The Bruce Birding Club's excursion today netted 51 species of birds. The following list was compiled by Wendy Grave.
Trip participants - Fred Jazvac, Mike Pickup, Mike Penfold, Cynthia Isber, Wendy Grava, Tania Gilchrist, Bonnie Patterson-Collins, John Cummings, Margaret Anderton, Jim and Judy Duncan. The 6th Annual Huron Fringe Birding Festival runs from May 23 to June 1. For complete details, check the Friend's web site at http://www.friendsofmacgregor.org 1. Beer Store Southampton - Northern Cardinal - Canada Goose 2. The bottom of Beach St at Lake Front of Huron - Bufflehead - Redhead - Common Goldeneye - Great Blue Heron - Herring Gull - Double-crested Cormorant - Mourning Dove 3. Horseshoe Bay between Southampton and Port Elgin on Lake Huron - American Robin - Common Grackle - American Goldfinch - Red-winged Blackbird 4. Miramichi Bay between Southampton and Port Elgin on Lake Huron - Mallard - Tundra Swan (2) - Black-capped Chickadee 5. Port Elgin Harbour - European Starling Hwy 21 - Ring-billed Gull 6. Lake Range Rd on MacGregor Point Eastern boundary near Bruce-Saugeen Townline - Turkey Vulture - Northern Harrier - American Crow 7. Ducks Unlimited Pond in MacGregor Point Provincial Park - Song Sparrow - Wood Duck (2 pairs by sound first and then by sight) 8. Bruce-Saugeen Townline, Southern border of MacGregor P.P. near no parking sign on dike access barrier) - Eastern Phoebe - Golden-crowned Kinglet At closest house to the Park on same road. - Dark-eyed Junco - Purple Finch - House Finch - Blue Jay - American Tree Sparrow 9. Sunset Dr - Common Merganser pair (flying) - Cooper's Hawk 10. Sprucedale Dr near the 10th of Bruce - Merlin (male) sitting in tree 11. Small pond along 10th of Bruce - Belted Kingfisher - Hooded Merganser (pair) 12. Scott Point - Greater Scaup 13. Conc 8 at Hwy 21 - Red-tailed Hawk 14. Hwy 21 near Conc 8 - Horned Lark 15. Take Kin-hur Rd to Kincardine Sewage Lagoons off hwy 221 south of Kincardine - Ring-necked Duck - Lesser Scaup - Canvasback (possibly a hybrid with a Redhead) 16. East on Kincardine Township Conc 5) south of Kincardine. - Killdeer - American Kestrel 17. Bruce Rd 1 just south of Glammis bog - Eastern Bluebird - Eastern Meadowlark 18. River Rd, we stopped at a shallow pond in a field on the right between Smith's and #626 - American Black Duck - American Wigeon - Blue-winged Teal (4) Fred Jazvac Southampton Fred & Beth Jazvac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
