There has not really been much new to report in the last week, so lack of subject matter here. Migration has been sluggish so far this spring, but it looks like the floodgates will open up in the next few days.
It continues to be very windy every day. We have had some calm mornings, but as the day progresses, the wind picks up! Enough already.
Last Friday, I went out Lake St. Clair way on a fairly calm and cloudless morning. No novelties!
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| Eastern Phoebe |
Saturday I went down to Rondeau Park. Nothing out of the ordinary to report!
Sunday, I once again went to Rondeau, but took a long walk out the marsh trail on a calm and cloudless morning. Yet again, nothing new had come in. It was for exercise I guess!
The Bay was as smooth as glass first thing.
Later, I swung by the Townsend's Solitaire spot, and the western creature was still working the property much to the delight of many birders who had come to see it.
On the 14th, I checked out the nature trail at Mitchell's Bay. It was fairly birdy, but no rarities! A couple of freshly-arrived Yellow-rumped Warblers were along the trail though.
There were hundreds of gulls in the fields around the area. Some too far out to discern, but a couple of Lesser Black-backed Gulls were amongst them.
I continued on and ended up for a long walk at Reid CA. I was not too successful in finding mussels along the riverbank. A couple of Mapleleaf were all that I could muster.
Always looking for Harbinger of Spring.....which is fairly plentiful at Reid.
As always here, not many birds. I did get a newly-arrived Yellow-rumped Warbler though.
Tuesday was a bit of a write-off with the crappy winter-like weather. High winds again!
Today was much nicer, but I stayed fairly close to home. I checked out the St. Clair River in case a Pacific Loon was around. (I was optimistic!). Of course, no such luck.
Afterwards, I headed inland and went to Moore WMA to look for mussels. There were quite a few! All were just dead shells of course, except, I did find one live mussel in the form of a Fragile Papershell. (I put it back in the water!).
Best find was a Kidneyshell (as far as I can tell), a critically imperiled species in Ontario.
Other things included a White Heelsplitter, not to be confused with the rarer Pink Heelsplitter.
This afternoon warmed up quite nicely, and the wind died a little, so I went for a walk at Reid CA. Things are picking up, as I found at least three Yellow-rumped Warblers, an encouraging sign of things to come.
A few insects were flying in the cool breeze today.
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| Eastern Comma |
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| Mourning Cloak |
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| Pink-spotted Lady Beetle |
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| Furcate Dung Fly |
Spring plants have struggled, but are slowly emerging.
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| Large White Trillium |
Reid is quite abundant with ginger, and I found a few popping up today.
Looks like warmer weather is on the way, so things will be hoppin' now that Easter is on the way!
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