Merlin
Shorebirds and a Merlin
Yesterday a little before 5pm the tide was just coming off its peak and I decided to see what shorebirds might be present. There was a substantial amount of herring spawn at the park last month, and the there remains a substantial amounts of rotting herring eggs and seaweed that have been pushed up along … Read more
Least Sandpipers
Connor, Rowan and I took a walk around the park this evening not too long after high tide. Connor and Rowan had taken the path through the woods to skip ahead of me while I completed the circuit aound the shoreline from the river mouth to the Visitor’s Center. I was walking past the first … Read more
Alice Island Birds
Connor (my six year old son) and I were over at Alice Island today when I mentioned to him that someone had reported a Merlin and an owl in the last few days. He was pretty excited about the possibility of seeing either one of these birds, as raptors seem to be one of his … Read more