BIRDING ALONG THE NIAGARA RIVER - April 16 - 17, 2015

   This past Thursday and Friday Sharon and I went on a trip to Niagara Falls, ON.  On Thursday we went to Dufferin Islands Park, which is across the Niagara Parkway from the Ontario Hydro Power Plant gatehouse on the Niagara River.  On Friday we drove on the Niagara Parkway from Niagara Falls to Ft. Erie.  We then drove back to Niagara Falls and from there to Niagara-On-The-Lake, again along the Niagara Parkway.

   Here are photos from our trip.

EUROPEAN STARLING
FROM CAR IN FT. ERIE, ON

RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD
DUFFERIN ISLANDS PARK

CANADA GOOSE AT THE PRECIPICE
DUFFERIN ISLANDS PARK

MALE GREATER SCAUP
DUFFERIN ISLANDS PARK

FEMALE GREATER SCAUP
NIAGARA RIVER

MALE MALLARD
DUFFERIN ISLANDS PARK

RINGED-BILLED GULL
DUFFERIN ISLANDS PARK

FEMALE MALLARD
DUFFERIN ISLANDS PARK

ABOVE 2 PHOTOS - SONG SPARROW
DUFFERIN ISLANDS PARK

ABOVE 2 PHOTOS - BLUE JAY
DUFFERIN ISLANDS PARK

LONELY BIRD ON ROCK OUTCROP
IN NIAGARA RIVER

LOW AND BEHOLD,
IT'S A CANADA GOOSE

BUFFLEHEAD - LEFT: FEMALE, RIGHT: MALE
NIAGARA RIVER

CLOSEUP OF FEMALE BUFFLEHEAD
NIAGARA

                                                                           

ABOVE 3 PHOTOS - RED-TAILED HAWK
ALONG NIAGARA RIVER

                                                                     

HORNED GREBE - LAKE ONTARIO
FROM NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE

HARD TO MAKE OUT WHAT THESE ARE -
I BELIEVE THE 2 BIRDS IN THE BACKGROUND ARE
 LONG TAILED DUCKS, STILL IN WINTER PLUMAGE.
THE BIRD IN THE FOREGROUND IS PROBABLY
A SNOW GOOSE.  LAKE ONTARIO FROM
 NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE.