Ontbirders,
OFO's Easter weekend trip to see and hear Sharp-tailed Grouse on Manitoulin
Island was a great success. There were about 60 grouse displaying on the
lek at Gore Bay. Everyone got close views from the hide.
Other sightings were an adult Ross's Goose, a pale "Snyder's" Great Horned
Owl on the same nest as last year, many Sandhill Cranes, several
Short-eared Owls, three Bald Eagle nests, dark and light morph Rough-legged
Hawks, many male Northern Harriers, and displaying American Woodcock and
Wilson's Snipe.
We thank Steve and Rita Hall, Roy Campbell and the Friends of Misery Bay
for showing us the Sharp-tailed Grouse and for their outstanding hospitality.
Happy birding,
Jean Iron (for)
Don Barnett, OFO Field Trips Coordinator
Toronto
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