Eurasian Eagle-Owl, Owls

Eurasian Eagle-Owl on Tennis Courts

Flaco is exploring the area south of the 96th Street Transverse after fly out and hunting on a lawn south of the tennis courts, north of the reservoir and east of the West Drive. He caught a rat and quickly ate it early in the evening. He rested in a few trees and then spent about an hour on the tennis courts, either on fences or on the courts. He took a few drinks of water from some puddles. He even was on the the tennis court building, once on a railing outside the men’s room, and later on the roof. It’s enjoyable to watch him in these new locations.

Extralimital, Other Animals, Other Birds

Witless Bay Ecological Reserve, Newfoundland, Canada

My last set of photos from my vacation in Newfoundland are from the Witless Bay Ecological Reserve, a set of islands off the Avalon Peninsula. The main island is home to the largest Atlantic puffin colony in North America, as well as to nesting Greater Black-backed Gulls, Black-Legged Kittiwakes, Common Murres, Atlantic Puffins, Razorbills, and Herring Gulls. The waters around the islands are home during the summer to numerous Whale species, including Humpbacks.

Eurasian Eagle-Owl, Owls

Eurasian Eagle-Owl, Continues In Snowy Owl Footsteps

After not having a chance to see Flaco for over a week due to my vacation, I caught up with him on Wednesday. He was roosting the the same American Elm he had been using when I left. However, he is now moving south after fly out. This means the area between the Reservoir and the 96th Street Transverse.

While I didn’t see it, after Midnight, Flaco went to the North Pump House (really a gate house as there are no pumps) of the Reservoir, which had been used by the Snowy Owl two years ago. It is so interesting to see our new Bubo, act like the old one.

Eagles, Falcons, Hawks and Osprey, Extralimital

Steller’s Sea-Eagle, Day 2

On Thursday, we went out again on a whale watching tour, this time run by Trinity Eco-Tours.
The morning was very foggy. So, no whales sightings and we needed to hug the coastline. But, we saw over 80 Bald Eagles who had congregated on the shoreline to eat the spawning Capelin. Just before our tour was over, I spotted the Steller’s high on a cliff.  We didn’t get much time with it, but I did get some nice photographs.

Eagles, Falcons, Hawks and Osprey, Extralimital

Steller’s Sea-Eagle

I’m on vacation in Newfoundland, Canada and while checking the the rare bird alerts for the Provence, I saw that the Steller’s Sea-Eagle was being seen in Trinity Bay. (This is the same bird, many New Yorker’s traveled to Maine to see earlier this year.)

I was staying in St. John and wasn’t sure if my non-birding husband would be up for a three hour trip, but he was! So we drove up today, checked into a very basic hotel for the night, and then made our way to Sea of Whales Adventures in Trinity. Their whale watching tours often have seen the Steller’s Sea-Eagle. After spending time with a Humpback Whale and her calf, we went to look for the Steller’s Sea-Eagle and she was exactly where they expected to find her.

We’re taking a second boat tomorrow and I hopefully will have some more photographs to share.