Well I got the weekend right but the american birds stopped short in Galway. 4 on Inishmore- Eastern Kingbird, 2 Yellow-rumped Warblers and a Blackpoll Warbler. and a long over due Belted Kingfisher on the mainland.Unprecedented on the western seaboard? I think so.
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| Dawn at the harbour |
There was plenty of expectation on cape as the news rolled in but it was to be a pleasent if not spectacular couple of days.
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| Bird Obs |
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| Early morning in Cotters |
Coal Tits dominated with about 400-500 roaming in packs around the island.There were few warblers around with small numbers of phyllocs, Blackcaps and up to 4-5 Yellow browed Warblers including this showy bird in Michael Vincents
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| Yellow-browed Warbler |
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| Goldcrest |
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| The Lake |
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| Central Bog |
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| Saturday was warm and sunny before rain on sunday |
Paul Kelly got the ball rolling on saturday with an elusive Barred Warbler in Central Bog.
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| PiedWagtail |
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| Paddy O'Keefe "The bird man of Cape" |
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| Tame jackdaw |
Sunday improved slightly with an elusive Common Rosefinch found by Mary Cadagin on her feeders. Eamonn O'Donnell found another elusive bird, this time a Hobby at the lake and later seen over the waist.
Still despite a few good birds I could'nt help leaving feeling a little disappointed. I left early on moday morning.
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| EOD says goodbye. |
I stopped off at Rosscarbary to twitch the Bairds Sandpiper which showed ok in the mist
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| Baird's Sandpiper with Dunlin |
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On my way through the Curragh I spotted a large flock of Golden Plover and managed to pick out an American Golden Plover among them. Honest!
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| Left of middle at the back, head up! |
Until next year...............
