Tag: Braddock Bay
Hermit Thrush at Owl Woods, NY
Whenever the illustrious Mike Bergin of 10000birds.com is hunting for owls around Rochester, I am obliged to accompany him as his talisman, his good luck charm, his supersonic owl finder. (I’ll tell you, but nobody else, that I’m exceptionally sharp at finding owls, but we’ve had some excellent luck at scoring Strix and Bubo and [...]
Fall Bird Banding @ Braddock Bay
Today I took the kids over to Braddock Bay Bird Observatory, or more specifically to the Manitou Beach Banding Station, which is located on the near-shore area of Rochester, NY, just south of Lake Ontario. For 25 years, volunteers have been banding birds during spring and fall migration. I went to observe the process and [...]
Hey, The Old Birding Thrills Still Resonate!
Check out my previous post for the preamble to today’s outing. *** I woke with the sun on Saturday morning. I TRIED to talk myself into enjoying a nice morning on the front porch watching the steam rise from my coffee cup, but all I could think about was that Indigo Bunting that nested in Mendon [...]
Bird Banding @ Braddock Bay Bird Observatory
On Sunday, May 17, I journeyed back to the Ontario lakeshore to meet my friend, former colleague, and fellow blogger (Feather and Flower), Mike Powers at the Kaiser-Manitou Beach Banding Station owned by the Braddock Bay Bird Observatory. It was a chilly but sunny morning and warblers were plenty. Mike brought his little daughter along so we [...]
