Yesterday, 7 June 2021 was a beautiful day, but so windy! It made driving and taking photos rather unpleasant. Having seen that we are in for a few wet days, I decided to do a half day drive east of the city. No new roads, no new barns, just a handful of birds to make the trip worthwhile.
On the spur of the moment, towards the end of the afternoon, I drove down to McKinnon Flats for a quick look at the 'new' road down the steep hill to the Bow River below. A bit disappointing, as I had been expecting a paved road, not gravel. I was almost the only person at this location and I changed my mind about going to see what birds I could find. Far too windy, and the place tends to give me the creeps anyway! This was only the second time I had been here, apart from a carpooling visit many years ago. One thing that I do like to see there is the very old, rusty tractor that is 'on display'. This is where I found the Gray Catbird.
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I hadn't seen a Grey Catbird for a long time, so this was a lovely surprise. Returning to my car after a very short walk to photograph the brick remains of an old barn, I stopped to listen to a beautiful birdsong in a tree quite close to my car. My knowledge of birdsongs is so limited and I wasn't sure what bird it was. Until it 'meowed' : )
Yesterday, 7 June 2021 was a beautiful day, but so windy! It made driving and taking photos rather unpleasant. Having seen that we are in for a few wet days, I decided to do a half day drive east of the city. No new roads, no new barns, just a handful of birds to make the trip worthwhile.
On the spur of the moment, towards the end of the afternoon, I drove down to McKinnon Flats for a quick look at the 'new' road down the steep hill to the Bow River below. A bit disappointing, as I had been expecting a paved road, not gravel. I was almost the only person at this location and I changed my mind about going to see what birds I could find. Far too windy, and the place tends to give me the creeps anyway! This was only the second time I had been here, apart from a carpooling visit many years ago. One thing that I do like to see there is the very old, rusty tractor that is 'on display'. This is where I found the Grey Catbird.
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Yesterday, 7 June 2021 was a beautiful day, but so windy! It made driving and taking photos rather unpleasant. Having seen that we are in for a few wet days, I decided to do a half day drive east of the city. No new roads, no new barns, just a handful of birds to help make the trip worthwhile.
On the spur of the moment, towards the end of the afternoon, I drove down to McKinnon Flats for a quick look at the 'new' road down the steep hill to the Bow River below. A bit disappointing, as I had been expecting a paved road, not gravel. I was almost the only person at this location and I changed my mind about going to see what birds I could find. Far too windy, and the place tends to give me the creeps anyway! This was only the second time I had been here, apart from a carpooling visit many years ago. One thing that I do like to see there is the very old, rusty tractor that is 'on display'. This is where I found the Gray Catbird.
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Yesterday, 7 June 2021 was a beautiful day, but so windy! It made driving and taking photos rather unpleasant. Having seen that we are in for a few wet days, I decided to do a half day drive east of the city. No new roads, no new barns, just a handful of birds to make the trip worthwhile.
On the spur of the moment, towards the end of the afternoon, I drove down to McKinnon Flats for a quick look at the 'new' road down the steep hill to the Bow River below. A bit disappointing, as I had been expecting a paved road, not gravel. I was almost the only person at this location and I changed my mind about going to see what birds I could find. Far too windy, and the place tends to give me the creeps anyway! This was only the second time I had been here, apart from a carpooling visit many years ago. One thing that I do like to see there is the very old, rusty tractor that is 'on display'. This is where I found the Gray Catbird.
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Yesterday, 7 June 2021 was a beautiful day, but so windy! It made driving and taking photos rather unpleasant. Having seen that we are in for a few wet days, I decided to do a half day drive east of the city. No new roads, no new barns, just a handful of birds to make the trip worthwhile.
On the spur of the moment, towards the end of the afternoon, I drove down to McKinnon Flats for a quick look at the 'new' road down the steep hill to the Bow River below. A bit disappointing, as I had been expecting a paved road, not gravel. I was almost the only person at this location and I changed my mind about going to see what birds I could find. Far too windy, and the place tends to give me the creeps anyway! This was only the second time I had been here, apart from a carpooling visit many years ago. One thing that I do like to see there is the very old, rusty tractor that is 'on display'. This is where I found the Gray Catbird.
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