This past week has been quite something in Ontario!
Last Sunday I visited the Rondeau area to have a look around. I stopped into Ridgetown on the way, and was rewarded with some Snow Geese and Greater White-fronted Geese.
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Snow Geese |
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Greater White-fronted Geese |
Rondeau itself was pretty quiet, but I was able to find a few things here and there, including my first of year (FOY) Eastern Phoebes and Rusty Blackbirds of the year.
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Horned Grebe |
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Lesser Scaup |
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Red-winged Blackbird |
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Downy Woodpecker |
There was a flooded field just north of Shrewsbury which was quite productive. I managed to find my FOY Dunlin and Lesser Yellowlegs.
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Gadwall |
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Green-winged Teal and American Robin |
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Dunlin |
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Lesser Yellowlegs |
Last stop was the Blenheim Sewage Lagoons.
Plenty of ducks and Bonaparte's Gulls!
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Ruddy Duck |
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Bonaparte's Gull |
Just before I left, this Eastern Meadowlark popped up.
Fast forward to yesterday. I managed to get out to the landfill before the ice storm hit to look for some of the reported gulls. Although I missed the Glaucous Gull, I did see my FOY Lesser Black-backed Gull. I managed some far off record photos.
I also came across my FOY Greater Yellowlegs, as well as a Lesser Yellowlegs.
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Greater Yellowlegs |
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Lesser Yellowlegs |
Hopefully this weird weather clears out soon!
Weird weather is an understatement, lol! Water levels here very high, in fact higher than the time in February!
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