February 19, 2012: Niagara Falls Aviary and Southern Ontario Birding

Our first photos today come from the Niagara Falls Aviary

Some Orange Lilies

Waterfall

Victoria Crowned Pigeon

Tortoise

Giant Lizard

Some kind of Weaver

Blue Gray Tanager

some kind of Sparrow

Eurasian-Collared Dove

Royal Starling

Kookabura

Pigeon

Type of Teal

A Chachalaca

Under the Hamilton/Burlington Draw Bridge:

Common Goldenye

Long Tailed Duck

Peregrine Falcon on the tower

Hybrid Hooded Merganser X Common Goldeneye

Greater Scaup

Above and Below: Viewing the falls crossing back into the US

January 26, 2012: Birding and Visiting North-Central Arkansas

I had a few bird photos today in North Central Arkansas....

Lake Dardanelle State Park

 Common Loon

 Lesser Scaup

 Yellow-Rumped Warbler

 Lesser Scaup

 Bufflehead

 A foggy view of Lake Dardenelle

 Eastern Bluebird

 Yellow-Rumped Warbler

 American Coots

Holla Bend NWR:

 Bald Eagle

 Above and Below: Snow Geese

 Above and Below: Northern Harrier

 White Crowned Sparrow

 Northern Cardinal

 early Daffodils

 Red-Tailed Hawk

 Above and below: Ross' Goose

Signs:

April 15, 2011: Birding Long Island (Jamaica Bay and Jones Beach)

We started out the morning at Jamaica Bay NWR near JFK

Song Sparrow

Brown-Headed Cowbird

Tree Swallow on his nest

a raft of ducks, mostly Scaup

Double Crested Cormorant

American Kestrel

Lots of shots of Glossy Ibis today (a first time photographing of this species)

We also got some nice shots of flying Brant

Greater Scaup

Above and Below: Flying Osprey

Little Blue Heron

lots of Ruddy Ducks

Forster's Tern

Great Egret

Above and Below: Views of the Manhattan Skyline from Jamaica Bay

Jones Beach State Park

Northern Flicker

Above and Below: Common Loon

Sanderlings

Northern Mockingbird

Below: Brants at Jones Beach

Below: American Osytercatchers on the beach

A few Long Island Road Signs