Birders,
An unexpected brutal north wind came up for Saturday, so I headed to Point
Edward (Sarnia) on Lake Huron. All birding was done from the car as it was
too windy (50 k) with driving rain, to stand outside!
Jaegers: 1 juv unidentified at distance (likely Parasitic) early morning.
1 juv Pomarine entirely on the Michigan side and disappeared
over the city of Port Huron. I viewed this for about 7 minutes.
Loons: At least 50 Common Loons, many of which were strangely coming from
overland behind me.
3 Red-throated.
Grebes: 1 Red-necked, and 3 Horned.
Gulls: Several flocks of Bonaparte's, but nothing with them.
One juv Little Gull (came out of St. Clair R.).
+ Herring, Great Black-backed and Ring-billed.
Ducks: At least 20 Black Scoters swimming in the channel (the only scoters
of the day). Plus common species.
One Red Phalarope (came out of St. Clair R.-Ontario side).
One ad. Bald Eagle carrying large fish from Michigan side. Later saw it go
back empty-taloned.
Directions to Point Edward Lakewatch: Find Front St. in Sarnia (along
river in downtown) and follow it north to St. Clair St. just past the 402
overpass. Turn left on St. Clair St. and follow it to its very north end in
Point Edward past Michigan Ave. Turn left on Victoria Ave. and go less than
two blocks to Fort St. Turn right onto Fort St. and go to the parking lot
at the lake.
Cheers,
Blake A. Mann
Wallaceburg
Chatham-Kent, Ontario
boatmannATkentDOTnet
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