I have been birding at the Coves and Greenway Park most of February. There are a nice variety of ducks at the river. We have had lots of snow through February and some very cold days. Right now (Feb 23/26) the river is very high and fast moving as we had a few mild days and rain/freezing rain. Here are some of my photos I took recently.
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| Common Goldeneye - female |
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| Great Blue Heron |
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| Greater Scaup |
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| Redheads |
Frigid Cold - Most of January, we've had frigid, cold temperatures feeling like -25c, -27c. We've had lots of snow, too. I have been birding out in these temperatures, mainly along the Thames River.
The last couple of days, I saw Redheads which are not common, Greater Scaups, not common and a female Harlequin Duck (rare). I've seen lots of Hooded Mergansers, Common Mergansers, Common Goldeneyes and Bufflehead. A Pied-billed Grebe has been hanging around for awhile.
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| Great Blue Herons |
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| Pied-billed Grebe |
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| Bald Eagle |
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| Common Merganser (female) |
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| Redhead |
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| Gadwall |
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| Common Goldeneye |
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| Greater Scaup |
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| Harlequin Duck |
Starting off, it has been cold with all the ponds frozen and parts of the Thames River. The first part of January it was very cold (feeling like -16c) to a mild day of +14c.
At the Coves, I saw a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. I don't see them very often.
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| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker |
Great Blue Herons trying to keep warm.
I saw a dozen Robins in the berries
Greenway - January 4/26
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| Common Goldeneyes |
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| Common Merganser |
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| Bald Eagle |
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| American Tree Sparrow |
