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Saturday, 21 February 2015

Birding in Appleton, Ontario

I follow a great number of serious birders. I am not so serious, just lucky.

LUCK = preparation meets opportunity!

Hubby has been seriously into the curling tournament. He's got cheat sheets and matrices of who plays whom, the results, and it is a wonderful time for him to watch a game he has never played!
I took off for a nice, Sunday afternoon drive.
I love watching the Goldeneye dive, except it is bitterly cold. We've had -20 C. temperatures for a couple of weeks.




Love watching them in action!

Appleton ducks from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.
I think I need to clean my lens!

The reason I went to Appleton is because we had a reporting of Bohemian waxwings there. This would be a good spot for them! No birds about, though! Sweet berries, though.

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15 comments:

  1. eileeninmd21 February 2015 at 08:34

    Hi Jen, I love the ducks and mergansers.. I hope to get some shots of the Goldeneye someday.. Sorry you missed the Waxwings,next time.. Thank you for linking up and sharing your post. Have a happy weekend!

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  2. Margaret Birding For Pleasure21 February 2015 at 08:47

    Jennifer, these lovely ducks are Goldeneye. Great shots of them. Have a lovely weekend.

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  3. TexWisGirl21 February 2015 at 09:19

    love the flock you did get to see, though!

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  4. Unknown21 February 2015 at 09:24

    Beautiful photos! We've had a mild winter with very few seriously cold days. We only had a couple of days after Christmas with -20 C.

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  5. carol l mckenna21 February 2015 at 09:47

    Wonderful series of beautiful nature shots!

    Happy Weekend to you,
    artmusedog and carol

    ps. I would like a 'bobcat' too!

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  6. FAB21 February 2015 at 10:12

    Lovely shots of the Goldeneye. Love watching them displaying.

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  7. Anonymous21 February 2015 at 11:42

    Wonderful action shots.

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  8. Lea21 February 2015 at 11:43

    Wonderful photos!

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  9. William Kendall21 February 2015 at 12:07

    The goldeneyes are quite pretty!

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  10. Sallie (FullTime-Life)21 February 2015 at 12:48

    You saw some good birds anyway and a drive is a good thing sometimes whether you see what you went for or not. Your videos always make me want to learn how to do that.

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  11. Nancy J21 February 2015 at 12:59

    They dive like ballerinas in the water, and red berries, gorgeous deep colour.So glad you had an outing, with Mr J home watching curling, does he have a favourite team?

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  12. EG CameraGirl21 February 2015 at 13:36

    I enjoy watching the Common Goldeneyes too. ;)

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  13. Yamini MacLean21 February 2015 at 18:16

    Hari OM
    Oh I wish we got the curling on our telly... sigh... but birding is always available! YAM xx

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  14. betty-NZ22 February 2015 at 17:07

    Ducks are such great entertainment! It does make you wonder what the think as they bob and dive. Great photos.

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  15. Kay24 February 2015 at 01:19

    Those red berries look so good against the snow.

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