Hello Ontbirders, Mark Wiercinski, John Haselmayer and I spent today birding the Bruce Peninsula today, in a half-hearted big day attempt. We turned up 68 species, including some interesting finds on this cool, damp day. start: 8:30am, end 5:00pm
Top Highlights: Cattle Egret (1) - Tobermory: turn south onto dump road from Cape Hurd Rd; about 1km on right Carolina Wren (1) - Tobermory, near end of Dunks Bay Road Black Scoter (12) - Stokes Bay Dunlin (500+) - Stokes Bay (300); Wiarton (200) Pectoral Sandpiper (15) - Stokes Bay Red-bellied Woodpecker (1) - Tobermory Hooded Merganser (300+) - Stokes Bay & Grenough Harbour Pine Grosbeak (8) - Tobermory Other Notables: Common Loon (35) - various: Tobermory, Dyers Bay, Stokes Bay Horned Grebe (1) - Tobermory Red-necked Grebe (57) - Tobermory, Dyers Bay, Stokes Bay, various Great Blue Heron (3) - Stokes Bay Tundra Swan (6) - Stokes Bay Wood Duck (4) - Issac Lake Green-winged Teal (300+) - Tobermory, Wiarton, Stokes Bay Ring-necked Duck (4+) -Stokes Bay Lesser Scaup (200+) - Stokes Bay (Grenough Harbour) Greater Scaup (15+) - Stokes Bay, Wiarton Long-tailed Duck (6) - Tobermory White-winged Scoter (15) - Tobermory, Dyers Bay Bufflehead (700+) - various Rough-legged Hawk (5) - Ferndale area Merlin (1) - Tobermory (Singing Sands) Greater Yellowlegs (7) - Tobemory (Hay Bay), Stokes Bay Bonaparte's Gull (11) - Wiarton Eastern Bluebird (5) - Stokes Bay American Robin (40+) Dyers Bay, various American Pipit (50+) - Tobermory, various Northern Shrike (3) - various Yellow-rumped Warbler (5) - Tobermory Am Tree Sparrow (120+) - various Lapland Longspur (30) - Tobermory Savannah Sparrow (4) - various Swamp Sparrow (3) - Tobermory Snow Bunting (1500+) - various Rusty Blackbird (1) - Tobermory Happy birding! Ethan- Ethan Meleg Nature Photography (Tobermory) web: www.ethanmeleg.com email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Ethan Meleg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Visit http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdsguide.htm for information on leaving and joining the list. As well as general information and content guidelines.
