And He's Off !

Just doing some very last minute things and then I'm off to the arctic for almost 3 weeks !!!
Expect many long posts about my trip filled with pictures when i return !

Wish me good Luck !

St.Brendan's Island Continued !

Every summer ever since i was born me and my family have travelled to the island to visit family but in recent years it has been a great time for me to go birding and it always beholds interesting birds !

 

This trip was no exception, with in 20 minutes of arriving i found a singing male magnolia warbler ! They are not very common and i sure wasn't expecting to see one here ! I also had a few other species in the alders that cover 40% of the island !

I also visited a sea gull and tern nesting island called shoal's island. It was almost overwhelming to see so many birds on a small Rocky outcrop in the ocean ! I should also mention to anyone that plans to go to a nesting island that it is very very stinky.......

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I'm now VERY busy getting all my gear and other things I'm going to need for my trip like filters for my camera,camera batteries, hiking boots, thermal underwear and even a Newfoundland flag ! Only 9 days now !!!!

St.Brendan's Island Never Seems To Disapoint

This Past weekend i headed to St.Brendan's island to do some visiting and to do some birdwatching ! I seen many species and had a great time. I will post later this week where i will talk about what i seen and a few other things. Until then here are some photos !

Bird Feeder Update & More !

I know i have been extremely slack with the blog over the last 2 months ! Sorry !
I have been extremely busy with work and preparing for my............ TRIP TO THE ARTIC !!!!!
I applied for a scholarship with students on ice and actually got it ! So what i will be doing is flying to Ottawa on the 29th then i will be boarding a massive ice breaker with biologists and scientists and also youth my age with the same interests. There we will leave and go to many places including: northern Labrador,Baffin island, Iqaluit, and either Iceland or Greenland !!!!! Needless to say I'm extatic !!!!!!!


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My bird feeder has finally got some birds coming to it each and every day ! They include: black caped chick a dees, juncos, purple finches, pine siskins, American gold finches and a massive flock of juvi starlings that destroy suet !!!






On a side note i thought i should mention that i have noticed that there is alot of talk about butterfly's around and i noticed there were quite a few at long pond Saturday morning !