My brother, Kenny, and I headed down to Long Point to see what the conditiongs are like there. It really seemed like spring, except for the frozen lake! Well, we did find a few birds: Red-winged Blackbirds and Common Grackles were everywhere and a fair number of Killdeers were also well distributed (at least 20), the inner bay and lake are frozen so no waterfowl except for a large flock of at least a couple thousand Tundra Swans in a field just west of Port Royal. As we headed east towards Turkey Point we had 3 Eastern Meadowlarks at the overlook of the marsh. At Turkey Point there was a bit of open water and this yielded 1 Red-necked Grebe, also here were about 20 American Wigeons, 10 Gadwall, 2 Hooded Mergansers amongst Mallards and Black Ducks. Quite far out were hundreds of ducks, likely scaup. Further east at Port Ryerse we had 5 more Red-necked Grebes along with a nice flock of Redheads, Canvasback, Scaup, Common Mergansers and some more Wigeon and Gadwall plus a Long-tailed Duck for good measure.
Directions: Follow Hwy 59 To Long Point and drive east through Port Rowan or west through Port Royal. Good Birding, Mike Burrell Heidelberg, Ont -- MZ The Burrells <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
