Owls are tiring!

I've survived two days of birding on Amherst Island. I got 4 of the 5 species that were seen in the island while we were there...Northern Saw-whet, Barred, Short-earred and Snowy. What a weekend! The weather was unbelievable: although the breeze was nippy, the sun was lovely and warm. We also saw white winged-crossbill, purple finch, red poll, dark-eyed junco, downy woodpecker, killer chickadees, black-bellied plover, scaup, scaup and more scaup, dunlin, tundra swan, red-breasted merganser, snow goose, Canada goose, bonaparte gull, and much, much more. Here are some more shots.

~Savannah Sparrow~

Nikon D80, 70-300 mm f4.5-5.6G

Manual Mode, Handheld

~Downy Woodpecker in The Owl Woods~

Nikon D80, 70-300 mm f4.5-5.6G

Manual Mode, Handheld

~Dark-eyed Junco in The Owl Woods~

Nikon D80, 70-300 mm f4.5-5.6G

Manual Mode, Handheld

~Barred Owl in the Jack Pine Stand in The Owl Woods~

Nikon D80, 70-300 mm f4.5-5.6G

Manual Mode, Handheld

Time for bed for me. Good birding!

~Frances