Snowy Owl!!!

I decided to take the scenic route home from the dentist. I went through the fields in Calixa-Lavallée instead of taking the highway. I finally saw one!!! I knew there were some around there, others kept telling me but I never go out that way. There it was, sitting on top of a post! Even the kids were excited! I stopped on the side of the road and snapped a few pictures. Then I got out to get closer but once I was in the middle of the road it flew 2 posts away. I drove toward it and got a few more pictures! LOL

2009

I have started a ne wlist. Let's see how many birds come back to my feeders this year...

So far, as of January 8, 2009, I have 10 birds on my list.

The Pine Siskins came back on January 1st. They stayed around for 2 or 3 days but I haven't seen them again. The usual House Sparrows, and at least 20 American Goldfinches in the last few days! The female Downy Woodpecker comes by daily but I haven't seen the male ot the Hairy Woodpeckers yet. There are 4 Black-Capped Chickadees today. Both the female and the male White-Breasted Nuthatch come by every day. There is one pair of House Finches. On January 2nd there was a flock of Bohemian Waxwings flying around. They seemed to be eating berries from a neighbor's tree and came to rest in the big maple in my backyard but did not come close enough to get any good pictures...There was a pair of Dark-Eyed Juncos yesterday and 3 European Starlings came by to scare everyone away!

December 31, 2008

A new bird came by on the 31st, just in time to make it on my 2008 list! Actually, there wer 7 of them. I knew what they were as soon as I saw the yellow on their wings. This is a Pine Siskin.

So I finished 2008 with a total of 66 birds on my list!