Today was (another) snow day, so I decided to take advantage of my time off school, and go for a little hike on one of my favourite trails in the area.
Although they had forecasted 5-10 cm of snow, we got a dumping of at least 30 cm. It made for slow walking. I was hoping that we wouldn't get this much snow...I have CBC routes this weekend of about 6.5 and 10 km!
It was a bit slow at first, but it soon picked up. Northern Cardinals, Black-capped Chickadees, American Goldfinches, and House Sparrows were most numerous.
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Northern Cardinal (male) |
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Northern Cardinal (female) |
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House Sparrow |
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American Goldfinch |
Also present were a couple of White-breasted and Red-breasted Nuthatches, a House Finch, and an American Tree Sparrow.
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White-breasted Nuthatch |
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American Tree Sparrow |
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House Finch |
All in all, a nice little outing...can't wait till the weekend!
Christmas Bird Count Season starts in a couple hours!
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