An hour in Lambton today just after the noon hour and saw all the regular winter birds being Cardinals, Chickadees, Blue Jays, Robins, Downys, Hairys, 2 Red-bellies, Juncos, House Sparrows, House and Gold Finch, Mourning Dove, Coopers Hawk, both Nuthatch species.
Also saw the Belted Kingfisher working the river.
And the really cool thing was a flock of at least 20 White-winged Crossbills flew in mere feet from me. I'd never seen a Crossbill before. So I stood there in awe, not even needing my binoculars. They were in the tree above me and a small number landed on the ground and picked and kicked away searching out food. A voice in the back of my head kept saying "hey dumb dumb, take a picture!" But since this was a lifer for me, I needed to absorb the bird visually for a lengthy time and not worry about getting a shot right away. After 60 to 90 seconds perhaps, I decided to bring the camera up, but the lens couldn't find them due to the short distance and heavy brush. And then they all flew off together, heading north/west. I tried to find them again but didn't happen.
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