Saturday, November 9, 2019
There was a beautiful sunrise this Saturday morning The boys and Boots came over to 9 Lambert for
a visit. It was near lunchtime and David suggested tomato soup which he and
Grandpa made. The boys also enjoyed some
leftover Hallowe’en chips and “Scaries” (Smarties).
They had brought over a large book full of paper airplanes
to make. This entertained them for
awhile. Then they wanted to test their
new flying creations outside. Some flew
up high and had to be rescued.
After the flying practice, Grandpa suggested a trip to the Rideau
River at Adawe Bridge to do some birding. On the way there we stopped so the boys could
get some poppies to wear for the upcoming Remembrance Day. At the bridge, Sam
quickly spotted some Ring-billed Gulls, Mallards and a large Black-backed Gull
which flew off. We hiked across the
bridge and birdwatching was quickly replaced by tree climbing when the boys
discovered a large “climbing” tree by the water. The ducks seemed to be closer to the other
side of the water so we re-crossed the bridge.
Besides more Mallards, Sam used binoculars and got good views of a
Common Merganser, a Harlequin Duck and some Goldeneye, including the rare
Barrow’s Golden Eye.
Grandpa gave each boy 75¢ @ 25¢ per bird for their 3 new-to-them
bird sightings.
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