Backyard Sightings

Rufous returned at the beginning of April

Images from Buttertubs Marsh

Tree Swallows looking for a suitable home, Canada Geese are incubating and a nice young heron feeding.

Flatfish for Breakfast

I've just filled the hummingbird feeder before having breakfast with the rain beating down in high winds and wondering if I'll have the chance to do some birding today and one of our resident eagles brings in his own meal.

Buttertubs March

Your probably wondering why this guy keeps posting stuff from Buttertubs Marsh so often. Well on Thursday morning I attend the woodcarving session at our local seniors centre and I always drop by Buttertubs Marsh after the session as it is so close. It was a beautiful morning, the sun was warmish and the birds were singing, particularly the Marsh Wrens on breeding territory of which I managed a photo.  Four Great Blue Herons were flying and displaying and I also saw my first of this year Violet-green Swallows and a Yellow-rumped Warbler, not a great photo, the twigs always get in the way. Buffleheads and Ring-necked Ducks were also in evidence on the water.

Neck Point Park

Checking the beaches at Neck Point today. A flock of several Canada Geese making a lot of noise along with both Common and Red-breasted Mergansers, Common Goldeneye, Bufflehead and American Wigeon at Morningside Beach.  Double-crested Cormorants and a dead Harbour Seal pup at Indian Beach and a nice group of Black Turnstones foraging in the rocks. At Sunset Beach a solitary Spotted Sandpiper spends most of it's time here during the winter as it's always present whenever I'm here.

 

Buttertubs Marsh

I was bundled up for a chilly walk around Buttertubs today with most of the water frozen it forced the Ringnecks to feed closer in to the trail. The Song Sparrow didn't look too happy and allowed a closeup shot and the Varied Thrush was taking a drink from the creek.