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It was a cool morning that brought 6 eager birders out to count and it was slow going for the first couple of hours with other than Canada Geese not much was put on the list. The tally keeper had not even had to sharpen her pencil as things were so bad. Just two Trumpeters…

Hi Birders It had to happen sooner or later, no silly not the big one, but the rain what finally hit us on Wednesday, not much but enough to keep some of the counters packing a brolly, one of which was open, it is this brolly that I blame for the rain. Well 5 of…

Morning snowbirds. This weeks count was cancelled because of the weather, we would have been hard pushed to park and access some of our usual spots, safety being the main concern for my friends. This is only the 5th time we have had to cancel which is not too bad in eight years. How quickly…

Hi Birders Five of us set out on this wet and windy Ash Wednesday, the start of this count had to be the worst weather that we have encountered this season. It was hard to get some of the counters to open their windows let alone get out of the truck, but in the end…

        ” hybrid rain drops” When one crosses wind with rain you create a hybrid and the 7 counters today had a pair of hybrids. The weather man said expect rain about 2 to 2:30 so I ushered our driver along in the hopes that we would beat the incoming storm, but…

Hi Just three eager participants this week and big thanks to Kathleen for the driving duties and of course Daryl for her meticulous notes on the spreadsheet. It is now getting very close to departure time for the swans, the immatures are getting a lot whiter and are harder to find in the flocks and…