Sept 16 to Oct 4
Carman
Weather has not been terribly great for bird watching the last month or so.
The number of Geese heading south is increasing, on one walk we had over 100 geese pass over in about a 5 minute period.
Noted a lot of the winter birds are returning to our feeders. Seed and suet consumption way down, less than half of what it was during the summer.
Birds still fighting at the feeders. Saw a White Breasted Nuthatch and House Sparrow have a go at each other on the peanut feeder. I thought the Nuthatch would win out, but the sparrow grabbed the Nuthatches beak and was able to hold on while the Nuthatch flailed about. Sparrow eventually released the Nuthatch which made for another part of the tree.
Sightings:
White Breasted Nuthatch
House Sparrow
House Finch
Downy Woodpecker
Blue Jay
Chickadee
Crow
Possible sighting of a Bald Eagle
Red Tailed Hawk
Coopers Hawk
Northern Harrier
Stephenfield
Not a lot happening at Stephenfield now that fall is upon us. A few boats in the water, trees in fall colors and dropping leaves.
Sightings:
Kildere
Herring Gull
Double Crested Cormorant
Redhead
Franklin’s Gull
Northern Flicker
Crow
Yellow Rumped Warbler
Ring Billed Gull
Yellow Bellied Sapsucker
Palm Warbler
St Ambroise
Lots of birds at St Ambroise Park, gates were closed so we had to walk in. Was very peaceful, only saw one other person.
Sightings:
Red Tailed Hawk
Vesper Sparrow
Northern Harrier
Yellow Rumped Warbler
Field Sparrow
Western Grebe
Harris’s Sparrow
Ring Billed or Herring Gull juvenile
Ring Billed Gull
White Throated Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
American Pipit
Tundra Swan
Fort Whyte Center
Made a few trips to Fort Whyte Center the past month, on one of the visits we were seated at one of the feeding stations watching about a dozen birds feeding, with other coming and going. All the birds took flight at the exact same time and disappeared into the surrounding woods, but none went West. I looked to the west as a Cooper’s hawk came out of the trees, it flared and swerved about 10 feet in front of us, then landed on a tree branch about 20 feet away then took off. It was pretty spectacular. It all took place in less than 5 seconds. I doubt I raised my camera 6 inches before it was all over.
On another visit I was walking one of the lake side trails when a hawk burst of the grass about 15 feet in front of me, went pretty much straight up then dashed behind a tree and was gone. Never got a real good look at it, but suspect it was a Red Tailed Hawk.
The Burrowing Owls have moved from the upended planters and into actual burrows now. Saw all three on our last visit but wasn’t able to get any pictures.
Sightings:
Northern Harrier
Northern Shoveler
Harris’s Sparrow
White Throated Sparrow
Dark Eyed Junco
Swamp Sparrow
American Coot
Fox Sparrow
Yellow Bellied Sapsucker
Blue Winged Teal
Yellow Rumped Warbler
Ring Billed Gull
Pied Billed Grebe
Double Crested Cormorant
Downy Woodpecker
Cedar Waxwing
Chipping Sparrow
Hairy Woodpecker
Carman
Weather has not been terribly great for bird watching the last month or so.
The number of Geese heading south is increasing, on one walk we had over 100 geese pass over in about a 5 minute period.
Noted a lot of the winter birds are returning to our feeders. Seed and suet consumption way down, less than half of what it was during the summer.
Birds still fighting at the feeders. Saw a White Breasted Nuthatch and House Sparrow have a go at each other on the peanut feeder. I thought the Nuthatch would win out, but the sparrow grabbed the Nuthatches beak and was able to hold on while the Nuthatch flailed about. Sparrow eventually released the Nuthatch which made for another part of the tree.
Sightings:
White Breasted Nuthatch
House Sparrow
House Finch
Downy Woodpecker
Blue Jay
Chickadee
Crow
Possible sighting of a Bald Eagle
Red Tailed Hawk
Coopers Hawk
Northern Harrier
Stephenfield
Not a lot happening at Stephenfield now that fall is upon us. A few boats in the water, trees in fall colors and dropping leaves.
Sightings:
Kildere
Herring Gull
Double Crested Cormorant
Redhead
Franklin’s Gull
Northern Flicker
Crow
Yellow Rumped Warbler
Ring Billed Gull
Yellow Bellied Sapsucker
Palm Warbler
St Ambroise
Lots of birds at St Ambroise Park, gates were closed so we had to walk in. Was very peaceful, only saw one other person.
Sightings:
Red Tailed Hawk
Vesper Sparrow
Northern Harrier
Yellow Rumped Warbler
Field Sparrow
Western Grebe
Harris’s Sparrow
Ring Billed or Herring Gull juvenile
Ring Billed Gull
White Throated Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
American Pipit
Tundra Swan
Fort Whyte Center
Made a few trips to Fort Whyte Center the past month, on one of the visits we were seated at one of the feeding stations watching about a dozen birds feeding, with other coming and going. All the birds took flight at the exact same time and disappeared into the surrounding woods, but none went West. I looked to the west as a Cooper’s hawk came out of the trees, it flared and swerved about 10 feet in front of us, then landed on a tree branch about 20 feet away then took off. It was pretty spectacular. It all took place in less than 5 seconds. I doubt I raised my camera 6 inches before it was all over.
On another visit I was walking one of the lake side trails when a hawk burst of the grass about 15 feet in front of me, went pretty much straight up then dashed behind a tree and was gone. Never got a real good look at it, but suspect it was a Red Tailed Hawk.
The Burrowing Owls have moved from the upended planters and into actual burrows now. Saw all three on our last visit but wasn’t able to get any pictures.
Sightings:
Northern Harrier
Northern Shoveler
Harris’s Sparrow
White Throated Sparrow
Dark Eyed Junco
Swamp Sparrow
American Coot
Fox Sparrow
Yellow Bellied Sapsucker
Blue Winged Teal
Yellow Rumped Warbler
Ring Billed Gull
Pied Billed Grebe
Double Crested Cormorant
Downy Woodpecker
Cedar Waxwing
Chipping Sparrow
Hairy Woodpecker
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