January 16 - On the January Waterfowl Count at Fort Erie, Ontario, between the Peace Bridge and the Ice Boom there were: 6,823 Greater Scaup 346 Lesser Scaup (unusually high) 79 Redhead 41 American Black Ducks 1 Mallard X Am. Black Duck 3 Mallard 9 Canada Geese 763 Red-breasted Merganser 9 Common Merganser 106 Long-tailed Duck 2,944 Common Goldeneye 7,090 Bufflehead 7 White-winged Scoter 1 adult Bald Eagle and 1 juvenile Thayer's Gull In Fort Erie North of the Peace Bridge there were also: 276 Redhead (for a Fort Erie total of 355) 23 Ring-necked Duck 3 American Coot 1 Wood Duck (on the shore about 1 kilometer north of the International Rail Road Bridge) 170 Tundra Swan 2 Mute Swan Continuing north in Niagara Falls there were 10 Hooded Mergansers, 6 Gadwalls, and 1 Northern Pintail (at Dufferin Island) At Adam Beck generating station (south of Queenston, Ontario) there were 7 Iceland Gulls, 5 Glaucous Gulls, and 4 Lesser Black-backed Gulls. In New York waters at Strawberry Island there were 41 Double-crested Cormorant nests and an adult Bald Eagle and at Mid-River Marina in Tonawanda there were 2 American Coots and 14 Redheads with 85 Am. Robins nearby on River Road. Best Wishes for Great Birding, Bill Watson Buffalo Ornithological Society _______________________________________________ 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/
