Hi all,
There were lots of assorted waterfowl at the lagoons this afternoon
including 2 female C.Goldeneye, 4 Lesser Scaup, ~12 Bufflehead, ~8 Am.Coot,
a few Am.Wigeon, Gadwall, GW Teal and Black Duck with many Ruddy, Mallard to
scan. A Red-necked Phalarope was in the 3rd cell with about 35 Bonaparte's
Gull. There were 3 E.Meadowlark and 3 Am.Pipit near the road.
At Kettle Point there were 3 Greater Yellowlegs SW of the point and a
lone Brant amongst the rocks on NE side opposite the very long log - I
walked out to take some video.
At the Maintenance Area in Pinery I saw 2 adult Red-headed Woodpecker
+ lots of both Kinglets, Cedar Waxwings etc elsewhere in the park.
The Thedford lagoons had more variety of waterfowl, although 2 shotgun
blasts startled me - birds here included ~20 Bufflehead, 12 Gadwall, 10
Lesser Scaup, 8 Canvasback, 8 Ring-necked Duck, 6 Redhead and about 40
Am.Coot.
A nice 4 hour runaround close to home - of course there were other
birds but I just wanted to alert anyone planning to visit these areas this
weekend to my sightings - I have to be in Toronto next 3 days and not likely
to get much, if any birding in.
Cheers! Maris
Maris Apse
10094 Red Pine Road, Box 22,
RR #2 Grand Bend ON N0M 1T0
(519) 238 - 8415
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