>From: Ian Platt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Pacific Loon at Sarnia
Sorry for the late posting, but I was away yesterday. This is forwarded from Mich-listers as a "heads-up" for points along Lake Erie. Ian Platt London, On [EMAIL PROTECTED] Good Afternoon, I spent the morning (10/27) birding in Port Huron at Lighthouse park. Migration was good with lots of Loons and Ducks flying by. Around 10:30- 11 A.m. I noticed a basic plumaged PACIFIC LOON just off the shoreline. The bird was near 3 basic plumaged Common Loons and clearly smaller then the Commons with a small, thin bill, a clean even demarcation line down the neck with a chinstrap present. I watched for about 30 minutes before the rain got the better of me. Also of note was a female HARLEQUIN DUCK and 2 RED-THROATED LOONS. Some other good birds were WHITE-WING SCOTER -7 SURF SCOTER -25 BLACK SCOTER -1 COMMON LOON -104 DUNLIN -16 SNOW BUNTING - 14 LAPLAND LONGSPUR -1 Lighthouse Park is a few blocks north of the Blue water Bridge on Omar Street. Good birding ~Skye Haas --- Mark Cranford ONTBIRDS Coordinator Mississauga, Ontario [EMAIL PROTECTED] 905 279 9576 Mark Cranford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Visit http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdsguide.htm for information on leaving and joining the list. As well as general information and content guidelines.
