The mild weather was welcomed by birders at the Sunday, Mar.16 Presqu'ile Festival. Beautiful ice-shelves kept the waterfowl some distance out, but at Salt Pt. on the east side the open waters had at least 5000 birds ready for wonderful viewing--these included many Scaups, Goldeneyes and Redheads, but the ones that attracted attention were scattered Canvasbacks, Ring-necked Ducks, Long-tailed Ducks and a few Tundra Swans. Fred Helleiner was most helpful helping people locate an Iceland Gull and a single Wood Duck. Along the Lakeshore Dr. in the Calf Pasture a roadside Eastern Meadowlark was a bonus. The Camp Office feeder brought in several species, notably Red-breasted & White-breasted Nuthatches, Downy & Hairy Woodpeckers.
I spotted 10 Wild Turkeys on cty. rd. 9 at Dean Hills Rd.(a few km. east of Kirby that sits astride hy.115)--big open field on the north side. A Northern Goshawk was busily pulling apart a rabbit on the pack-ice lakefront to the east of the Port Hope piers. Doug Lockrey, Whitby ON "Doug Lockrey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
