Our stretch of clear days has come to an end. Environment Canada has issued a snowfall warning, but haven’t seen a flake yet…
It was just kind of gray and with the increased dampness…felt chilly..
Don’t know if it is the change in the weather or the fact that everyone is back at work and school now so the birds pretty much had the place to themselves….but there was sure a lot of activity. Must have been close to a hundred Red Wing Blackbirds…
They were everywhere!
There was even a female (lower bird) ~ usually we only see male’s during the winter as females usually migrate much further south.
There were also an abundance of Woodpeckers – saw 3 Hairy Woodpeckers and then ‘tapping’ led me to this little Downy Woodpecker… he was working away in between those two logs…unfortunately it was pretty dark in this spot so couldn’t manage a better picture – not with a dog in one hand anyway.
The big surprise though, didn’t happen until I got home. I’d seen this little bird drop down into the bay and grab a quick drink, and I’d managed to snap this shot…but it wasn’t until I got home I realized it was a Yellow Rump Warbler! One doesn’t really expect to see any sort of Warbler in January!
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