Inaugural blog

Well, this is my first post and  from now on I shall share every aspect of my live with you in public and uncensored. Not really - the blog actually is about birding and the traveling that comes with it. The blogging site is still pretty dull and under construction, but will hopefully become more colorful as I am adding pictures and descriptions of birding spots to the site. Let's get started then. I got to the Meadowside Nature Centre by around eight this morning on what should be a VERY slow birding day. Surprisingly, the GRAY CATBIRD that I found on the Big Piney trail two weeks ago, stuck around and who knows may decide to stay for the winter. Another late species was a EASTERN PHOEBE in the same general area. Lake Needwood was the birdier of the two lakes today and held 80 RING-NECKED DUCKS, a couple of HOODED MERGANSERS and PIED-BILLED GREBES. I tallied only 35 species for the day and added a GREAT-BLUE HERON to the patch list which currently stands at 58 but I am sure will grow over the next year. A nice day to be out with mild temperatures. Hopefully I will manage to get out into the field at least two more times before my trip to Jamaica before the end of the year. I will keep you all posted!