Saturday was a great day for birding especially for bald eagles and other raptors.
I started at Fisherville where I picked up 4 short-eared owls and 2 rough-legged hawks. At Nanticoke, I found a mature bald eagle sitting in a tree. At the Turkey Point Lookout, I found a pileated woodpecker as well as the first flock of mixed blackbirds consisting of cowbirds and ring-winged blackbirds. Long Point Bay had several hundred tundra swans sitting on the ice. In open pools, there were also redheads, canvas backs, great scaup, bufflehead, black duck and American wigeons. Big Creek Marsh at Long Point yielded 2 more bald eagles, 4 rough-legs (light and dark phase), as well as several northern harriers, a flock of 13 sandhill cranes landing in the marsh and a swamp sparrow. Along the way, there were numerous kestrels and red-tailed hawks. I then headed to LaSalle Park to see if I could find the eagles mentioned in a previous post. I saw at least 7 separate birds, 5 juveniles and 2 mature birds over a 2 hour period. 2 juveniles were dueling in mid-air and I managed to capture the sequence. Pictures can be found here: http://www.giraud.com/gallery2/v/Birding/2008/20080223_LaSalle_Park_Bird s/slideshow.html Set the delay to 5 seconds and max size to 640x640 to get the best effect. Good birding Jacques Giraud _______________________________________________ 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/information/ontbirdssetup.php ONTBIRDS Guidelines may be viewed at http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdsguide.php
