September 29th & 30th
Saturday (30th) the weather had improved ... bright sunshine for the most part and a good day to explore a new spot for me - Dundas Valley. I'm always reluctant to pay for access to anywhere, but over the last couple of days reports from here were good, so I shelled out the $10 entrance. I trailed around the orchard area for the next couple of hours and saw dozens of migrating Kinglets (mostly Ruby-crowned, but a few Golden-crowned as well). A few Warblers were also migrating through ... Magnolia, Yellow-rumped and Chestnut-sided, so lots to aim at.
September 21st 2017
September 18th 2017
September 16th 2017
Along with a couple of birding friends I headed to a spot that had been rich in birds a few months ago. The spot has great songbird habitat but I hadn't seen any reports in the last several weeks but decided to check it out anyways. After a few hours I could see why I hadn't seen any OFO or eBird reports from this area as it was quite devoid of any songbird action. We did however spot and photograph a couple of Piliated Woodpeckers (a male & a female) so at least we didn't get totally skunked, but Martin Road is definitely off our hot birding location list, at least as far as the Fall is concerned. |
September 14th 2017
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September 13th 2017
September 12th 2017
September 10th 2017
September 9th 2017
September 6th 2017
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September 4th 2017
September 1st 2017
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