Hello Birders, Myself and Kyle Holloway went searching for the Greater White-fronted Goose at Whitby Harbour yesterday - No luck, but lots of birds were moving out to feed in nearby fields and the White-fronted could have been amongst them. We did find, however, four NORTHERN PINTAILS off the Pringle Creek bridge.
We later had a look at the Lakefront near Humber Bay Park West, just going down (east) Superior ave. There were many GREATER SCAUP, REDHEADS and LONG-TAILED DUCKS interspersed with the usual suspects. If you're a photographer - some of the Long-tails, including some very nice males, came very close for nice shots. There were also four TRUMPETER SWANS. We later went down to Colonel Sam Smith Park, where we found a peculiar and very neat looking MALLARD X AMERICAN WIGEON hybrid. It looked like a Mallard but had a green iridescent stripe down the sides of the head in the manner of a wigeon, a white spot on it's cheek, some buff on the forehead, and the bill was a mix between the two species, almost blue. We also saw a MINK, a female AMERICAN KESTREL and flushed a LONG-EARED OWL. Directions to Goose/Pintails (Ron Tozer): Take Highway 401 to Whitby and go south on Brock Street to the harbour. Good Birding & Happy Holidays! Lev Frid Maple, ON _______________________________________________ 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/
