Some photos from a days birding between St. John's and St. Shott's.
Highlight was this Snowy Egret found earlier in the week by Dave Shepherd:
It was looking forlorn with all the rain and fog throughout the day.
Runner-up for the highlight were 2 Rough-legged Hawks we came across:
This species has bred on the Avalon before - maybe they will again this summer!
Two Red Crossbills seen today at different feeders were unexpected. I've only had one previous observation of this species this year:
2 Common Mergansers were relatively tame:
We were happy to see 4 Willow Ptarmigan:
I've never had such a great look at a breeding plumaged male Long-tailed Duck before today:
Not more than 100m from the Snowy Egret was this Snowy Owl:
Renews harbour is always worth a stop:
Greater Yellowlegs were in abundance today:
Note the subtle up-turn to the bill. Something often mentioned in field guides - but not always easy to observe:
