Biking to the Birds

Thursday Morning, with the nice weather, I went out on a bike ride to Leddy Park. I biked along the bike path out to Leddy. Even on the Bike path there were more bird calls and songs then on previous birding days. The warm weather has brought forth many new birds. As I walked down toward the beach from the ice rink you walk past many bushes and trees. All of these were filled with various species of birds. I saw a whole bunch of cedar waxwings in a tree. Some where at the base and a couple were up in the tree. As you walk down the steps closer to the beach there are some denser bushes. It was in these bushes along the forest edge that I saw the black-capped Chickadees and some house finches. Once down on the beach there weren't too many birds close by that I could identify. It is often difficult because I forgot to grab binoculars from home so identification at distance is close to impossible for a new birder such as myself.
There were clearly some water birds out in the water near one of the islands but I couldn't tell what they were. During my whole walk there were ring-billed gulls all around walking along the beach. In the parking lot, they were really everywhere. I saw probably 15 or more gulls during my hour on the beach. I spent an hour or so walking along the beach and just sitting. A lot of the birds were far out. I did see a flock of geese fly overhead. It seemed as though they were spooked, the formation was pretty chaotic.
Overall it was a successful, warm morning out on the waterfront. I was hoping to see more water birds close up but unfortunately that wasn't the case. Hopefully next time out!

Posted on April 22, 2016 09:50 PM by mdpalmer