Common Redpoll
Last weekend Deb and I spent the morning birding in the east end. It’s been a while since we’ve been to the Frank Kenny area, and as we’ve heard no reports from the east end we thought it would be worth taking a look.
The day started out sunny but cold (-14°C), so we were happy to be in the car driving around. It soon became clear why there have been no reports from the area: there was nothing to see! We drove from Trim Road to Wall Road and the back roads around Frank Kenny and Giroux and didn’t see a single hawk, let alone a Snowy Owl or a shrike. There were no Snow Buntings, Horned Larks, Lapland Longspurs, or American Tree Sparrows to be seen either. All we saw were crows, and, close to the farm buildings, pigeons and starlings.
The Pathless Wood 