On March 29, 2020, I woke up happy and ready to start the day! At the feeder were some Red Winged Blackbirds, Common Grackles, Dark Eyed Juncoes, American Tree Sparrows, American Goldfinches, Blue Jays, Black Capped Chickadees and an occasional Song Sparrow.
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| Red Winged Blackbird- Guelph Eramosa, Wellington, Ontario- March 29, 2020, 12:20AM |
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| Red Winged Blackbird- Guelph Eramosa, Wellington, Ontario- March 29, 2020, 12:20AM |
After breakfast I went outside and saw a pair of Eastern Bluebirds on one of our nesting boxes.
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| Eastern Bluebird- Guelph Eramosa, Wellington, Ontario- March 29, 2020, 12:50PM |
After a nice lunch we went out to get our day's target; a blue morph Snow Goose. It was located in Fergus, Wellington, Ontario. So me and my dad set out to find it. On the way there we spotted a nice looking Turkey Vulture.
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| Turkey Vulture- Fergus, Wellington, Ontario- March 29, 2020, 1:24PM |
When we got to the place we looked around where it was seen in the morning. We did not exactly find the blue morph but we did find an immature Snow Goose...to think that there were two different Snow Geese sightings not too far away in four hours! Pretty nice.
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| Snow Goose- Fergus, Wellington, Ontario- March 29, 2020, 1:40PM |
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| Canada Goose- Fergus, Wellington, Ontario- March 29, 2020, 1:40PM |
After we checked some other ponds nearby and we found lots of Ring Billed Gulls.
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| Ring Billed Gulls- Fergus, Wellington, Ontario- March 29, 2020, 1:30PM |
Our next stop was the Hillsburgh Pond. It is one of my favourite places to watch for geese. About a week ago my dad and I found Cackling Geese, a Snow Goose, Canada Geese and a Greater White Fronted Goose.
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| Snow Goose- Hillsburgh Pond, Wellington Ontario- March 22, 2020, 3:50PM |
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| Snow Goose- Hillsburgh Pond, Wellington Ontario- March 22, 2020, 3:50PM |
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| Greater White Fronted Goose- Hillsburgh Pond, Wellington Ontario- March 22, 2020, 3:50PM |
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| Greater White-fronted Goose- Hillsburgh Pond, Wellington Ontario- March 22, 2020, 3:50PM |
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| Cackling Geese (smaller ones)- Hillsburgh Pond, Wellington Ontario- March 22, 2020, 3:50PM |
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| Cackling Geese (smaller ones)- Hillsburgh Pond, Wellington Ontario- March 22, 2020, 3:50PM |
When we got there and were about to get out a few rain drops fell, and in a few seconds it was pouring pretty hard! We waited about five minutes and then it slowly stopped. We got out and went to the pond and the first thing I spotted was a pair a Canvasback. Since it can be a good bird in Wellington I got excited and told my dad. It was a Wellington year bird for both of us!
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| Canvasback- Hillsburgh Pond, Wellington Ontario- March 29, 2020, 2:40 |
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| Common Merganser- Hillsburgh Pond, Wellington Ontario- March 29, 2020, 2:40PM |
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| Canvasback- Hillsburgh Pond, Wellington Ontario- March 29, 2020, 2:40 |
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| Canada Goose- Hillsburgh Pond, Wellington Ontario- March 29, 2020, 2:40PM |
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| Common Merganser- Hillsburgh Pond, Wellington Ontario- March 29, 2020, 2:40PM |
Then we checked out what other kinds of birds were there and then left feeling happy with our findings!
When we got home there was still one more treat in store for us; a Wood Frog! And with that our day came to an end!
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| Wood Frog- Guelph Eramosa, Wellington, Ontario- March 29, 2020, 3:30PM |
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| Wood Frog- Guelph Eramosa, Wellington, Ontario- March 29, 2020, 3:30PM |
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| Wood Frog- Guelph Eramosa, Wellington, Ontario- March 29, 2020, 3:30PM |
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| Wood Frog- Guelph Eramosa, Wellington, Ontario- March 29, 2020, 3:30PM |
Great work Des. Keep it up!
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