22 OFO birders braved the snowy morning and cold winds off Lake Erie this afternoon to find a total of 45 species.Highlights : the biggest "highlight" was the flock of 1000 + Brown-headed Cowbirds in a field near Port Dover, along with a number of Red-winged Blackbirds.Others included Northern Flicker, Belted Kingfisher, Great Blue Heron, White-throated Sparrow, Horned Larks, 2 Tundra Swans in a field, 32 Wild Turkeys, and all 3 mergansers on Lake Erie.Raptor numbers were high too. We saw Merlin, Am. Kestrel, Red-tailed and Rough-legged hawks, Northern Harriers, 6 Bald Eagles, Short-eared Owl and 2 Northern Shrikes. Dave [email protected] _______________________________________________ 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/
