Hi all,
At ~ 4 pm to-day I saw a Willet flying out towards the lake on the north
side of the point and followed with bins as it turned and flew back towards
the beach where I lost sight of it beyond 'Pat's Point' (the house on the
corner). I grabbed my scope and hurried across the base of the point and
found the bird standing on a largish flat rock not too far out. I decided
to run back to the car to get my video camera, but by the time I got back I
could not see the Willet.
There was also 1 Snowy Owl on the reef straight out from the parking
pulloff (shiningly white in the bright sun).
Yesterday, despite the nasty weather I birded the Pelee area. Of some
interest were -
12/15 Horned Grebe near shore at Black Willow and West beaches
13 Wild Turkey on Chinquapin trail south of Cemetery
1 Blue-headed Vireo west side of tip around the sign
3 Yellow-rumped Warbler and both kinglets on Redbud trail south of VC
1 Hermit Thrush and 1 Leopard Frog on gravel path south of DeLaurier
Trail parking lot
Several mixed blackbird flocks - E.Starling, Brown-headed Cowbirds
Red-winged Blackbird, Rusty Blackbird and Common Grackle in descending
order of number - concessions north of PPNP
1 Savannah Sparrow on dike south side of Hillmann marsh
1 Little Gull (adult) flying with hundreds of bonies near rocks off
Wheatley
1 Bnaparte's Gull with immaculate hood at Erieau
~300 Tundra Swan opposite 'old' sewage lagoons at Ridgetown and ~100
more north of Hwy#401 on Victoria Road.
Lots of other waterfowl and the 'usual suspects' and flying,
occasionally rather large tree limbs made for an interesting, though tiring
day.
Cheers!
Maris
Maris Apse
10094 Red Pine Road, Box 22,
RR #2 Grand Bend ON N0M 1T0
(519) 238 - 8415
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