I spotted this bird and its flockmate at the edge of a wood while out birding last month. Spent a few minutes getting a look through the bins, then as so often happens the pair bounded off across the field the moment I got the sketchbook out. Another ten minutes hiking from one side of [ Read More ]
After taking in the final day of the Bateman exhibit in Kleinburg last weekend, I took a drive out to Reesor pond in Markham for a reported Ross’s Goose. I eventually spotted the bird wandering in and out of view near an island of six Snow Geese in a sea of several hundred Canadas. Reports [ Read More ]
Not a wide variety of waterfowl at Neibauer Marsh this morning, but definitely the largest number of Ring-necked Ducks I’ve ever seen in the ponds. In the afternoon, I headed to the Guelph Arboretum for migrants. The Arb had been completely overrun with flocks of American Robins, who were busy gorging themselves on the ripening [ Read More ]
Birder with a sketchbook, skeptic and popular science junkie. Spends too much on books. Fearful of spiders. Is well trained.
Currently resides in Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
