There are a few nice species of winter waterfowl in Durham right now: King Eider - seen today at channel leading into Oshawa harbour (Carpentier)
Harlequin - I believe it was a first winter male but it was hard to be sure as it was sleeping during the observation period - today swimming with the eider (Carpentier) + one first winter male yesterday at Bowmanville harbour (Dennis Barry) and a male yesterday in Whitby harbour (LaForest) Barrow's Golden-eye - continues to be seen off the southwest part of Oshawa Second Marsh (Hoar) - yesterday Cackling Goose - one at foot of Hall's Road (Carpentier) and one off southwest Oshawa Second Marsh near the Barrow's (T. Hoar) - both yesterday Also today 2 Glaucous and one Iceland Gulls at Whitby harbour (Carpentier) Directions: Oshawa harbour: exit 401 at Simcoe St. and drive south to the lake and aprk - walka short distance east to the channel. Check the channel and the mouth as most of the harbour is now mostly frozen. Whitby harbour - exit 401 at Brock St., and go south to the harbour - birds are scattered in the open water inside the harbour Oshawa Second Marsh - exit 401 at exit 419 - go south on Farewell to Wentworth/Colonel By and then east to GM plant and then walk from southwest corner to lake and then west along the shore to where the creek enters - birds are offshore. Geoff Carpentier www.avocetnatureservices.com _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
