This winter I have been fairly busy and haven't been out to shoot as much as I would like. But, this past week I was able to do a little birding in some of my usual spots. I made a trip up to Algonquin Provincial Park last weekend in hopes to find an Evening Grosbeak. These birds haven't been around much this winter but they are pretty regular at the visitor center bird feeders. I stopped in there in the morning and there were maybe 30 of these birds but by the afternoon on my way by again there were none. But there were a few purple finches the second time around...
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| Evening Grosbeak |
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| Purple Finch |
The next day I was able to make it down to Lake Ontario in Newcastle. The shores were frozen solid and there wasn't much around, but in bond head there were a few ducks that had found some open water and were very cooperative because they didn't have any were to go.
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| Common Goldeneye |
The bird I most want to see this winter is a Snowy Owl. There are many juvenile snowy owls around the south this year because a boom in the lemming population allowed for a very successful breeding season for snowy owl. I have not been able to see any snowies closer to home so I decided to go down to Presqu'ile Provincial Park where I have seen a snowy owls are much more common in the winter. Sure enough the first place I looked from Owen Point there was a snowy!... on my way back I also found some freezing looking mute swans...
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