Birds!

[calzephyr]

We arrived back from a week in Perth, Ontario on Friday and my birdwatching this year was much more successful. You would think Merlin would detect and prompt you to download the bird pack for your location--which is kinda does--but not when you visit a completely new location.

Here are the birds I mostly heard, thanks to Merlin. I wanted to sight the last two on the list, but we were in a rural area and the deerflies were fierce! One got trapped in my hair, ugh! Just as well anyway--I didn't bring the binoculars or camera.

House sparrows
Rock doves
European starlings
American robins
Canada geese
Grackles (Uncle Mike is feeding them)
Ravens
Blue jay
Song sparrows
Chipping sparrows
Chimney swifts
House finches
American goldfinches
Yellow warblers
Red-winged blackbirds
Ring-billed gulls (Merlin ID for sure! They were flocking at the railway museum)
Black-capped chickadees
Cedar waxwing
Osprey (by the side of the highway--saw the giant nest first!)
Red-eyed vireos
Eastern phoebes

Comments

[trepkos]

Great list! Feeding grackles sounds like fun. And Waxwings are so stylish!

[calzephyr]

I love waxwings--they look like they're wearing cool sunglasses :-D

Uncle Mike lives in the cabin the family grew up in, and it's right by a river. It was so cool when we dropped him off and the grackles flew away!