March 5, 2026
The Sky’s the Limit for This Birder
Fewer than 500 people worldwide have reported seeing this African bird – a blue-moustached bee-eater. Photo by Marc Chelemer By…
The Celery Farm Christmas Bird Counters graciously allowed me to tag along on their hour-long loop.
The fearsome fivesome — Ken Prytherch, Charlie Mayhood, Stephanie Seymour, Rob Fanning and Stiles Thomas — saw more than two dozen species.
Highlights included a Marsh Wren, Virginia Rail, Cooper's Hawk (above), Great Blue Heron, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Cedar Waxwing, Screech Owl, Fox Sparrow, Swamp Sparrow and Black Duck.
More on the national CBC here.