Week 16 (April 13th to April 19th)

The travel ban continues. With the COVID-19 cases continue to climb even around Haldimand County let alone the remainder province and it does not seem like it'll come to an end anytime soon which is unfortunate. This looks like I will only be banding once this spring unfortunately.

I have been trying to get out as much as I can with the intermittent snow storms and wild wind. This is so typical for April, but it's usually the beginning of April, not the end. This can definitely interrupt my migration monitoring of the private property.

Saturday was definitely a good day, 43 species and seen a personal high of 19 Green-winged Teal in the couple hours I went out. Moved up to 114 species in Ontario this year. I did get out to see the Great Horned Owl nest, the fledgling is getting really big now, almost as big as the mom.

These past few weeks have been quite slow unfortunately, but this will all be better once the outbreak is better which may still be a while yet. It will be better at some point we all just need a little patience!

Good birding everyone!

Weekly Totals:
Species: 44
Individuals: 413

Great Horned Owl - Haldimand ON

American Robin - Haldimand ON

House Finch - Haldimand ON

Field Sparrow - Haldimand ON

Tree Swallow - Haldimand ON