The weather was very cold but started off great with no wind. The wind became stronger throughout the day making the birding increasingly difficult. We were hoping that the recent snow fall and cold temperatures would force birds into concentrated areas (around feeders, or any bit of open water they could find) - to a certain extent that did happen but not as much as we had hoped.
Highlights for my group were a single Orange-crowned Warbler in Admiral's Cove, and a female Wood Duck living it up in a roadside ditch (can you find the duck):
Other highlights were a large flock of Cedar Waxwings:
And a Sharp-shinned Hawk vs Hairy Woodpecker chase, that ended with the woodpecker getting away:
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| Empty taloned |
| Species Name | Dec 14 | Dec 15 | Dec 16 | Dec 17 | Dec 18 | Dec 19 | Dec 20 |
| Wood Duck | 1 (1) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| American Black Duck | 21 (1) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Greater Scaup | 2 (1) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Common Loon | 5 (3) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Great Cormorant | 4 (2) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 1 (1) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Northern Goshawk | 1 (1) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Bald Eagle | 1 (1) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Black Guillemot | 7 (2) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Herring Gull | 13 (3) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Iceland Gull | 3 (1) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Glaucous Gull | 1 (1) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Belted Kingfisher | 3 (2) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Hairy Woodpecker | 1 (1) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Northern Flicker | 3 (2) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Blue Jay | 1 (1) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| American Crow | 30 (3) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Common Raven | 5 (3) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Black-capped Chickadee | 25 (3) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Boreal Chickadee | 15 (2) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Golden-crowned Kinglet | 22 (3) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| American Robin | 4 (1) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| European Starling | 210 (3) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Cedar Waxwing | 55 (1) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Orange-crowned Warbler | 1 (1) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Song Sparrow | 16 (3) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| White-throated Sparrow | 1 (1) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Dark-eyed Junco | 270 (3) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Pine Grosbeak | 3 (1) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Purple Finch | 15 (3) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Pine Siskin | 1 (1) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| American Goldfinch | 13 (2) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| House Sparrow | 2 (1) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
