Despite a poor flight overnight, I did well this morning finding over 90 species along part of the Durham waterfront in preparation for my forthcoming birdathon ...
Northern Mockingbird, Little Gull, Red-thr. Loon, 75+ Whimbrel and 3 Brant at foot of Courtice St in Courtice. Second Marsh & Darlington Barrier Beach, Oshawa - another Red-thr. Loon + lots of Commons , Dunlin, SP Sandpiper, SP Plover, R. Turnstone, BB Plover, Least Sandp. + lots of Eastern Kingbirds migrating west in the face of hundreds of Blue Jays going east !!!! + lots of Swainson's Thrushes and Blackpoll Warblers and 7 Orchard Orioles BB Cuckoo at Hall's Road/Cranberry Marsh Directions: Courtice Rd exits off the 401 east of Oshawa. Second Marsh and Darlington Barrier Beach can be accessed off the 401 at the Harmony Rd. Exit (419) in Oshawa. Go south on Farewell St. Colonel Sam Drive. Turn East onto Colonel Sam Drive and follow to the parking lot at the GM Headquarters. Park in the west parking lot close to the marsh. The east (GM) platform is visible from the NW corner of the lot. Hall's Rd can be found by exiting the 401 at Brock St in Whitby and going south to Victoria St then west to Hall's Rd and then south to the lake. Geoffrey Carpentier www.avocetnatureservices.com _______________________________________________ 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/
