On the way home yesterday spotted a familiar shape out on the Bruce Pit. There are only a couple of small patches of open water, but the first GBH of the year was making full use of them. Made for some good photographic opportunities for the shutterbugs in the area as it circled over the ice.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3144/2386579817_1495b93a69_o.jpg Nothing too exciting to report in my usual area - Riverain Park. The blackbirds are out in force, there are several pairs of wood ducks frequetning the river now, and a small flock hooded mergansers was present - making up for the absence of the goldeneyes who seem to have almost all left over the past few days. The numbers of gulls of is really on the rise, especially along the ice on the West side of the river at Strathcona Park - but I haven't noticed any exceptional species yet. Directions to the Bruce Pit - from Neily World: From Highway 416 take exit 72 (West Hunt Club Road). If northbound, the 0.2 km offramp brings you to Cedarview Road, where you will turn left or NNW onto it. If southbound, a 0.4 km offramp dumps onto West Hunt Club Road, where you will turn left or northeast and in 0.4 km turn left or NNW onto Cedarview Road and in 0.2 km join the northbound offramp traffic. Both groups will now follow Cedarview Road NNW for an additional 1.4 km to the parking area, on the right, for the Bruce Pit _______________________________________________ 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
