The male Harlequin and two females were feeding south of Rhododendron Park in Mississauga this morning just before noon. There are also Trumpeters tagged E90 and O38 in the bay with the usual collection of mallards, black ducks, gadwalls, mergansers, buffleheads, Canada geese and gulls. There are large rafts of ducks further offshore directly south of Godfrey's Lane. At the foot of Saddington Park to the east, there are two large hybrid ducks - mallards/X mixed in with a group of mallards and blacks.
Rhododendron Park is south of Lakeshore in Mississauga, just west of Port Credit. Godfrey's Lane is the eastern boundary. The harlequins can be located by going to the hill by the lake at the end of Godfrey's lane and looking west just out from the Petro-Canada stacks across the bay. Happy New Year! Bruce Kennedy Mississauga [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/
