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Tag Archives: black flies
Breeding Bird Surveys (2013) – Day 4
Breeding Bird Surveys (2013) – Day 4 – June 6, 2013 Today’s route was a two-part route with the approximate half-way point being the small town of White River, Ontario (Winnie-the-Pooh town). The first half of the route was new … Continue reading
Posted in Bird Survey Outings, Canada Explorer, Ontario
Tagged bird surveys, black flies, blue sky, Breeding Bird Surveys 2013, colours, gravel road, horizon, ponds, Provincial Park, provincial parks, rising sun, road conditions, silent waters, washouts, Wawa Ontario, White River Ontario
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Breeding Bird Surveys (2013) – Day 3
Breeding Bird Surveys (2013) – Day 3 – June 5, 2013 Today’s Breeding Bird Survey route would take us over a series of logging/recreational roads west of The Shoals Provincial Park. Because the park has been closed this year, our … Continue reading
Posted in Bird Survey Outings, Canada Explorer, Ontario
Tagged bird songs, bird survey, bird surveys, black flies, Breeding Bird Surveys 2013, bright yellows, chapleau ontario, dandelions, ditches, flowering trees, gravel roads, marsh marigolds, Provincial Park, record rainfall, recreational roads, red sky, ruts, smooth waters, trees and shrubs
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Breeding Bird Surveys (2013) – Day 2
Breeding Bird Surveys (2013) – Day 2 – June 4, 2013 The first of our four days of bird surveys began at about 5AM on a logging road to the east of Ivanhoe Lake Provincial Park where we had set … Continue reading
Posted in Bird Survey Outings, Canada Explorer, Ontario
Tagged bird surveys, black flies, Bonaparte's Gull, clouds of dust, gravel road, information recorder, ivanhoe lake, logging road, logging trucks, mosquito populations, observation period, sapsucker, survey activities, survey locations, survey routes, warbler, yellow bellied sapsucker
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The Cliff Swallow
I stopped to photograph cliff swallows nesting under the overhang of a house in Foleyet on Hwy 101 and then saw even more of them nesting under the eaves of the Robin’s Donut establishment in White River. Considering how many … Continue reading
Posted in Canada Explorer, Ontario
Tagged black flies, bridges, cliff swallow, cliff swallows, eaves, foleyet, hwy 101, mosquitoes, mud, overhang, pellets, Petrochelidon pyrrhonota, Swallow
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Breeding Bird Survey – The Shoals Route # 175 – Survey Day
During a breeding bird survey with my birder friend Gerhard, I don’t usually photograph many birds. There are many reasons for that not the least of which is the fact that the trees now have plenty of leaves and the … Continue reading
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Tagged bird survey, birds, black flies, Breeding Bird Survey, Canadian Wildlife Service, dandelion bloom, danelion flower, dragonfly, Environment Canada, eyeball to eyeball, flowering plants, frog, hunting camp, logging trucks, mosquitoes, northern ontario, pests, sunrise, survey point, swallowtail butterflies, The Shoals ROUTE 175
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Breeding Bird Survey – Singe Lake Route 68-373
Breeding Bird Survey – Singe Lake Route 373 Sunday was our travel day and we drove safely from Ottawa, Ontario to Ivanhoe Lake Provincial Park (approximate. 1000 km). To conduct breeding bird surveys, we need to be at the first … Continue reading
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Tagged bbs routes, bird survey, bird surveys, black bear, black flies, blood sucking, Breeding Bird Survey, Canadian Wildlife Services, conifers, Environment Canada, highway 101, ivanhoe lake, logging road, marsh marigolds, mosquitoes, observation points, Singe Lake Route 373, traveled roads, wetland areas
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