Duck viewing continues to be excellent this winter with tens of thousands of
ducks on the St. Clair River. Most of course are Redhead/Canvasback.
Conditions will vary with the ice and wind. The ducks are well spread out
all along the river. Every day is different.
Today I observed about 16 species of ducks from Port Lambton to Courtright,
with the most notable, a male RUDDY DUCK in Sombra Bay (N. of village).
(That was a new one for the winter river list!)
Two WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS were off Courtright village, a pair of AMERICAN
WIGEON at Seager Park, and a couple of GADWALL at Cathcart Park. There have
been a number of Gadwall around in the last couple of weeks.
One of the wintering Bald Eagles (adult) was eating a fish on the ice at
Seager Park this morning.
The Peregrine Falcon was at Detroit Edison plant hunting other birds.
Directions to Sombra and St. Clair River: Find Hwy 40 that runs N/S between
Wallaceburg and Sarnia. Turn west on Lambton Rd. 2 (Bentpath Line) and take
to Sombra on the St. Clair River. Fawn Island is just to the south of the
village. The St. Clair Parkway (Rd. 33) follows the river along its length.
Courtright is at the end of Rd. 80 (Courtright Line). Parks are
well-signed.
Blake A. Mann
Wallaceburg
Chatham-Kent, Ontario
boatmannATkentDOTnet
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