ERS 346 Outing #3

19/11/18 – 1530-1630
Duration 60 minutes
Location Barries Lake
Weather – 0* Celsius, overcast, cold breeze
I for the most part recreated my October outing, except that I chose to complete my observations at the end of the day as opposed to the beginning. I had to perform jumping jacks and squats quite often to keep warm again. Could smell the familiar scent of a roadkill skunk as I walked to my access point along the road, however, could not see the dead animal in the vicinity. This outing I took note of many Canada Geese and grows in the agricultural fields on the other side of Blair Rd.
I observed many Canada geese arriving and departing from the wetland. I also observed a large murder of crows flying overhead. About twenty minutes later I observed a large flying ‘V’ of Canada geese. I noticed upon this visit that the tall phragmites that are growing along the bank had dried out and broken/ fallen creating thick woven layer covering much of the bank. I could hear the rustling and scratching of squirrels in the crunchy vegetation surrounding me. I observed a bright red cardinal making trips to and from the trees across the marsh, I kept an eye out for a female of drabber colour however was not able to spot one. Finally, a couple minutes past 16:30 as I was headed back to my property which neighbours the wetland, I heard the call of two sandhill cranes as they flew overhead.

Publicado el 07 de diciembre de 2019 a las 01:50 AM por