. As I was birding, the Crows were flying overhead in smaller groups. I saw my first of the season 3 Hooded Mergansers which was nice.
A large flock of Cedar Waxwings (35) were in the trees flying down to bushes to eat berries.
The Hooded Mergansers (not a good photo) were at the opposite side under over-hanging branches.
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| Mallards |
