Carburn Park April 30, 2025

 OH What a.....

.....to Carburn Park this morning!

The trails were clear and dry, the sun was shining bright and music filled the forest!  Spending time here and covering kilometres was the perfect way to end April.  Just short of eight kilometres of birding today brought me to 702 kms covered so far this year.  I better pick up the pace if I want to surpass last year's lofty distance.  What a difference a few days makes!  Since my last visit here, many more species have arrived for their seasonal stay. Many more birders have arrived too.

Right from the start I heard familiar songs that I last heard last season.  I saw numerous sights that I last saw last season.  At times the many songs were over-whelming and I had to make a conscious effort to focus on one at a time, that took a great amount of effort.  Off and on, I used my app to ID what I was hearing so I would know what to look for.  In no particular order, the photos below show some of what made today's welcome to Carburn Park extra special. 

Solitary Sandpiper

Common Goldeneye

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Song Sparrow

American White Pelicans

House Sparrow

male American Wigeon

his partner

Double-crested Cormorants

I checked out the Carburn Bald Eagles.  The bottom red star on the left marks the nest, the red star just above it marks one Bald Eagle and the red star at the far right marks the second Bald Eagle.  I am not sure why the Bald Eagle is out of the nest.  

American Robin

Black-capped Chickadee

Yellow-rumped Warbler

male Mallard Duck