On Saturday, May 07, a Boreal Chickadee (BOCH) was observed in a flock
of 20+ Black-capped Chickadees at the Cabot Head Research Station (a
Canadian Migration Monitoring Network member, operated by the Bruce
Peninsula Bird Observatory). It was initially located by station
volunteer Maggie, first by call and subsequently by sight. The
sighting was confirmed by Stéphane Menu, the station scientist. The
bird remained in the area until Sunday morning, when it was seen to
fly towards the nearby Cabot Head Lighthouse, and was subsequently not
recovered. The bird was seen by all of the participants of BPBO's
Birding Weekend workshop. This is only the second record for BOCH at
CHRS, and the first during the spring monitoring period.
The Cabot Head Research Station operates on the Cabot Head Provincial
Nature Reserve, and is a closed facility. There are, however,
numerous excellent birding areas in the immediate vicinity of CHRS.
Day to day sightings/comments at CHRS are available in the station
blog at www.bpbo.ca.
Rod Steinacher, BPBO)
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