Today Bob Tyler and I birded our usual route from the Eastern Gap to the Trout Pond and following are some of the birds we found. we found.
Northern Shovelers, Canvasbacks, all 3 Merganser species including 26 Hooded Mergansers, Sharp-shinned and Cooper’s Hawks, A. Kestrel, Peregrine Falcon, Bonaparte`s and Grt Black-backed Gulls, E. Phoebe, 2 Common Ravens, Brown Creepers, both Kinglets, 100+ Cedar Waxwings on and over the area, 50+ Red-winged Blackbirds and 1 male Brewer`s Blackbird and only 77 Black-capped Chickadees this trip. The Brewer`s Blackbird was inside main gate in the front of the Water Filtration plant just past the west end of the bridge on Gibralter Point, well seen. Note: On Ward’s Island beside the Eastern Gap we found a Downy Woodpecker where all its white feathers were a nice buffy colour with breast being almost s dark as a male Red-breasted Nuthatch a bird we thought it was at first as we spotted it from underneath the bird. Norm Murr Richmond Hill Ontario, Canada Norm Murr Richmond Hill Ontario, Canada You can't see birds if you don't go out but sit and wait for others to find them. _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca 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 Visit the OFO Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/OntarioFieldOrnithologists
