Yesterday morning I went armed with my camera looking for the Hooded Mergansers on the beaver pond at Sarsaparilla Trail (Heading south on Richmond Rd, last parking lot on the right before Hunt Club West).
Five different Hooded Merganser mating pairs were present on the pond along with a couple lone Buffleheads, a large flock of Ring Necked Ducks, and on the far side of the pond was a kingfisher (possibly belted?) I recommend arriving early, the Buffleheads were gone by 8:30am. The Hooded Mergansers dwindled to only two pairs and moved to the far side of the pond by 9:30am. No sandhill crane... _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
