My lovely girlfriend Jenn and I spent 5 days in the Moosonee area this past week. Bird life generally had a winter/boreal trend, with winter fiches, northern owls, boreal landbirds and gulls making for most of the noteworthy sightings.
The most unusual observation came in the form of an adult SABINE'S GULL at the mouth of the Moose River (Ship Sands Island) on Oct 26. The bird was seen feeding on the mudflats as the tide came in. I've heard this is the first fall record of this species for the area - also being strange that it was the rarer (in fall) adult, and fairly late in the season. --- Over the next 4-5 days, I plan on going over our daily bird sightings on my blog on a day by day basis for those interested in more info on some of our more common (and uncommon) birds seen: http://www.blog.peregrineprints.com/ Good Birding! Brandon Holden _______________________________________________ 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/
