FINALLY BIRDS ARE COMING BACK!!

Started the day by going to Dow Wetlands the wind still made it  very chilly.While  driving in we saw Brown Headed Cowbirds. The ponds seem to hold an assortment of water fowl.
Gadwalls,Buffleheads, Ring Neck Ducks and  Killdeer and Song Sparrows  where singing in the open field area.


BROWN HEADED COWBIRDS


                

BUFFLEHEADS FIGHTING



                                     
We checked out the bird boxes near the Lambton Generater Station and found Tree Swallows seem to have taken up residence in a couple of the boxes.

                                                           


On Bickford Line we stopped and found 2 Eastern Phoebes singing to each other as well as a ground hog.                                                       



GROUND HOG AND HE SAW HIS SHADOW

                                                             
Mckellar Tract was another spot we checked out and while walking threw the open grassland we flushed up a wild turkey almost scared me to death. We found 4 Wood ducks and watched them go back and forth checking out the nesting boxes it would be nice if they do nest.


                                                           
On Greenway Road it was a surprise to see all the swans were gone most of the field had lots of Ring Billed and Herring Gulls. There was a few Northern Shoveler but most of the water that was lying in the fields a couple of weeks ago is now gone.
Pinery Feeders were also very quiet we saw Tufted Titmouse, Black Capped Chickadees , Cardinals and one very cute red squirrel underneath the feeders.
Still not wishing to pack in the birding a trip to Wawanosh Wetlands at dusk proved that yes there is American Woodcocks at the far end we found 2 calling back and forth to each other.
There was one lonely pied billed grebe swimming with Canada Geese.


 The best find was an Eastern Towhee rustling threw the underbrush. This is the earliest we have seen.


Eastern Towhee

                                                           

It was finally warm enough for a Comma butterfly first one of the season for me to be out flying around.


FIRST COMMA  OF THE YEAR