Spring is in the air

This week I have been able to go and look for birds locally almost everyday. Even though spring is taking its time getting here there are quite a few birds around that were not here a couple of weeks ago. Here are a few of the photos I got this past week.

A windy day for this long tailed duck

This is the first killdeer I've seen this year

My wife was able to get these shots of a hooded merganser out the car window... pretty sweet!

Port Weller

I took a drive down to Port Weller last week because I really wanted to see the King Eider that has been there for a little while. I did not find the King Eider but I did find a Harlequin duck which I was pretty happy about. There were also many other duck there of interest and I don't travel in that part of Ontario very often so it was nice to see a different part of the province where spring was in the air.

for ID purposes only... it was too far out for a good picture

I stopped at La Salle Marina on the way home and there was a screech owl in a tree in the middle of the parking lot.

Photos of the week

This past week there have been many surprise photo opportunities that I wish I had had more time to photograph. First we got a ton of sticky snow that looked beautiful on the trees but was no fun to shovel. Then one day a fox ran by my car into a golf course and I was able to turn around a get few shots of it before he disappeared. And finally I didn't find may birds around this week but there was a very co-operative flock of redpols: