Terrie Smith and I did a long birding run and saw the Varied Thrush at 10:15 today. Then we drove to Hamilton where we saw 15 Black Scoters, 100+ Surf Scoters, 75+ WW Scoters, 2 female King Eiders - between McNeilly Rd. and Aquamarine Dr ( which is a new road just west of McNeilly). At Redhill Creek we had all the usual ducks + an immature Black-crowned Night-heron.
We ended the day at Hall's Rd. in Whitby, where we watched the geese coming in to roost by the 1000s. As a bonus we added a Short-eared Owl sitting in a tree by the shore. Evidence of breeding: singing House Finch in my yard; Black Scoters displaying to each other on McNeilly Rd. and of the 61 Red-tailed Hawks we saw today, 5 were paired - spring is here sort of! If you need directions to any of these places pls email me privately. 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/
