The Cedar Creek CBC covers the central southern portion of Essex County
including Kingsville, Harrow, McGregor, Essex and a portion of the Lake
Erie shoreline. The 21st Cedar Creek CBC was held on December 17.
88 species were recorded. Cackling Goose (3) was new to the count, bringing
the
This morning, Dec 22. there was a beautiful bald eagle flying back
and forth for about 15 minutes over the lake close offshore by my
building. It eventually flew eastnover the lake. I live at 2160
Lakeshore Rd. in Burlington. It is between Brant St and Guelph line
where Rambo Creek flows
On Thursday, December 22nd, 2005, this is the HNC Birding Report:
BARROW'S GOLDENEYE
TURKEY VULTURE
GRAY CATBIRD
PINE WARBLER
EASTERN TOWHEE
VESPER SPARROW
SAVANNAH SPARROW
RED CROSSBILL
Pied-billed Grebe
Great Blue Heron
Wood Duck
Green-winged Teal
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
White-winged
Hello Ontbirders,
A count week bird which may be of interest to birders is a Purple Sandpiper
at Humber Bay East. It was seen Tuesday and yesterday at the far east end
of the peninsula, near where the male Harlequin Duck has been frequently
observed. Yesterday 3 Cackling Geese were also
Although the majority of Herring Gulls headed south about 3 weeks ago and the
Ring-Billed Gulls are long gone many of the winter Gulls seem to be hanging
in at the Sault Ste. Marie Landfill. In about 2 hours this afternoon I had
1-1st winter Great-Black Backed Gull, 6- Glaucous Gulls in various
Hello Ont Birders.
Here are the results of the K.Pt. CBC.
We had 31 registered Participants who braved the cool weather and
icy streams to find the following birds.
Total Species 66. That includes the 5 PEAHENS.Total
individual birds-- 8868. Two
Here are the results of the Bruce Peninsula National Park CBC, held on
Wednesday, Dec. 21.
46 - species total (slightly above average for past 10 years)
2177 - individual birds (slightly below average for pas 10 years)
23 - particants (Thank you volunteers!)
Highlights:
Red-necked Grebe (14)
Now that it is officially winter, one could expect to find fewer birds
at Presqu'ile Provincial Park, but the Christmas Bird Count last Sunday
proved that there are more birds to be found in the Park than one might
suspect, as long as there is a sufficient number of birders present to
find
- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 12/22/2005
* NYBU0512.22
- Birds mentioned
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Kingston had another very successful Christmas bird count last Sunday Dec
18. The deep snow made walking in the bush somewhat difficult but milder
temperatures meant lots of open water and therefore thousands of waterfowl.
A Pacific Loon, Barrow's Goldeneye and an im. male King Eider were sighted
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