Wind (current)

Squeezing Out The Last Few

Today we had a decent west wind and several of us including Ron, Peter, Terry 2, Walter and I were hoping for the elusive Redtail #1000. No luck!! We did see
1-Northern Harrier(a beautiful male)
5-Sharpshinned Hawks
2-Coopers Hawks
1-American Kestrel
9-Total Raptors

Sunday and Monday may have a chance for a few birds, but unless there is a drastic change in the forecast, there will be little to nothing before then.
  We did see some good small birds fly past, including White-winged Crossbills, a few Eastern Bluebirds, a few flocks of Common Redpolls, Purple Finch and hundreds(at least) of American Goldfinch. We saw one Red-headed Woodpecker.
  Of special note 2 swallows were seen of unknown species. Were they Cave Swallows who knows.  Keep your eyes open if U are at the park, there will be stuff to see.

3 comments:

Ecochica said...

My 16 year old student just saw a bald eagle in the Hurontario/Dundas area of Mississauga. He said the bald eagle was flying with a dead hawk in his mouth! The student looked at your photos and said he was a mix between a juvenile and adult bald eagle because it still had spots around his neck!

Ecochica said...

My 16 year old student just saw a bald eagle in the Hurontario/Dundas area of Mississauga. He said the bald eagle was flying with a dead hawk in his mouth! The student looked at your photos and said he was a mix between a juvenile and adult bald eagle because it still had spots around his neck!

BIGFRANK said...

Very interesting definetly not out of the question. Hope the Bald Eagle was just passing through.