Day 3 - October 23, 2012
Days 4 and 5 - October 24 - 25, 2012
Days 6 and 7 - October 26 - 27, 2012
Days 8 and 9 - October 28 - 29, 2012
Days 10 and 11 - October 30 - 31, 2012
Day 12 - November 1, 2012
Summary
October 24, 2012
Weather: between 1 and 7 Celsius, overcast with some drizzle, winds SE switching E, 15-20 km/h
ebird checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/canada/view/checklist?subID=S11953101
37 species
Today was a fairly uneventful day with no real highlights. The winds from from a pretty bad direction and as a result very birds were flying. I had the first Green-winged Teal of the trip, more Rough-legged Hawks, and a Northern Shrike which briefly perched on the now-defunct "Gyrfalcon Pole".
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| Northern Shrike - Netitishi Point |
Of course the local Gray Jays were looking for handouts around camp.
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| Gray Jay - Netitishi Point |
I actually took my camera out for some scenery shots today.
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| coastline at Netitishi Point |
The sun came out late in the day for a bit, warming the surrounding landscape to an almost balmy 7 degrees. Even the occasional fly was out and about!
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| fly - Netitishi Point |
The winds were light and by evening it was calm with a full moon. I went out again and got a few photos of the wind shelter near the coast.
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| early evening - Netitishi Point |
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| early evening - Netitishi Point |
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| moon - Netitishi Point |
October 25, 2012
Weather: between 5 and 15 Celcius, overcast with showers and some thunder, wind E switching SW, 5 to 10 km/h
ebird checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/canada/view/checklist?subID=S11953194
35 species
Another poor day for weather with warm temperatures, rain, and light winds from the wrong direction. I guess we couldn't be too disappointed, given the good conditions and rare birds a few days earlier. Even still we were hoping that the southwest winds would bring us rare Passerines from the south.
At one point I was bored of seawatching since few waterfowl were migrating, so I wandered east down the coast a few miles. I found the only southern Passerine of the day, an American Robin. Exciting Stuff!
Other highlights for the day included a bunch of Lapland Longspurs, the first Red-breasted Nuthatch on the trip, and 2 seperate Three-toed Woodpeckers! They both proved to be alusive and we didn't get photos of either.
Hopefully the weather clears soon and the waterbirds pick up again!
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