Hi Fellow Birders, Driving along the Lakeshore Rd. from Newcastle/Bond Head to Cobourg we sighted 10 WILD TURKEYS, 24 HORNED LARKS about 10 km. east of Bond Head, 20 EUROPEAN STARLINGS & 1 COOPERS HAWK
In the harbour of Cobourg we sighted 3 TRUMPETER SWANS (untagged), 1 RING-NECKED DUCK, 2 BUFFLEHEADS, 13 SCAUPS, 75 MALLARDS (with 2 copulating) 75 CANADA GEESE & COMMON GOLDENEYES with several males doing their courtship display for about a month already. Sighted 1 EUROPEAN STARLING on the feeder, 2 CAROLINA WRENS, DOWNY & HAIRY WOODPECKERS, 2 WHITE BREASTED NUTHATCHES, 18 JUNCOS, 3 AMERICAN SPARROWS, 5 BLACK CAPPED CHICKADEES, 2 NORTHERN CARDINALS (the male picking berries and placing them in the throat of the female), 6 AMERICAN GOLDFINCHES, 3 BLUE JAYS, 6 COMMON REDPOLLS & 3 HOUSE FINCHES. Direction: Take 440 exit on 401 and Lakeshore Rd. to Cobourg. Markus Lise Newcastle, On _______________________________________________ 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
