January 12, 2013: Syracuse Zoo

We enjoyed the unseasonably warm weather today with a day trip to the Syracuse Zoo

First some acquatic scenes from the zoo:

Birds at the zoo:

 Kookabura

 Swimming Penguin

 Above and Below: Caspian Tern

 A shiny pigeon (not sure what kind)

 not sure what duck this is

 Above and Below: Ferruginous Duck

 American Flamingo

 Various Fowl

 Common Goldeneye

 Kookabura

 Military Macaw

 Close up of a Peacock

 Smew

 Snow Goose

 Tundra Swan

 Above and Below:  Wood Duck

Various mammals at the zoo:

 Donkey

 Lion

Bighorn Sheep

July 14, 2012: Photos from the Buffalo Zoo

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