November 10, 2013: Birding Buffalo and the Niagara River

 First a great lunch at The Woodshed on Transit Rd in Clarence

 Stormy conditions at Erie Basin Marina

 American Crow (La Salle Park)

These photos are from Squaw Island in Buffalo

 Above and below: Many Bonaparte's Gulls

 Above and Below: Franklin's Gull

 large Gull Flock

 Quick shot of Black-legged Kittiwake

Little Gull

February 23, 2013: Niagara Butterfly Conservatory and Southern Ontario Birding

First, some photos from the Niagara Butterfly Conservatory

One more return to view the Snowy Owl in St. Catherine's, Ontario

Birding in Port Weller at the northern end of the Welland Canal

 Flying Long Tailed Ducks

 American Coot

 Common Goldeneye

Herring Gull

White-Winged Scoter

Birding the Niagara River Parkway

 Canvasback, Greater Scaup and Bufflehead

 Common Goldeneye

 Redhead

 Hooded Merganser

 Northern Mockingbird

 A bunch of Canvasbacks

 Above and Below: Tundra Swans

January 26, 2013: Southern Ontario Birding

Started out today driving up the Niagara River Parkway in Ontario

 Bufflehead flying

 Above and Below:  Common Mergansers

 Red-Breasted Merganser

 Bonaparte's Gull

 Hooded Mergansers

 Wood Duck

 Red-Tailed Hawk

 Domestic Muscovy Ducks

 Above and Below:  Tundra Swan

Then we traveled to St. Catherine's for some nice shots of the Snowy Owl that is wintering there