Hey birders.
Today's Jaeger watch yeilded the following between about 1:15pm and 4:30pm:
Great Blue Heron - 1
Peregrine Falcon (adult) - 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1
Red-necked Grebe - 1
White-winged Scoter - many (hundreds) far out on lake
Sanderling - 1
Sandpiper sp. (phalaropes?) - 5
Bonaparte's Gull - 1
Long-tailed Jaeger - 1 prob. bird being chased by a larger prob. Parasitic
Jaeger in late afternoon. This was at extreme distance!
Parasitic Jaeger - 1 light morph adultish (no way to confirm this at the
distance seen) bird showing two relatively long pin-shaped central tail
feathers.
Many more light and dark jaegers were seen about 2.5 times the distance of the
yellow tower, some even coming close enough to show some color (browns and
whites!) but never well enough for species ID. Our best guesses for most of
these were more Parasitics.
Winds seemed to always have an easterly component but were rather mild and
other than the single Parasitic, were generally not enough to send the jaegers
in for close up viewing.
Directions to Van Wagners Beach: Take the Centennial Parkway (Hwy.20) exit
from the QEW in east Hamilton and proceed north to the North Service Rd.,
turn left and continue west as it turns into Van Wagners Beach Road. Park at
Hutch's Restaurant.
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