Hi all,
After bottling our Red and White wine this afternoon, Penny and I drove
'around the block' to loook for swans. The first and by far the biggest
flock(~600) was on the west side of Mollard Line south of the lagoons and South
Rd. There were just 2 small groups of ~25 ea. on the south side of Greenway Rd
and quite distant. Two flocks of 60 and 30 flew north as we watched these.
There is virtually no open water and little exposed earth despite the warm
temperatures of this week - we had a lot more snow here than areas to the
south.
As I was taking down some Xmas lights(first time I've been able to do so
due to ice/snow) a flock of ~100 swans flew over the house from the lake
followed by 30 and then 8 more. I'm waiting for more melt-water for other
waterfowl to arrive.
A single Turkey Vulture was cruising along the old Ausable channel
directly behind our house this morning and I've had 2 Golden-crowned Kinglets
at my brush piles for 2 days.
Cheers! Maris
Directions - Greenway Rd runs east off Hwy #21 ~5 km south of Grand Bend
Mollard Line is first road east of Hwy #21, running south off
CR #81.
Maris Apse 10094 Red Pine Road, Box 22, RR #2 Grand Bend ON N0M 1T0 (519) 238
- 8415
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