January 23, 2010: Birding Southern Ontario

Today we visited Southern Ontario for birding again, the primary purpose being to seek out the King Eider at Fifty Point Conservation Area in Stony Creek

We found the Eider! Along with some other nice shots at Fifty Point Conservation Area..

Female Common Goldeneye

Above and Below: Some nice shots of the juvenile King Eider

Above and Below - Common Goldeneye

Above and below: Long-Tailed Duck

Rough-Legged Hawk in Grimbsy

American Kestrel in Grimsby

Next was a visit to the park at the mouth of the 40 Mile River in Grimsby

Above and Below: A nice closeup from an American Wigeon

We ended up the day birding along the Niagara River

Flying White-Winged Scoters at Niagara-on-The-Lake

Northern Mockingbird along the river

American Black Duck

Tundra Swan

January 14, 2010: Washington, D.C. and Flight Home

Some more shots from around Washington DC

Washington Monument

Above and Below: Shots of the U.S. Capitol

Winter Cabbages near the U.S. Capitol

Northern Mockingbird

A cool shot of some glass windows on a building

Flying over our house in Alden!

January 13, 2010: Visiting Washington, D.C.

We spent today touring the Mall area of Washington, D.C.

A Northern Mockingbird on the mall near the Korean Memorial

 

House Sparrow near the Holocaust Memorial

White House

The Smithsonian Museum of Natural History had some great mounts:

Carolina Parakeet

Passenger Pigeon

Hooded Warbler

Eastern Towhee

American Woodcock

Bobcat Catching a Quail

A variety of warblers

Ovenbird

Black and White Warbler

Yellow-Headed Blackbird

A nice aquarium shot

More shots along the mall

Above and Below: Washington Monument

Lincoln Memorial

Washington Monument from the Lincoln Memorial

Korean Memorial

National Museum of the Native American

U.S. Capitol Building at Dusk