Spring migration begins
March 7th, 2009
Spring migration has begun!
The recent warm spell has successfully coaxed a few forerunners of the early-migrating species into Ottawa. In the Britannia Conservation Area today, numerous flyovers of 1-2 Canada Geese near the river, plus three of them standing at the edge of the rapids. In a scrubby field to the southeast was a twittering all-male group of Slate-Colored Juncos. Ring-Billed Gulls are back in force and have begun to colonize the Lincoln Fields parking lot.
Any day now Red-Winged Blackbirds will return. I can't wait.
March 7th, 2009
Spring migration has begun!
The recent warm spell has successfully coaxed a few forerunners of the early-migrating species into Ottawa. In the Britannia Conservation Area today, numerous flyovers of 1-2 Canada Geese near the river, plus three of them standing at the edge of the rapids. In a scrubby field to the southeast was a twittering all-male group of Slate-Colored Juncos. Ring-Billed Gulls are back in force and have begun to colonize the Lincoln Fields parking lot.
Any day now Red-Winged Blackbirds will return. I can't wait.
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