Goose overdose...?

Snow Geese

Am I on the brink of a birding overdose?
Nope, not at all!! On the contrary!!

After witnessing over 100,000 - Yes! One Hundred Thousand - Snow & Canada Geese last weekend, I am more hooked on spring migration then ever before!
It was an unbelievable sight! I was in total awe...

Scenery with Canada Geese

Nothing can compare to the experience of seeing such an abundance of life.

In addition to the goose overdose, I had Ross's Goose as a lifer, and a really nice long look at an adult  Peregrine Falcon from our balcony at the 23rd floor, which was a new bird added to my "balcony list".

Saturday we had a day-list of 32 species, and on Sunday we had 34.

The total list for the weekend was 41:

1. American Black Duck
2. Canada Goose
3. Mallard
4. Green-winged Teal
5. Bufflehead
6. Common Merganser
7. Wild Turkey
8. Turkey Vulture
9. Red-tailed Hawk
10. Rough-legged Hawk
11. Killdeer
12. Ring-billed Gull
13. Herring Gull
14. Lesser Black-backed Gull
15. Rock Pigeon
16. Mourning Dove
17. Hairy Woodpecker
18. Blue Jay
19. American Crow
20. Common Raven
21. Black-capped Chickadee
22. White-breasted Nuthatch
23. American Robin
24. European Starling
25. American Tree Sparrow
26. Song Sparrow
27. Northern Cardinal
28. Red-winged Blackbird
29. Common Grackle
30. American Goldfinch
31. Common Redpoll
32. House Sparrow
33. Hooded Merganser
34. American Wigeon
35. Ring-necked Duck
36. Cackling Goose
37. Northern Pintail
38. Northern Harrier
39. American Goldfinch
40. Horned Lark
41. Snow Goose

Common Redpoll (carduelis flammea) 

Last Tuesday's birding excursion we had 36 species as follows:

1. Canada Goose        
2. American Black Duck
3. Mallard
4. Green-winged Teal
5. Wild Turkey
6. Turkey Vulture
7. Red-tailed Hawk
8. Killdeer
9. Ring-billed Gull
10. Herring Gull
11. Lesser Black-backed Gull
12. Great Black-backed Gull
13. Rock Pigeon
14. Mourning Dove
15. Hairy Woodpecker
16. Blue Jay
17. American Crow
18. Black-capped Chickadee
19. White-breasted Nuthatch
20. American Robin
21. European Starling
22. American Tree Sparrow
23. Song Sparrow
24. Northern Cardinal
25. Red-winged Blackbird
26. Common Grackle
27. Common Redpoll
28. Hoary Redpoll
29. Northern Pintail
30. Horned Lark
31. Dark-eyed Junco
32. Common Goldeneye
33. Downy Woodpecker
34. Pileated Woodpecker
35. Greater White-fronted Goose
36. Bald Eagle 

The Greater White-fronted Geese was the highlight of the day together with the Bald Eagle.

All excursions organized by: Tony Beck - Always An Adventure

Common Redpoll (carduelis flammea) chaos at the Hilda Road Feeder, Ottawa - Canada