The Desjardin Canal in Dundas still has open water and attracts many water fowl: Trumpeter Swan- 2 [inc. yellow tag #442] Northern Pintails [2 pair] Green Winged Teal- 1 female at the west end Common Merganser -5 Hooded Merganser -2 [1 pair] Redhead- 1 male, west end Hundreds of Canada geese, Mallards, Mallard hybrids, and Black Ducks.
The canal runs adjacent to Cootes Drive, just east of Dundas, just west of McMaster University. Lake Ontario at Hutch's restaurant [off Eastport Dr.]: White-winged Scoter- ~10 Bufflehead- 4 [2pair] Redbreasted Merganser- 2 female One can each lunch there very cheaply and watch the ducks from inside. [Windchill -30 C. today.] Burlington Bay just south of [inoperable] liftbridge (looking west toward the steel plants from Eastport Dr.): Harlequin Duck- 1 male, hidden in the raft below: Common Goldeneye- about 40 close to the road Bufflehead- 4 Scaup-4 White-winged scoter- 10 Bald eagle- 1 juevenile ? 2 yr scavenging along the bayshore. There are also thousands of ducks, scaup,mergansers, goldeneyes,scoters, at the west end of the bay near the Inland Waters Centre. (accessable only from the north) RedHill Creek Basin [from the bridge on South Gateway off Eastport]: Ruddy Duck- 4 Hooded Merganser- 1 pair Scaup-several American Coot -1 Eastport Drive is the road that runs under the Burlington Skyway (QEW). Please remember that the bridge is not working, so the places mentioned here are accessible only from the south. Since the bridge is out, there is almost no traffic, so it is relatively safe to stop there. Usually very busy and very dangerous, vehicle speed >100km/hr. Wayne Bullock, Ancaster [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Bullock Family" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
