Winter Birders:
While much of southern Ontario was dusted with snow last
night it remains snow free here at the lakeshore. Bright sunshine and strong
westerly winds continue.
The strong winds overnight brought thousands of gulls onshore and out of the
lake early this morning. The parade was already going on at first light. About
7:10 a.m. Several hundred Bonaparte's moved past Monarch Landing, going inland
with two Little Gulls amoung them.
A Lesser Black-backed was spotted just off shore at eye level from the cliff at
about 7:35 a.m. Two Greater Black-backed gulls were on the pier in town but NO
BRANT goose.
Joe Stephenson checked the P.P. beach and found few gulls however large
groups occassinally moved from out in the lake up Big Otter Creek.
Not really a promising day for passerines, 18 Tundras and an immature Bald
Eagle were also sighted.
Cheers, Aaron Allensen
Monarch Landing is located one mile east of Port Burwell on the lakeshore road.
Port Burwell is at the southern terminus of hiway 19 south. Take the
Ingersol-Tillsonburg exit at 401.
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