Category Archives: Nature Walk Reports

My first Red-winged Blackbirds: Feb. 13, 2023

This is about the time of year when I start to see Red-winged Blackbirds. It will likely be another few weeks before I see one at my feeder. Then about 2 weeks after the males, the females arrive.

We had these two this morning at Humber Bay.

Red-winged Blackbirds (male)
Red-winged Blackbird (male)

Other birds:

Herring Gull
Horned Grebe
Downy Woodpecker (female)
House Sparrows (male)
Horned Grebe
Green-winged Teal
Mallards
Green-winged Teal
Redhead (male)
Green-winged Teal
Redhead (male)
Green-winged Teal
Mallards
Red-breasted Merganser (male)
Red-breasted Merganser (male)
Red-breasted Merganser (male)
Red-breasted Merganser (male)
Common Goldeneye (female)
Herring Gull (Juvenile)
Common Goldeneye (male)
Red-breasted Mergansers (male)
Common Goldeneye (female)
Red-breasted Merganser (male)
Common Goldeneye
Buffleheads
House Sparrow (female)
Buffleheads

Today’s group:

NATURE POETRY

Why, what’s the matter, 
That you have such a February face, 
So full of frost, of storm and cloudiness?  – William Shakespeare, “Much Ado About Nothing”

Miles Hearn