Good news! Tonight, after a seemingly hopeless wait for the hundreds of goldeneye to show up for the night at Centennial Park in Washago, they began streaming in at around 18:35 and at 19:05, while counting the Common Goldeneye (about 330 were close enough to clearly identify) I spotted the Barrow's Goldeneye that has been around since late February! Most of the goldeneye were moving around a lot and competing for mates or sleeping already at this point, but I managed to re-find it for my girlfriend Nadia. The ducks were much closer today than the last time we were here, but they were still probably about 1km away. It was a very tough find and I'd recommend using a quality scope if you want to find it. It was competing with male COGO for a female COGO for a while, between the red and green buoys on the open water. Directions to the site are below, as per Andrew Keaveney and Corey Jenkins. Good luck if anyone is chasing it, and good birding!
Jeremy Bensette and Nadia Noble Begin forwarded message: > From: corey jenkins <[email protected]> > Date: 15 March, 2014 12:05:17 AM EDT > To: ontbirds <[email protected]> > Subject: [Ontbirds] Barrow's Goldeneye still at Washago > Reply-To: corey jenkins <[email protected]> > > I spent 3 hours Friday evening looking for the Barrow's, and at 7:00pm > finally scoped him in open water half way between the Quetton St bridge and > Green Island. There's a lot of open water in the area now, which I was told > by fellows birders has opened up recently, which made him hard to access. > > > > Directions as per Andrew Keaveney: From Hwy. 11 north of Orillia, take the > exit onto #169 that brings you into the village of Washago. Take your first > right onto Quetton St., crossing the railroad and then park before the bridge. > _______________________________________________ > ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial > birding organization. > Send bird reports to [email protected] > For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit > http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup > _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup
