Hi there, I had a nice birding morning today at Burlington-Hamilton area. The highlight was a 1st winter male King Eider seen from Spencer-Smith Park in Burlington. The bird was seen with a mixed group of White-winged and Surf Scoters about 200m off shore (using a scope). The plumage was almost identical to the drawing in Sybley's but the white patches on either side of the rear end were more contrasting and looked almost pure white. The Eider was seen at about 9:30 am for about 20min, after that I couldn't relocate the bird (though I did not see it fly). I also saw 3 Red-necked Grebes, 1 Horned Grebe, 2 Ruddy Ducks and a large numbers of the more common duck species (Canvasback, Redhead, Ring-necked, Lesser Scaup, White-winged and Surf Scoters, Long-tailed, Bufflehead, Common and Red-breasted Mergansers, etc.). Those were seen at the same location and in the canal (under Burlington Skyway).
Ady Gancz Guelph, ON Ady Gancz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
