A small group of birders on Saturday birded the Bruce Peninsula and observed a total of 58 species of birds. In the Ferndale flats area a Brewer's Blackbird was photographed along the side of Hwy 6. At Dyers's Bay the waters of Georgian Bay contained Common Loons and good numbers of Red-necked Grebes. At Cabot Head the waters of Georgian Bay were covered with floating pack ice - some a deep blue colour (providing great photographic opportunities). Along the cliffs of the Niagara Escarpment in the afternoon there was a passage of raptors including Bald Eagle, Red-shouldered Hawk, Sharp-shinned Hawk and Peregrine Falcon, along with resident Bald Eagles. Sandhill Cranes were heard calling at many different locations - in the wetland at the Issac Lake Wildlife area in one view there were two Great Egrets, one Great Blue Heron and five Sandhill Cranes,
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