Today at 3 pm I stumbled across a very small lake with around 20 male Hooded Mergansers and one female. There were also about the same amount of Common Mergansers both male and female, one pair of Common Goldeneyes and one pair of Mallards. I realize they are fairly common but I don't often see mention of the Hooded Merganser so I thought I would post it.
Directions to Roman Lake from Guelph - go north on hwy 24 (Wellington road 124) then turn left on hwy 24\25 towards Hillsburgh. At the set of lights turn left (south) on Wellington road 22. Roman Lake will be on your left just a kilometer or so from the lights. With the current state of the ice the best viewing point is accessed by turning left on 6th line just past the lake and then left again on to Scott Crescent and then follow this until the clearing. F.Y.I - They had signs posted that the lake was private property but no mention of the roads on either side of the lake. _________________________________________________________________ IM on the go with Messenger on your phone http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9712960_______________________________________________ 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/
