Dying to see "George" the non-Barnacle Goose at Grimsby (yes I know there was a real one!), Dave McDonald (visiting birder from Texas) and I did the cold trek to Hamilton and Niagara yesterday.
First - yes we did see George but not the real Barnacle Goose Lift Bridge - Burlington - one Peregrine eating breakfast Fruitland Rd.- 3 female King Eiders and White-winged and Surf Scoters McNeilly Rd - 1 King Eider and all three scoters (including 6 Blacks) Burlington Canal - too windy to walk out to mouth and part by lift bridge was closed due to construction Redhill Creek- usual suspects but no Wood Duck or Night-herons Niagara - breakwall above the falls - 1 glaucous (first winter), 1 Iceland (subadult) and two Kumlien's (adult and subadult) and one Thayer's (first winter) Adam Beck - two Kumliens (adult and subadult) and 4-5 Icelands (various ages) Queenston - the only Bonies of the day, one first winter Glaucous and one adult Little Gull then we went inland looking for land birds but didn't find much worth reporting. Geoff Carpentier www.avocetnatureservices.com _______________________________________________ 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/
