Saturday morning before The hail, rain and thunder storms arrived, a pair of Peregrine Falcons scared the Bonaparte's and Little Gulls from the Oshawa Second Marsh. Shortly after 7am the Peregrines dived bombed the resting gulls. They cut one Bonaparte's gull from the flock and preceding to take turns dive bombing it. After about 7 minutes the falcons learned that Bonaparte's may appear slow in a straight flight, But a lone gull can out maneuver 2 dive bombing falcons. The falcons returned to the Willows on the barrier beach and preceded to copulate. At 9am the female Peregrine was still perched in a willow on the barrier beach. All gulls species avoided the marsh most of the morning. The several hundred waterfowl in the marsh were oblivious to the Falcons
Other highlights; 1 Wilson's Snipe 1 Osprey Maximum of only 19 Bonaparte's Gulls in the marsh at one time. 3-4 Little Gulls Directions: Exit from the 401 at the Harmony Rd. Exit (419) in Oshawa. Go south on Farewell St. to Colonel Sam Drive. Go east on Colonel Sam Drive to the parking lot at the GM Headquarters. Park in the west parking lot close to the marsh. The east platform is located here. To see the Lake Ontario waterbirds proceed along the path from the parking lot south to the lakeshore.
