Hi everyone, This morning in the open water at Chaffey's Lock there was a female Green-winged Teal, male Wood Duck, 16 Trumpeter Swans (8 imm), 1 Common Merganser, 3 Bald Eagles (1 ad, 2 imm), 5 Canada Goose, 4 Mallard, 1 Am Black Duck, and 1 hybrid Mallard x Am Black Duck. The Green-winged Teal was below the dam in the company of Canada Geese or alone, and was last seen feeding beyond the island. The Wood Duck has been seen above and below the dam, sometimes with the Mallards and Am Black Duck. Also at Chaffey's were 15 White-winged Crossbill, 2 Purple Finch, 40 Pine Siskin, 60 American Goldfinch, 5 Common Redpoll, and 16 Cedar Waxwings eating buckthorn berries.
best wishes, Paul Martin To get to Chaffey's Lock from Hwy 15 just north of Elgin, go west on Chaffey's Lock road until you reach the bridge over the lock. Open water stretches up to the railway bridge and below into Lake Opinicon. -- **************************************************** Paul R. Martin, PhD Baillie Family Chair in Conservation Biology and Assistant Professor Department of Biology Queen's University Kingston, ON K7L 3N6 Canada email: [email protected] phone: +001 613.533.6598 fax: +001 613.533.6617 http://post.queensu.ca/~pm45/ <http://post.queensu.ca/%7Epm45/> **************************************************** _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
