Hello: A single Cackling Goose along with 3 Canada Geese and a male Pintail are looking like they are attempting to overwinter with the 100s of Mallards and Black Ducks in Heyden. The Cackling Goose has been present since November. As far as I know this is the only Northern Ontario winter record for Cackling Goose.I would be interested in any other records if they exist. It can be found along the little stream with 100s of ducks just south of the horse farm on Highway 17 north of Sault Ste. Marie-3.1km north of Sixth Line. The stream is on the right side of the road if you are heading north.
A second winter Thayer's Gull and a half dozen Kumlien's Gulls and a dozen Glaucous Gulls along with 350 Herring Gulls are still at the SSM Landfill. A Boreal Chickadee has been coming to my feeder regularly since late November. He greatly prefers the peanut feeder and ignores the suet.Pine Grosbeaks,Common and occ.a Hoary Redpoll along with 8 Cardinals(not a common resident here in the north country)along with the regular feeder birds, juncos, Tree Sparrows and a Northern Shrike round off the yard birds. Happy New Years Kirk Zufelt _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list [email protected] For instructions to join or leave ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdssetup.php ONTBIRDS Guidelines may be viewed at http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdsguide.php
