Here and There: Day 130 - 10th May 2015 - Tree Swallows, Willets, Canada Geese and Piping Plovers

Sunday, May 10, 2015

Day 130 - 10th May 2015 - Tree Swallows, Willets, Canada Geese and Piping Plovers

The temperature certainly went up overnight, +13 now. Looks like a cloudy morning, with some sunny breaks later. Think I'll bird around the hood this morning, since we really need to stay home and get some work done around here. I've also got flower bulbs to plant and need to run to town later to do Mother's Day.
We had a great day doing the bird count, even though it was a tad bit chilly along the shore. Started off about 7:30 am and traveled down through Port Clyde to Blanche. A little disappointed that the ponds along Thomasville and Reynoldscroft didn't yield anything but that's the way it goes. Willets, Gulls, Greater Yellow Legs, Canada Geese and a Green Wing Teal. From there we stopped at Crow's Neck Beach in Baccaro finding more Willets, Gulls and 3 Piping Plover. At the lighthouse we saw a number of Ducks, Gulls and Cormorants. It was a quiet drive along Villagedale but when we got to Barrington Head, the water was filled with Cormorants - 106. Tree Swallows at every stop. Plans were to go grocery shopping in Barrington but we detoured and had dinner at West Head Take Out and visited friends for a few minutes in Clarks Harbour. Groceries and then homeward. Did a quick run to Lois' to check out her feeders and area and counting at my feeders finished off the day.

The telephone lines are always a great spot to find Tree Swallows.

This pair of Canada Geese were out for a stroll on the road at Blanche.

Green Wing Teal - he was on the other side of a pond of course.

Willets were at every place we stopped.

Piping Plover - we saw three at Crow's Neck Beach. Hope they have a successful nesting season. I could only find a band on one of them, think it was this guy - C7.