A wet Queensbury Monday

Heavy rain here in Queensbury day long giving me a real good soaking at lunch time dog walking in Foxhill park where the bottom end of the park looks like Raggalds Flood. The wind had dropped considerably and a dog walk over the Mountain this evening was quite pleasant being dry and calm.
With a cut short lunch break no time to check the flood or Lapwing flock and no reports in today.
Amazing at lunch time in the park the way Common and BHG gulls just ignore the weather and carry on their daily routine in the pouring rain.
With November out of the way we can look forward to some winter birds in December hopefully , including, Soil Hill Snow Buntings and Jack Snipe, Siskin and Redpoll flocks, increasing numbers of Lapwings with Golden Plover mixed in, Snipe in the Trailer Park field, 48 counted in Dec 2013, Divers and sea ducks on the reservoirs along with Little Grebes, and not forgetting Pink Footed geese moving coast to coast.
That should be enough to keep you going for now so get those reports coming in.

       Shelf Moor Trailer Park Snipe, Dec 2013

                                        A few of the 48

                      Leeshaw Dec 2013  2 Curlew

        December mystery birder No 1

             December mystery birder No 2

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