Peace River April Report

[Chris]

Birds have been arriving very quickly and in excellent numbers throughout April. The weather has been fairly good but many of the lakes still are mostly frozen. There wasn’t much snow during the winter so all of the snow has been gone in the bush for a few weeks now. Shorebirds are starting to arrive but I haven’t seen my first warbler yet.

Usually, the first waterfowl congregate in fields.





It has been an excellent Spring for Rough-legged Hawks. The other day I had 4 in a kilometer stretch.





Here is the list so far

Snow Goose
Greater White-fronted Goose
Cackling Goose
Canada Goose
Trumpeter Swan
Tundra Swan
Northern Shoveler
American Wigeon
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Barrow's Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Ruffed Grouse
Sharp-tailed Grouse
Horned Grebe
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
American Coot
Sandhill Crane
Killdeer
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Ring-billed Gull
Common Loon
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Northern Goshawk
Bald Eagle
Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Snowy Owl
Northern Hawk Owl
Barred Owl
Great Gray Owl
Short-eared Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl
American Three-toed Woodpecker
Black-backed Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
American Kestrel
Merlin
Gyrfalcon
Northern Shrike
Canada Jay
Steller's Jay
Blue Jay
Black-billed Magpie
American Crow
Common Raven
Black-capped Chickadee
Tree Swallow
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
American Dipper
European Starling
American Robin
Bohemian Waxwing
House Sparrow
American Pipit
Evening Grosbeak
Pine Grosbeak
Purple Finch
Common Redpoll
Hoary Redpoll
White-winged Crossbill
Pine Siskin
Lapland Longspur
Snow Bunting
American Tree Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Rusty Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Common Grackle