Day 10, young Fiddlehead ferns by dry dock, Tadous…
Day 10, White-crowned Sparrow
Day 11, Brandy Pot Island lighthouse
Day 11 FINISHED, catkins, Tadoussac
Day 12, SW of Port-au-Persil, Quebec
Day 12, male Firefly, probably in genus Photinus,…
Day 12, Snow Geese, Cap Tourmente National Wildlif…
Day 12, migrating Snow Geese, Cap Tourmente
Day 12, Cap Tourmente National Wildlife Area, Queb…
Day 12, some of the 50,000 Snow Geese, Cap Tourmen…
Day 10, American Goldfinch female
Day 10, American Goldfinch male
Day 10, White-throated Sparrow, Tadoussac
Day 10, Chipping Sparrow / Spizella passerina
Day 9, White-crowned Sparrow
Fox Sparrow / Passerella iliaca, Tadoussac, Quebec
Day 9, White-crowned Sparrow
Day 9, Hoof Fungus, Tadoussac
Day 8, old blue house
Day 8, Snow Goose / Anser caerulescens
Day 8, Snow Geese
Day 8, Snow Goose
Day 8, Snow Geese
Day 6, White-crowned Sparrow, Tadoussac
Day 8, Lapland Longspur, Quebec
Day 7, Harbor Seal, Saguenay Fjord, Tadoussac
Day 7 afternoon, Prince Shoal Lighthouse, near Tad…
Day 7 afternoon, Sand Dunes in distance
Day 7 afternoon, Prince Shoal Lighthouse
Day 7 afternoon, Prince Shoal Lighthouse, off Tado…
Day 7 afternoon, whaling trip off Tadoussac
Day 7 afternoon, Surf Scoters off Tadoussac
Day 7, American Robin, Tadoussac
Day 7, Red Squirrel eating the bird food, Tadoussa…
Day 7, White-crowned Sparrow, Tadoussac
Day 7, Red Squirrel, Tadoussac
Day 7, Watch out for children, Tadoussac
Day 7, Tadoussac Golf Course, Quebec
Day 7, Tadoussac
Day 7, White-throated Sparrow, Tadoussac
Day 7, lichen, Tadoussac, Quebec
Day 7, White-crowned Sparrow, Tadoussac
Day 7, Tadoussac Hotel, Quebec
Day 7, American Crow, Tadoussac
Day 7, part of Tadoussac, Quebec
Day 7, Tadoussac, Quebec
Day 7, Brown Creeper, Tadoussac
Day 7, Tadoussac, Quebec
Day 6, American Goldfinch, Tadoussac, Quebec
Day 6, and so ends another day, Tadoussac
Day 9, White-crowned Sparrow, Tadoussac
Day 6, Chapelle de Tadoussac / Tadoussac Chapel, Q…
Day 6, Chapelle de Tadoussac / Tadoussac Chapel, Q…
Day 6, Tadoussac Chapel, Quebec, Canada
Day 6, Tadoussac Hotel, Quebec
Day 6, Beluga, Marine Mammal Interpretation Centre…
Day 6, Marine Mammal Interpretation Centre, Tadous…
Day 6, Marine Mammal Interpretation Centre, Tadous…
Day 6, Marine Mammal Interpretation Centre, Tadous…
Day 6, working on his boat, Tadoussac drydock, Que…
Day 6, the drydock, Tadoussac, Quebec
Day 6, Tadoussac Hotel, Quebec
Day 6, beautiful family home, Tadoussac
Day 6, unidentified object, Tadoussac
Day 6, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Tadoussac
Day 6, Red Squirrel, Tadoussac
Day 6, our home for a week, Tadoussac
Day 6, Tadoussac Golf Course, Quebec
Day 6, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Tadoussac
Day 6, Tadoussac Golf Course
Day 7, American Robin, Tadoussac
Day 6, Swainson's Thrush, Tadoussac Golf Course
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Day 10, White-throated Sparrow
The last five days, we have been in a deep freeze. Any routine birding wallks have been cancelled day after day - in fact, tomorrow will be the sixth day in a row - and I'm not sure that this has ever happened before. A nasty shock after enjoying so many milder winter days for quite some time this winter. I actually went out of the house this evening, the first time in about a week! Was it cold! A friend gave a very interesting, excellent talk and slide show of his Big Year of birding in Alberta in 2018. He and his wife, plus several supportive friends on some of the trips, decided to find as many birds as they could, but only for their own interest, not for any sense of competition. They succeeded in finding 304 bird species in our province in one year, which was very impressive.
Normally, I don't post a string of photos that are all birds and kind of similar. However, I didn't want to post these birds in between the photos I will eventually post, of the dry-dock event. Maybe another 10 or so bird photos tomorrow and then I can get to the boats. The 12 photos I posted tonight were all taken on 16 May 2018, Day 10 of our two-week trip to Ontario and Quebec in May 2018. All these photos were taken in the morning, after a local walk along the cliffs overlooking Tadoussac. After our walk, we spent a little time watching and photographing some of the birds that visited our friend's garden. We also had lunch, ready for driving down to the dry dock. This was going to be a big day for the people of Tadoussac, as it was going to be High Tide, which happens twice a year, and the water was going to gradually overflow the entrance and flood the dry dock. Everyone was busy making final preparations for this event, and everyone was eager to see whose boat would be the first one to become afloat and make it out of the dock into open water. One of Anne B's brothers and his wife had a small boat and it was just about at the furthest point of the dry dock. Slowly, the water rose, and after maybe two hours (?) Alan and Jane's boat was ready to sail out, making them the winners. Photos to be posted tomorrow or the next day. It felt so good to see a small community come together in this unusual, friendly contest.
While we were waiting for the tide to be at its highest, we had fun watching a beautiful little Magnolia Warbler feeding frantically on the ground, not far from our feet. All the birds who migrate had only just arrived on the coast, after flying across a huge body of water. They were exhausted and so hungry. Same thing at Point Pelee, Ontario, the week before.
Normally, I don't post a string of photos that are all birds and kind of similar. However, I didn't want to post these birds in between the photos I will eventually post, of the dry-dock event. Maybe another 10 or so bird photos tomorrow and then I can get to the boats. The 12 photos I posted tonight were all taken on 16 May 2018, Day 10 of our two-week trip to Ontario and Quebec in May 2018. All these photos were taken in the morning, after a local walk along the cliffs overlooking Tadoussac. After our walk, we spent a little time watching and photographing some of the birds that visited our friend's garden. We also had lunch, ready for driving down to the dry dock. This was going to be a big day for the people of Tadoussac, as it was going to be High Tide, which happens twice a year, and the water was going to gradually overflow the entrance and flood the dry dock. Everyone was busy making final preparations for this event, and everyone was eager to see whose boat would be the first one to become afloat and make it out of the dock into open water. One of Anne B's brothers and his wife had a small boat and it was just about at the furthest point of the dry dock. Slowly, the water rose, and after maybe two hours (?) Alan and Jane's boat was ready to sail out, making them the winners. Photos to be posted tomorrow or the next day. It felt so good to see a small community come together in this unusual, friendly contest.
While we were waiting for the tide to be at its highest, we had fun watching a beautiful little Magnolia Warbler feeding frantically on the ground, not far from our feet. All the birds who migrate had only just arrived on the coast, after flying across a huge body of water. They were exhausted and so hungry. Same thing at Point Pelee, Ontario, the week before.
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