The old days

Reminiscing about the old days (2009), waiting for warmer weather (hopefully this weekend, but I may have jinxed it with my tweets)...

2009 was my most active birding year... ]I started using ebird half way through the year, and it's almost comical to look back at just HOW MUCH I was birding...

2009-12-15	Presqu'ile Provincial Park (general location)
2009-12-12	Niagara--Adam Beck (ON)
2009-12-12	Niagara--Control Gates
2009-12-10	Niagara River Corridor (ON)
2009-12-08	Wolfe Island
2009-12-06	Niagara River Corridor (ON)
2009-12-01	Markham--Reesor Pond
2009-11-30	Guelph - Bridge Park
2009-11-30	Home
2009-11-28	Niagara River Corridor (ON)
2009-11-21	Niagara River Corridor (ON)
2009-11-19	Belwood - Mew Gull
2009-11-18	Wolfe Island
2009-11-12	stakeout Phainopepla, Brampton-
2009-11-11	stakeout Phainopepla, Brampton-
2009-11-07	Stoney Creek--Fruitland Road at Lake Ontario
2009-11-07	Fifty Point CA (Hamilton side)
2009-11-04	Wolfe Island
2009-11-03	Hamilton - GWFG field
2009-11-03	Oshawa--Second Marsh/McLaughlin Bay
2009-11-01	Hamilton - Fall Bird Count - My Area
2009-10-31	Fifty Point CA (Hamilton side)
2009-10-31	Fort Erie--Catherine Street parking area
2009-10-31	Niagara--Upper Falls (ON)
2009-10-31	Niagara--Below the Falls (ON)
2009-10-30	Fifty Point CA (Hamilton side)
2009-10-28	Wolfe Island
2009-10-27	Amherst Island
2009-10-25	Niagara-on-the-Lake--Queens Royal Park
2009-10-25	Niagara--Upper Falls (ON)
2009-10-24	Hamilton--Royal Botanical Gardens
2009-10-17	Home
2009-10-14	Wolfe Island
2009-10-14	Amherstview--Sewage Lagoons
2009-10-12	Prince Edward County--Ostrander Point
2009-10-10	Blenheim Sewage Lagoons
2009-10-10	Tilbury--Sewage Lagoons
2009-10-10	Wheatley--Harbour (Chatham-Kent side)
2009-10-10	Leamington--Best Western Plus at Sturgeon Creek
2009-10-10	Leamington--Seacliffe migration lookout
2009-10-10	Port Stanley--River Mouth & Beaches
2009-10-10	Port Burwell Provincial Park
2009-10-07	Wolfe Island
2009-10-06	Byran - Flooded Cow Field
2009-10-06	Prince Edward County--Point Petre
2009-10-04	Amherst Island
2009-10-02	Prince Edward County--Point Petre
2009-10-01	Wolfe Island
2009-09-28 15:33	Port Burwell Provincial Park
2009-09-28 14:40	Tilbury--Sewage Lagoons
2009-09-28 13:00	Wheatley--Harbour (Chatham-Kent side)
2009-09-28	Point Pelee National Park
2009-09-24	Prince Edward County--Point Petre
2009-09-23	Amherstview--Sewage Lagoons
2009-09-23	Wolfe Island
2009-09-23	Amherst Island-
2009-09-22 9:05	Byran - Flooded Cow Field
2009-09-20	Port Maitland--Mosaic Esterhazy Lagoons
2009-09-18	Mitchell Sewage Lagoons (West Perth Wetlands)
2009-09-18	Wildwood Reservoir
2009-09-17	Prince Edward County--Point Petre
2009-09-16	Amherstview--Sewage Lagoons
2009-09-16	Wolfe Island
2009-09-15	Prince Edward County--Point Petre
2009-09-14	Prince Edward County--Point Petre
2009-09-13	Townsend Sewage Lagoons
2009-09-10	Byran - Big Island
2009-09-08	Hamilton - Haldibrook Sod Farm
2009-09-08	Hamilton--Van Wagners Beach
2009-09-07	Hamilton--Van Wagners Beach
2009-09-06	Hamilton--Van Wagners Beach
2009-09-05	Grimsby - offshore
2009-09-04 7:30	Hamilton - Offshore Lake Ontario
2009-09-03	Hamilton--Van Wagners Beach
2009-09-02	Hamilton--Van Wagners Beach
2009-08-31	Hamilton - Offshore Lake Ontario
2009-08-30	Port Burwell--Monarch Landing
2009-08-28	Hamilton--Van Wagners Beach
2009-08-24	Hamilton - Offshore Lake Ontario
2009-08-20	Port Burwell Provincial Park
2009-08-19	Hamilton - Offshore Lake Ontario
2009-08-18	Guelph - Bridge Park
2009-08-16	Hamilton - Offshore Lake Ontario
2009-08-11	Waterdown Garden Supplies
2009-08-09	Port Maitland--Mosaic Esterhazy Lagoons
2009-08-09	Rock Point Provincial Park
2009-08-08	Townsend Sewage Lagoons
2009-08-02	Blenheim Sewage Lagoons
2009-07-30	Holland Landing Sewage Lagoons
2009-07-30	Beeton--10th Line north
2009-07-29	Saltfleet--8th Road East
2009-07-29	Rock Point Provincial Park
2009-07-28	Blenheim--Landfill
2009-07-28	Blenheim Sewage Lagoons
2009-07-26	Pelee Island--Fish Point Provincial Nature Reserve
2009-07-26	Blenheim Sewage Lagoons
2009-07-25	Pelee Island--Lighthouse Point Provincial Nature Reserve
2009-07-25	Pelee Island--Fish Point Provincial Nature Reserve
2009-07-24	Kingsville--Marina
2009-07-23	Blenheim Sewage Lagoons
2009-07-23	Hamilton--Canada Centre for Inland Waters
2009-07-23	Hamilton--Van Wagners Beach
2009-07-20	Wolfe Island
2009-07-18	Rondeau Area--Barn Owl
2009-07-18	Holiday Beach Conservation Area
2009-07-18	Harrow Sewage Lagoons
2009-07-18	Point Pelee National Park
2009-07-18	Blenheim--Landfill
2009-07-18	Blenheim Sewage Lagoons
2009-07-18	Leamington--Harbour and Seacliff Beach
2009-07-17	Waterdown Garden Supplies
2009-07-16	Jarvis--Sewage Lagoons
2009-07-16	Townsend Sewage Lagoons
2009-07-16	Niagara--Below the Falls (ON)
2009-07-13 9:00	Rock Point Provincial Park
2009-07-10 5:45	Oshawa--Second Marsh/McLaughlin Bay
2009-07-08 20:00	Erieau--townsite and waterfront
2009-07-08 18:30	Erieau--McGeachy Pond CA
2009-07-08 15:30	Blenheim Sewage Lagoons
2009-07-06 18:10	Guelph - Bridge Park
2009-07-03 12:05	Waterdown Garden Supplies
2009-07-02 5:10	Richmond Hill
2009-06-30	Hillman Marsh Conservation Area
2009-06-30	Chatham -Barn Owl

Seems like a lot! The crazy part was, I didn't ebird everytime I went birding (just the highlights) AND I didn't ebird sightings from work-related surveys (I was doing bird surveys ~5 days per week throughout the fall...) Most of these are before/after work surveys or stops while driving to and from work locations....

It was a different time!