Riding Mountain Area 3-6 September
We spent 4 days in the area around Riding Mtn National Park.
We didn’t get a lot of time to go bird watching so most of our observations were in marshes along the highway.
Sightings:
Spruce Grouse
Raven
Crow
House Sparrow
Cedar Waxwing
Red-breasted Merganser
Common Loon
Red Necked Grebe
Canada Goose
Northern Shoveller
American Coot
Ring Necked Duck
Bufflehead
Redhead
Common Goldeneye
Greater Scaup
Pied billed Grebe
Double Crested Cormorant
Barn Swallow
Bonaparte’s Gull
Ring Billed Gull
American Kestrel
Golden Eagle
Merlin
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Ruby Throated Hummingbird
Mallard
Chickadee
Fort Whyte Center 7 September
The best day this year at Fort Whyte.
Suspect with the exceptionally early spring a lot of the birds pushed further north.
On our 50 mile trip home we spotted 9 hawks roosting on hydro poles along the highway.
Two Gray Cheeked Thrushes flew past us, one killed itself by flying into a large metal pole. The surviving Thrush sat in a tree a short distance away for over an hour waiting for its mate to join it.
Sightings:
Magnolia Warbler
Chickadee
Palm Warbler
Belted Kingfisher
Canada Geese
Greater Yellowlegs
Blackpoll Warbler
Double Crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Yellow Bellied Sapsucker
Pied Billed Grebe
Eastern Phobe
Cedar Waxwing
American Coot
California Gull
House Sparrow
Gold Finch
Swainson’s Thrush
Northern Flicker
Red Tailed Hawk
Gray Cheeked Thrush
Carman 1-9 September
Hummingbirds seemed to have left a few days ago. We had our regular hummingbird still coming on the 6th then none until the the 8th when we saw just one visit during the day.
Having been away for 4 days to Riding Mtn the birds weren’t fed, and it appears the large flock of House Sparrows that we living in the large Lilac Bush across the street have moved on.
Sightings:
House Sparrow
White Breasted Nuthatch
Downy Woodpecker
Chickadee
Robin
Blue Jay
Crow
Mourning Dove
Canada Geese
Palm Warbler
Ruby Throated Hummingbird
We spent 4 days in the area around Riding Mtn National Park.
We didn’t get a lot of time to go bird watching so most of our observations were in marshes along the highway.
Sightings:
Spruce Grouse
Raven
Crow
House Sparrow
Cedar Waxwing
Red-breasted Merganser
Common Loon
Red Necked Grebe
Canada Goose
Northern Shoveller
American Coot
Ring Necked Duck
Bufflehead
Redhead
Common Goldeneye
Greater Scaup
Pied billed Grebe
Double Crested Cormorant
Barn Swallow
Bonaparte’s Gull
Ring Billed Gull
American Kestrel
Golden Eagle
Merlin
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Ruby Throated Hummingbird
Mallard
Chickadee
Fort Whyte Center 7 September
The best day this year at Fort Whyte.
Suspect with the exceptionally early spring a lot of the birds pushed further north.
On our 50 mile trip home we spotted 9 hawks roosting on hydro poles along the highway.
Two Gray Cheeked Thrushes flew past us, one killed itself by flying into a large metal pole. The surviving Thrush sat in a tree a short distance away for over an hour waiting for its mate to join it.
Sightings:
Magnolia Warbler
Chickadee
Palm Warbler
Belted Kingfisher
Canada Geese
Greater Yellowlegs
Blackpoll Warbler
Double Crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Yellow Bellied Sapsucker
Pied Billed Grebe
Eastern Phobe
Cedar Waxwing
American Coot
California Gull
House Sparrow
Gold Finch
Swainson’s Thrush
Northern Flicker
Red Tailed Hawk
Gray Cheeked Thrush
Carman 1-9 September
Hummingbirds seemed to have left a few days ago. We had our regular hummingbird still coming on the 6th then none until the the 8th when we saw just one visit during the day.
Having been away for 4 days to Riding Mtn the birds weren’t fed, and it appears the large flock of House Sparrows that we living in the large Lilac Bush across the street have moved on.
Sightings:
House Sparrow
White Breasted Nuthatch
Downy Woodpecker
Chickadee
Robin
Blue Jay
Crow
Mourning Dove
Canada Geese
Palm Warbler
Ruby Throated Hummingbird
