On a warm October morning which felt more like mid August than Thanksgiving weekend, the following species were seen: Killdeer - 42 American Crow - 1 European Starling - Common Song Sparrow - 1 American Golden Plover - 20 Black-bellied Plover - 4 Lesser Yellowlegs - 41 Greater Yellowlegs - 1 Short-billed Dowitcher - 4 American Pipit - 45 White-crowned Sparrow - 5 Horned Lark - 20 Mallard - Abundant Red-winged Blackbird - 30 Blue Jay - 2 American Goldfinch - 4 Savannah Sparrow - 18 Pectoral Sandpiper - 6 Mourning Dove - 1 Dunlin - 10 Turkey Vulture - 2 Semipalmated Plover - 1 Least Sandpiper - 4 House Finch - 2 In addition, the largest Snapping Turtle we have ever seen was lumbering across the ploughed field adjacent to the ponds. It made the Horned Larks and Killdeer look like midgets!
David Gascoigne and Miriam Bauman Waterloo, ON _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list [email protected] For instructions to join or leave ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdshow.htm ONTBIRDS Guidelines may be viewed at http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdsguide.htm
