9 OFOers joined me on this blustery day as we toured parts of the Durham waterfront, including Oshawa Second Marsh, Pringle Creek, Cranberry Marsh and Thickson Point.
Highlights amongst our 70 species were: 4 Horned Grebes 23 Common Loons 19 spp of waterfowl including about 1200 RB Mergansers and 500 Green-winged Teal at Oshawa Second Marsh 1 Rough-legged Hawk - light morph 3 Black-bellied Plover 44 Greater Yellowlegs 3 Lesser Yellowlegs 5 Semipalmated Sandpipers 5 Dunlin 2 Pectoral Sandpipers 1 Barred Owl 1 Eastern Phoebe 1 Northern Shrike 11 Eastern Bluebirds 53 American Pipits 1 Fox Sparrow 4 White-winged Crossbills 41 Red Crossbills Geoff Carpentier www.avocetnatureservices.com _______________________________________________ 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/
