Thankfully the weekends have had great weather and I've been able to squeeze in a few hours of birding during the evenings on weekdays.
So far I've seen about 104+ species in this bird rich area, including several new ones for my Newfoundland list.
Olive-sided Flycatcher - a very rare species on the Avalon peninsula, but uncommon in this area:
Gray Catbirds are regularly seen in the Codroy Valley in the Spring:
Tri-colored Bumble Bee - a new one for me in Newfoundland. They're also common around this part of the island:
Blackburnian Warblers breed in the valley in small numbers:
Capelin Cove:
This Boreal Carrion Beetle has a few mites on its back:
Diapensia lapponica.... Pincushion Plant on top of the Table Mountains:
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher:
A breeding plumaged White-rumped Sandpiper - an unusual species for the island in June:
Yellow Birch trees - perhaps the largest stand of this species on the island?
Trientalis borealis - Northern Starflower also on top of the Table Mountains:
American Toad:
The town of Port-aux-Basques - with the local Anglican Church prominently situated:
One of several Piping Plovers in the area - this male was banded just 5 days before I saw him:
The aftermath of what must have been a dramatic event:
A Short-tailed Stoat with a vole - both motionless. Presumably the stoat was intent on killing the vole, but they must have both simultaneously delivered a fatal blow.
Sanderling in breeding colours - a plumage not often seen in Newfoundland:
