2014 – 38 New Life Birds

Posted on January 2, 2015 by birdquest2004

Happy New Year!

So many trips last year with great friend’s Dave Shutz on the West Coast, Rick Collins in Arizona, Jared Clarke in Newfoundland. New friend Ted D’Eon in Yarmouth, NS for Roseate Tern.

Sue and I had a great trip to Oslo, Tromso and Down East with Family.

I finished off my big year and got right back into it.
Lots of birds, many new ones.

What a year!

AcadianFlycatcher AllensHummingbird AudubonsShearwater Band-rumped Storm-Petrel Black-cappedGnatcatcher BlackHawk Black-headedGull BotterisSparrow BuffBreastedFlycatcher Buller'sShearwater CommonMyna ElfOwl Fea'sPetrel Five-stripeSparrow Flesh-footedShearwater GrayVireo GreaterPewee LaSagra'sFlycatcher Limpkin MonkParakeet NandayParakeet PlaincappedStarthroat Purple Swamphen Red-breastedSapsucker RedFacedWarbler RoseateTern RosyfacedLovebird RufousHummingbird SpottedOwl SulphurbelliedFlycatcher Thick-billedKingbird WhiskeredScreechOwl WhiteEaredHummingbird White-headedWoodpecker

While I was visiting Norway I did manage to get a few good birds…..I would have loved to get a photo of the Dotterel I saw, but seeing one was enough.

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I start another adventure on January 14th…Hang on it’s going to be a wild ride while I push for 700.
Ciao for now

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A Snowy Trip to Montreal

Posted on December 22, 2014 by birdquest2004

Drove down to Montreal today to pick up my daughter.  I figured I’d leave early and check out a few spots on the way for birds.  I hadn’t felt much like birding the past few weeks.

Since I had most of the morning and didn’t really have to be in Montreal until 2, I took the back roads and looked for Snowy Owls.  Between Ottawa and Montreal, I probably had an even dozen Owls and I wasn’t even trying too hard or counting.

I saw the Owl below from a long way off.  I pulled to the side of the road and was taking photos from about 100 yards.

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I noticed someone coming out the door of the house and thought “He’s probably coming out to see what I’m doing”.  Instead he yelled that I was welcome to come and take photos from his driveway if I wanted to.  He said the owl had been there off and on for a week and didn’t seem to be too bothered by his presence.

I drove shook his hand said thanks and walked to the back of the house and took these few photos, then left.

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A little further down the road I ran into a small band of Tom Turkeys, they were not so willing to have their photos taken.  The minute I stopped they headed for the hills.

I saw a few Horned Larks and couple of small flocks of Snow Buntings on the way but no hope of a photo.

Ciao for now

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