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Tag Archives: Tachycineta bicolor
Cooper Marsh
Cooper Marsh Conservation Area (Location) Visited Cooper Marsh with my birder friend, Gerhard. We were hoping to see some of the wading birds and warblers but were either too early or too late in the season for them. As usual, … Continue reading
Posted in Canada Explorer, Cooper Marsh, Ontario
Tagged baltimore oriole, Baltimore Oriole in flight, Binoculars, birder, birding, Blue violet, boardwalk, boardwalks, Capella gallinago, chokecherry, Chokecherry blossoms, Chrysemys picta marginata, common dandelion, common snipe, Cranesbill, Dendroica petechia, Dryad's Saddle, Hairy woodpecker, Hawthorne, Hawthorne blossoms, Icterus galbula, man in hat, marsh, Melospiza georgiana, Midland Painted Turtle, Orange bird, Oriole, Painted Turtle, Picoides villosus, poison ivy, polypore, Raisin Region Conservation Authority, Raisin River Conservation Authority, Rhus radicans, Rhus toxicodendron, small pond, snipe, spring flowers, swamp, swamp sparrow, Tachycineta bicolor, Toxicodendron radicans, Tree Swallow, Visitor Centre, wading birds, wetter areas, wood violet, Woodland Violet, Yellow warbler
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Hillman Marsh Nature Centre near Leamington, Ontario
Hillman Marsh Nature Centre near Leamington, Ontario (Location) The most famous birding area around Leamington, Ontario is Point Pelee National Park. Less well know is the conservation area at nearby Hillman Marsh. The area has been diked so on one … Continue reading
Posted in Canada Explorer, Hillman Marsh Nature Centre, Ontario
Tagged Agelaius phoeniceus, Aix sponsa, ardea, carp, common tern, Dendroica petechia, dike, duckweed, frog, great blue heron, heron, Hillman Marsh, Hillman Marsh Nature Centre, Leamington, leamington ontario, marsh land, marsh nature, muskrat, nature centre, Ondatra zibethicus, Ontario, Point Pelee National Park, Rabbit, Red-winged Blackbird, semi aquatic rodent, shallows, Sterna hirundo, Swallow, Tachycineta bicolor, tall grass, tern, Tree Swallow, warbler, water habitat, Wood Duck, Yellow warbler
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A Visit to Owl Woods – Amherst Island, Ontario (April, 2006)
Amherst Island is an island on the east end of Lake Ontario and can be reached by a car ferry that leaves from the mainland on the half hour. (Location) The trick, then , is to arrive at the dock … Continue reading
Posted in Amherst Island, Canada Explorer, Home and About, Ontario
Tagged Amherst Island, Binoculars, Black-capped Chickadee, Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus, Brown Creeper, Brown Creeper Certhia americana, Bubo scandiacus, car ferry, Certhia americana, Chickadee, dockside, Downy Woodpecker, Female Hairy Woodpecker, fence posts, fence sitter, Gallinago delicata, Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus, lake ontario, manure pile, moorings, Mourning Dove, Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura, Ontario, owl, Owl nest, owls, Picoides villosus, Poecile atricapillus, rope, silo, snowy owl, Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus, Tachycineta bicolor, Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor, tree swallows, Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata, Zenaida macroura
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