More visits by starlings.

We have had more visits by starlings. Crows have picked up chicken bones we put out for them. The bird feeder is not busy. There are just a few chickadees, and red polls. I haven't seen any woodpeckers for some time now.

On a trip into the city the other day, we saw lots of ducks and some geese on sloughs. I saw a pair of Mallards on a flooded area in the city while walking by the river.

Plenty of starlings

About eight or more starlings landed on my front lawn and found some fallen seeds underneath the feeder. They did not stay too long. The starling is actually a handsome bird when seen up close with light shining from its head. There is a glossy irridescent sheen that is quite attractive. Of course they are hardly a song bird!

There were a few chickadees at the feeder today and I saw a few juncos on the ground but no red polls. There are quite a few crows or at least by the noise it seems that there are!

Another warm spring day!

I saw almost a dozen mallards on a lagoon at the south end of the village. There were also a couple of crows followed me on my walk. I think they were calling me names.

Today I believe I saw two Wilson's Snipes just outside of Shoal Lake. They were actually strutting across the road although there are sloughs quite near by.

The bird feeder has not been busy the today and yesterday but today there were a few juncos back and a couple of chickadees. Red Polls are less frequent visitors now. Today I saw a house sparrow for the first time in over a week!

A starling also visited the yard, the first one I have seen this year.

Robins are back!

There is still very little traffic at the feeder although there were a couple of chickadees today as well as a handful of red polls. However when I was on my daily walk I saw robins and also two northern flickers. At the lagoons there were a pair of Canada geese. I think they may be nesting in the swampy area near the lagoons. I also saw two ducks but was not close enough to identify them. There are still some juncos about even though they have decided they have had enough of my sunflower seeds!

Magpie sighting!

I finally saw a magpie near our yard with some crows. Magpies have not been common this winter or spring so far. There have only been a few isolated red polls and one or two chickadees at the bird feeder.

I walked to the lagoon where I saw two Canada geese and on the way home I saw a huge flock of snow geese going north and quite high up in the sky..

Another quiet day at the feeder

There are no juncos or anything else at my feeder except for a very few plump redpolls that look rather sickly, not like the one in the photo.

There are still some juncos around because I saw some at the neighbour's feeder. He is feeding the birds a different kind of seed, much smaller, and he has some oats as well. The only other birds I saw today were some crows.

Quiet times at the feeder

There were only a few redpolls and a chickadee at the feeder today. The photo is of a chickadee of course. I haven't seen a junco for several days now. I assume they are gone now until next fall.

I took a walk to the lagoons. There were two wading birds but I did not get close enough to identify them. There were also two Canada geese. Crows are common throughout the village and usually visit the yard at least once a day to check if we have put scraps out for them.