Ont-birders, Well, I managed a bit of a county round-up for December 1st birds although the results were pretty lacklustre. Does anyone else think that birds know how to read a calender? I have a slew of late records that are all Nov 30!
Anyway, Wildwood Lake did produce a single Killdeer and a 1st basic Lesser Black-Backed Gull along with good numbers [for the date and location] of Hooded Merganser [45] and a latish flock of 10 Green-winged Teal. A slightly injured Greater Yellowlegs, present last week, got better-- apparently-- and managed it's escape before the dreaded 1st of the month. Pittock Lake still hosts at least 3 b.h.hutchinsii, easily seen later in the afternoon, mostly on the north shore. Also present was a single female Ruddy Duck, which is just the 2nd ever county December record. Another flock of 20 Hooded Merganser added to the days total. Most of these birds should be present until freeze-up which, with history as a guide, will be about one day before the Woodstock CBC. So, not much to get the winter listers excited about but it's a start. Cheers. James Holdsworth, Biological Consulting Services 14 Marian St, RR#1 Woodstock, On, N4S-7V6 [519]537-2027 [519]535-8760 [cell] [email protected] _______________________________________________ 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/
