Pascal Cote of the Tadoussac Bird Observatory (212 km northeast of Quebec City) reports that yesterday (31 October) with “good winds (WNW), we counted 55,110 redpolls between 7:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. We are pretty sure this is a New World record for one day. In Sweden, the highest count is 21,500. So over 125,000 redpolls have passed Tadoussac in less than a week.”
We thank Pascal for keeping Ontario birders updated about this huge irruption. Ron Pittaway and Jean Iron Toronto ON _______________________________________________ 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 Posting guidelines can be found at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide
