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  1. Gillian_M

    what was your bird of the day ?

    Today was awesome. I found six good birds at one of the trails close to my home: Viriginia Rail (first of the year), Solitary Sandpiper (first of the year), a male Scarlet Tanager sitting in the sunshine (a great view of a colourful bird), Clay-colored Sparrow (saw my first one ever yesterday...
  2. Gillian_M

    what was your bird of the day ?

    Today's bird of the day was going to be the male American Kestrel sitting on a telephone wire out in the farmland south of my subdivision. Then, once I got home and started checking email, I saw a small flock of birds in the tree across the street. The birds turned out to be Pine Grosbeaks...
  3. Gillian_M

    what was your bird of the day ?

    Larry - we've got red-breasted nuthatches here all year round, some tame enough to take food right out of my hand! Now, if you have any tufted titmice you could spare, then I'd be interested! I hear their range is expanding northward, but reports of them here and in southern Ontario are still...
  4. Gillian_M

    what was your bird of the day ?

    I was going to go with the immature Bald Eagle I saw earlier today (the first one I've seen since March) but then as I was posting my thread in the ID forum, about 15 Bohemian Waxwings landed in the neighbour's tree right across the street! I immediately ran out to take some photos, but it's an...
  5. Gillian_M

    what was your bird of the day ?

    I haven't seen any reports yet of snowy owls in the area. They should be arriving any time now. My bird of the day from Sunday (haven't been out since) was a Long-eared Owl with honourable mentions going to Eurasian Wigeon, Short-eared Owl and Redbellied woodpecker. The woodpecker was a year...
  6. Gillian_M

    what was your bird of the day ?

    I thought my bird of the day was going to be the Golden-crowned Kinglets I found on a wooded trail until I went to the Ottawa River and saw a Peregrine Falcon sitting on a gravel "sandbar" in the river next to a dead gull...
  7. Gillian_M

    what was your bird of the day ?

    Larry - they seem to be on their way. There was a report on Ontbirds today of a flock of about 500 Bohemians in a yard in Kanata (which is part of the amalgamated Ottawa, and the part where I live, actually). I saw two a few weeks ago but haven't seen them since. Redpolls like weedy fields (I...
  8. Gillian_M

    what was your bird of the day ?

    My bird of the day was the Common Redpoll. Actually, it was my bird of the day yesterday as well, when I saw one for the very first time, and then today I got better photos of them! (See my year photo list!). It's also my first winter finch of the irruption this year. Like Outboard, I'm...
  9. Gillian_M

    what was your bird of the day ?

    Larry - I accept your trade, now all we have to do is figure out the logistics!!! 3:-) Snow buntings are fairly common around the agricultural fields in winter here most of the winter, while longspurs only pass through during migration. What's funny, though, is that last March (I think) I got...
  10. Gillian_M

    what was your bird of the day ?

    Yesterday's bird of the day would have to be the ring-necked duck I saw dozing on the shore...I've never seen one on land before, and it didn't fly or swim off when I tried to approach it! The snow buntings are a close second, however; I didn't even see them as I was walking along the shore but...
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