Sunday, November 8, 2020

Autumn Birding

 We've gained a few lifers this fall, and got better photos of some others.

Among our lifers were

A Pacific Loon at Gardiner Dam

And ten minutes later Hooded Mergansers, a species we should have seen years ago but some how kept missing.

A month or so ago we encountered this American Pipit on a road near Anglin Lake in Great Blue Heron Provincial Park.

And a couple of days later we identified our first Rusty Blackbird in a park near Christopher Lake, Saskatchewan.  

The same week we were in Prince Albert National Park and saw our second and third ever Pileated Woodpeckers.  Considering the first one was just a brief flyover, this was as exciting as a first view.


Another day we met a confiding Spotted Towhee in Pike Lake Provincial Park.

Another exciting find from around the same time were three sightings of Ruffed Grouse, a bird that is usually only seen running across the road in front of our car, never hanging around for photos.  Until this time.

My last exciting fall find was a couple of weeks ago when we were driving down Highway 4.  I was extremely pleased to see a Golden Eagle perched on a power pole. For a first photo this is good, next time I'm hoping for fewer power lines.


2 comments:

Dianne Young said...

Wow! You had a great fall. And great photos - even with the power lines.

Adele said...

Thanks, Dianne. It is exciting to get lifers right here in Saskatchewan.