Good Friday

One of several Turkey Vultures

With the holiday and fairly nice weather, I checked out Rondeau Park today. A cool east wind was coming in off the lake, but that seems normal for this time of year any more! Not as many birds were around as I had hoped, but it was nice to get out.

Coltsfoot

Lots of Golden-crowned Kinglets were around plus one Ruby-crowned. Brown Creepers were creeping up the trees (I even had one in my yard today!).

Brown Creeper

I only saw two Hermit Thrushes. A third was even singing! It is not often one hears a Hermit Thrush singing in spring migration. I think it is one of the prettiest songs around.

Curious Carolina Wren

Ducks were plentiful on Rondeau Bay, especially scaup.

New birds for the year included Common Loon, Forster's Tern, Barn Swallow, Double-crested Cormorant, and of course the Hermit Thrush.

A large number of ducks were at Blenheim Lagoons, including a wide variety. There were over 200 Ruddy Ducks, and a large number of Bufflehead as well. The noisy Canada Geese were already on nests.

Nervous Canada Goose

Quite a number of Bonaparte's Gulls were swimming around, but no other gulls were among them (such as Black-headed, Little, etc.).

Blenheim Bonies