Monday, September 29, 2014

Condo Birding Update - 17-28 Sep 2014 (LT and Para Jaegers)



17 Sept

A dawn drive out (to work) revealed a large white bird in a sizeable flock of Canada Geese - roosting at the far west end of my patch (in confederation park) - A Great Egret!

(see what I did there?)


27 Sept

ebird - take'r away!


Gadwall 2
American Black Duck 1
Mallard 5
Greater Scaup 225
Surf Scoter 8
White-winged Scoter 40
Long-tailed Duck 10
merganser sp. 5
Horned Grebe 9
Great Blue Heron 1

Long-tailed Jaeger 1 int juvenile early in the am - fluttering around, not bothering to chase any of the 1000+ RBGU around

Northern Flicker 3
Blue Jay 10
Horned Lark 3
Brown Creeper 1
Blackpoll Warbler 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler 3
warbler sp. 4
Song Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 4



28 Sept

Ebird again! - 

Canada Goose 50
Mallard 5
Northern Shoveler 18
Green-winged Teal 4
Greater Scaup 100
Surf Scoter 1
White-winged Scoter 25
Red-breasted Merganser 16

Parasitic Jaeger 1 int juvenile - chasing the s#!t out of some RBGU - full on crazy bat style. Slimmer than the RBGU, as long if not longer? ... Big flashes, streaky - all PAJA like.

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Blue Jay 10
Horned Lark 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
American Pipit 1
Blackpoll Warbler 1
Black-throated Blue Warbler 1
Palm Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2
warbler sp. 2

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