Niquette Bay Bird Observations 2/18/16

I went on this bird walk beginning at 4 PM on February 18. The weather was cold, about 18 degrees and clear and sunny. The sun was kind of beginning to go down. Before we even parked to begin our walk, as we were driving we spotted a Red-tailed Hawk that was sitting on a branch on the road above us. We stopped to look at it and it just stared down at the truck and continued to sit there. We then parked and were able to begin our walk
The trail was super icy and there was snow on the ground through the trees. We walked all the way down to the bay. On the way down there we heard two crows on separate occasions and continued our walk. We tried to play some bird noises on the way but did not receive any responses. We got down to the bay and everything was frozen. We stayed there for a while, hopping to hear or see some birds, but all we could hear was the sound of the ice shifting/cracking in the bay.
On the walk back to the car we were able to hear two more crows and we spotted an American Robin on a fruit bearing tree as well as a bird's nest up in a tree. We did not spot much on this bird walk, maybe because of the time of day or possibly the cold, clear weather. We were really expecting to see the most birds near the bay and were very surprised when we heard nothing but that could be due to the fact that the bay is frozen, although last week at Shelburne pond we observed many more birds and that was also next to a frozen body of water.

Posted on February 19, 2016 02:05 AM by leahcawthorn