Birders,
A hint of spring was in the air today with some new migrants!
- Killdeer- a single bird was being chased by a adult Red-shoulder Hawk
-Muddy Creek
-12 or more breeding plumaged Red-wing blackbird males- onion fields-
although I heard my first singing last weekend. Breeding plumaged Great Blue
Heron also last weekend.
Waterfowl: Due to strong westwinds most of the ice that was along the east
shores has now moved out into the lake. With this said the numbers of
Common Mergs & Common Goldeneye have increased significantly. With smaller
numbers of Redhead,Gr.Scaup and Red- breasted Mergs.
also to note was a single female White-winged Scoter(Wheatley Harbour),
Ruddy Duck (Hillman Marsh), 3 Gadwall (Con.D) and 2 Hooded Mergs(Muddy
Creek).
Gulls- A single adult "white winged Gull" flew through my scope today and
the very quick observation lead me to lean towards Iceland.(Hillman Beach)
Glaucous Gull- a 2nd yr. bird was at Wheatley Harbour along with 5 Great-
black Blacked Gulls.
good birding,
Dean Ware
Wheatley, ON.
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