January 15, 2012: Birding Southern Ontario

The first photos are from Oakville, Ontario.  We found a beautiful Dark-Morph Red-Tailed Hawk, photos below. Here is an interesting article about these hawks by Jean Iron:  

 A "regular" Red-Tail nearby along the 403

Snowy Owl

Also nearby is the Canadian Weather Network HQ

Photos from Port Weller, Ontario

 Greater Black Backed Gull

 Red Tailed Hawk

 Hybrid Goose

Above and Below:  Ice along the Port Weller Canal

Distant views of Toronto (including a mirage)

Burlington, Ontario:

Bald Eagle

American Kestrel

March 7, 2009: Los Angeles and flights home (Los Angeles-Detroit-Buffalo)

Today I got one shot of a Red-Tailed Hawk in Playa del Rey, California, before heading to LAX for the flight home. Then, I got some flights shots on the two Northwest flights (Los Angeles-Detroit and Detroit-Buffalo)

Red-Tailed Hawk
Playa del Rey, California

Pacific Ocean

Palos Verdes Peninsula California

Long Beach, California

San Jacinto Wildlife Area, California

San Jacinto Peak, California

Palm Springs, California

Lake Havasu City, Arizona

mountains near Sedona, Arizona
Cerro de la Olla, New Mexico

Sandia Mountains, New Mexico

deserts of Northeast New Mexico

Great Bend, Kansas

FLIGHT PATHS COURTESY FLIGHT AWARE

April 19, 2008: Braddock Bay and other birding

We started out at the Braddock Bay Bird Observatory for some songbird banding. It is early in the season, but we found a few things....

White-Throated Sparrow
Ruby-Crowned Kinglet
A Merlin flew by while we were at the banding station

Next we headed to the nearby Braddock Bay Raptor Banding Station in the "Owl Woods". It was a busy day with lots of Sharp-Shinned Hawks banded, a few Northern Harriers, and one Red-Tailed Hawk! The first bird we saw banded was a Hermit Thrush!
Northern Harrier (above and below) Below: Banded Sharp-Shinned Hawks



Above and Below: Red-Tailed Hawk

There were Ruby-Crowned Kinglets outside the station - this was the best photo I could find
Above and Below: Northern Saw-Whet Owl in the "Owl Woods"

We stopped briefly at the Braddock Bay Hawk Watch Tower. Not much was going on, but we did have a brief kettle of Broad-Winged Hawks. This was the best picture I could get:

We got these nice shots of Wood Ducks (Melissa's photos) just outside Lakeside Beach State Park

Aerial shot of Banding Station via Microsoft Birds Eye View Image

The official Braddock Bay Hawkwatch Tower

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