With strong north winds today, some jaegers passed by Point Edward at the
mouth of Lake Huron.
About 07:45 a group of 3 jaegers appeared just offshore from the east. All
appeared to be Parasitic. Two were intermediate morph juveniles with one
being a fine adult. One juvie broke away and headed up the US shoreline,
while the other two headed overland at Sarnia just after passing close
overhead.
About ten minutes later, I noticed an adult heading up the US shoreline (not
sure if it was another bird or not).
A short while later I spotted a jaeger fairly distant that was likely a
juvenile Long-tailed. It came from the east and headed up the US shoreline.
About 10:35, a very dark juvie appeared very close to shore from the east.
Paul D. Pratt also spotted this one. It continued up the US shoreline.
Other birds of note included two Osprey and a group of 4 Red-necked
Phalaropes.
Hopefully the trend of northerly winds on the weekend will continue!
Directions to Point Edward Lakewatch: Find Front St. in Sarnia (along
river in downtown) and follow it north to St. Clair St. just past the 402
overpass. Turn left on St. Clair St. and follow it to its very north end in
Point Edward past Michigan Ave. Turn left on Victoria Ave. and go less than
two blocks to Fort St. Turn right onto Fort St. and go to the parking lot
at the lake.
Cheers,
Blake A. Mann
Wallaceburg
Chatham-Kent, Ontario
boatmannATkentDOTnet
Blog: http://burgbirder.blogspot.com/
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