After hearing of Dean Ware's good fortunes at Wheatley Harbour, I headed out
there myself this morning with my brother Robert. While unable to locate any
white-winged gulls, I did find a first winter Lesser Blackbacked Gull
loafing in the marina with a bunch of Ring-billeds and Herrings, and had 1-2
possible Thayer's (I could not nail all five characters to confirm the ID).
The female White-winged Scoter was present but scared off with the other
waterfowl when a fishing boat came in. We also found the adult
Red-shouldered Hawk perched in a tree north of Hillman Marsh. At Hillman, in
addition to the birds Dean posted, we were able to get 3 Northern Pintail
and 8 Snow Geese.
Good birding!
Randy Horvath, Windsor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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