I was happy to meet 5 keen birders on a snowy, then rainy Saturday, March 20 AM--the outing being a scheduled Pickering Naturalists one. Our first stop was at the WestShore C.C. on Bayly, west of Liverpool-- 5 Glaucous Gulls were picked up on the ice. On the open waters of Frenchman's Bay, from this spot and from the west end of Annland Rd.(towards the south end of Liverpool) added--- 2 Ring-necked Ducks, 1 White-winged Scoter, several Greater Scaup, many C.Goldeneye, several Black-backed Gulls, many Herring Gulls, a few Ring-necked Gulls, several Common Mergansers, Black Ducks and Mallards. Viewing the waterfront from several Ajax sites yielded many Buffleheads, Goldeneyes, Long-tailed Ducks, Red-breasted and Common Mergansers. The roadways in the vicinity of Corner Marsh ---Rough-legged Hawk, Grackles and Am.Robin. At or near the feeding station along Hall's Rd. in southwest Whitby--Red-breasted Nuthatch, White-breasted Nuthatch, Am.Goldfinch, Song Sparrow, Tree Sparrow, Chickadee, Grackle, Cardinal, Robin, Red-tailed Hawk, Red-winged Blackbird and a male RING-NECKED PHEASANT.
Doug Lockrey, Whitby,ON
