Hello winter birders! A golden eagle was spotted at Cobourg Harbour at 2:45 Saturday afternoon. Prior to its arrival there were hundreds of gulls on the ice by the east pier and over a 100 mallards, Canada geese, a few buffleheads and 4 swans in the water or on the shore close to the parking lot. The eagle swooped down and landed about 5 m in front of the parking lot, right in front of all the mallards. All the gulls flew into the air and all the birds (except the 4 swans) rushed to the water. The eagle stood on the shoreline for 10 minutes looking at the mallards, before slowly lifting and flying just above the ice along the western spit of the harbour.
- John Cordukes _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
