The Bruce Birding Club went out today focussing on water birds in the Owen Sound and Wiarton areas. On a tip from a very respected local birder, we located a Pacific Loon. We also found a Brant Goose in the bay leading into Owen Sound. The birding list for the day was compiled by Wendy Grava.
Fred Jazvac, Southampton. Participants: Cindy Cartwright (today's trip leader), Fred Jazvac, Mike Pickup, Dave Schaus, Tania Gilchrist, Margaret Anderton, Wendy Grava, Cynthia Isber, Bonnie Patterson-Collins, John Cummings, Mike Penfold, Jim and Judy Duncan, Marion Mosol, James Turlind, and Simon Turlind. We left Southampton at 8:05am and met with others at Tim Horton's on the Sunset Strip in Owen Sound. We birded the east side of the sound (along E. Bayshore Rd), then the west side (stopping at the Grain Elevators, the Marina, and along the water between 26th and 27th streets) and headed to Wiarton for lunch at the Topnotch. After lunch we birded at the Wiarton Sewage Lagoons, Wiarton Harbour and Isaac Lake, then called it a day and headed home. - Common Loon (the sound - both sides) - Pacific Loon (west side of the sound between 26 and 27th Streets) - Pied-billed Grebe (Isaac Lake looking right from the launch ramp) - Horned Grebe (east side of the sound) - Red-necked Grebe (east side of the sound and the west side of the sound between 26th and 27th Streets) - Double-crested Cormorant (east side of the sound) - Great Blue Heron (Wiarton Sewage Lagoons) - Trumpeter Swan (#542, Isaac Lake Rd) - Canada Goose (east side of the sound) - Brant (east side of the sound) - Mallard (east side of the sound) - American Black Duck (east side of the sound) - Blue-winged Teal (Isaac Lake Rd) - Green-winged Teal (the sound near the Grain Elevators, Wiarton Sewage Lagoons - Redhead (east side of the sound) - Greater Scaup (east side of the sound) - Lesser Scaup (Wiarton Sewage Lagoons) - Long-tailed Duck (east side of the sound: E Bayshore Rd past 28th St, a food plant and a past a bridge, parking lot on left has deep potholes) - Common Goldeneye (both sides of the sound) - Bufflehead (both sides of the sound, Wiarton Sewage Lagoons) - Hooded Merganser (both sides of the sound, Isaac Lake) - Common Merganser (east side of the sound) - Red-breasted Merganser (east side of the sound) - Ruddy Duck (Wiarton Sewage Lagoons) - Northern Harrier (Grey Rd 1 north of Presquile) - Cooper's Hawk (near Grain Elevators and along Old Beach Rd) - Red-tailed Hawk (Owen Sound Harbour and along Grey Rd 1) - Rough-legged Hawk (dark phase, Grey Rd 1, #319382) - Bald Eagle (east side of the sound, 2 more along Isaac Lake Rd) - Dunlin (in the sound - park on right near #359002 E Bayshore) - Pectoral Sandpiper (east side of the sound: E Bayshore Rd past 28th St, a food plant and past a bridge, parking lot on left has deep potholes) - Bonaparte's Gull (east side of the sound, and at Wiarton Sewage Lagoons) - Ring-billed Gull (east side of the sound) - Herring Gull (east side of the sound) - Great Black-backed Gull (east side of the sound) - Mourning Dove (Grey Rd 1) - Rock Dove (Grain Elevators) - Blue Jay (Old Beach Rd) - Common Raven (Hwy 6 north of Wiarton) - American Crow (east side of the sound, and more at Isaac Lake) - Black-capped Chickadee (s/o, Old Beach Rd) - Red-breasted Nuthatch (west side of the sound between 26th and 27th streets) - European Starling (Hwy 21) - American Pipit (east side of the sound) - American Tree Sparrow (Isaac Lake Rd) - White-crowned Sparrow (Isaac Lake Rd) - Dark-eyed Junco (Balmy Beach Rd) - Snow Bunting (3 at Wiarton Harbour, flock at Isaac Lake Rd) - Brown-headed Cowbird (Grey Rd 1) - Common Grackle (Wiarton Sewage Lagoons) - Pine Siskin (Balmy Beach Rd) - American Goldfinch (s/o, Old Beach Rd) Total 52 species plus an lbj, accipter sp, loon sp Fred & Beth Jazvac <[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.
