Purple Sandpipers

A friend of mine Neil Green sent along some photos he took of these Purple Sandpipers at Northern Light. Neil keeps on the lookout for me for Purple Sandpipers at Northern Light and i try to do Pond Cove area as much as i can for the Canadian Wildlife Federation Purple Sandpiper surveys. Here is the pictures Neil sent me Enjoy! Thanks for sending them along Neil!

Signs of Spring!

Finally Spring is here! We have had great weather all week and signs of spring are everywhere! At peajack Coltsfoot are in bloom. Robins are hopping all over our lawns and fields looking for worms. Crows are flying with sticks in their beaks, many gulls are pairing up. The Muskrat was in its normal spot chewing on sticks.Large amounts of Black ducks and eider ducks have been sighted at pond cove and around Western Light. Yesterday in Freeport i sighted a Pileated woodpecker doing some house cleaning making her hole a bit bigger in the telephone pole close to my dads place. She has nested there for about three years now. Also sighted Skunk cabbage in bloom, lots of black-capped chickadees weaving in and out of the alders. Dark-eyed juncos are gathering along side the road along with Bluejays, grackles and starlings. A spruce Grouse flew out in front of me and two make pheasants were sighted along the roadside as i was driving through Long Island.

Pond Cove and Whipples point

Hi Everyone
Today was sunny but the wind was raw. So i bundled up with and went for a hike with a couple of friends and we decided to hike pond cove and around whipples point cut across the blueberry fields into a pthway through the woods that comes out to camp road and loop back to pond cove where our cars were. In pond cove we sighted about 80Brant, an immature Bald Eagle, a large group of cormorants,4 pipits, and 6 snowbuntings. On the beach we sighted some gooseberry jellies way up in the sand so i put them back into the water. Here is some pictures of today....

Possible Golden Eagle Sighting

Hi Everyone
I got a report from Carl Haycock about a possible Golden Eagle flying low over the village, so i grabbed my camera and binoculars and sighted it with Carl but by this time it was really high in the air. He said he got some good looks and it was a golden color on its head it had white underneath the wing tips and on the top. It was quite noticable. It was very large and dark and it glided off towards Northern Light.
I then decided to hike to Pond Cove and sighted an Adult Bald Eagle and an Immature Bald Eagle. At pond cove a baby seal was on the beach quite alive and it looked to be in good shape. Looked around for its mother but couldn't find her, sometimes they will leave their babies and return awhile later. WIll check on the seal a little later to see if he is gone.Along the beach i sighted 6 Snow Buntings, 2 American Pipits. I also sighted lots of Black Ducks in the lower end of Big POnd along with 2 Canada Geese.Then i went to peajack and found one Coltsfoot in bloom. Ahh spring is near!
Tonight i went to pond cove and the seal is still there. 5 Canada Geese in Big Pond.